Marie Lebert is a name that should be better known in this industry. Marie lives in Paris and makes her living as a translator, but she has been studying the phenomenon of ebooks since at least 1999 as a historian and researcher. I published several of her articles when I was at TeleRead.

For those interested in the history of ebooks, take a look at her site. There you will find a series of articles on ebooks, including Booknology; An eBook Timeline.

Here is a listing of some of her work in English:

2011> The ebook is 40 (1971-2011) / in Project Gutenberg /
2010> Booknology. The ebook (1971-2010) / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2010> Booknology (1971-2010). An ebook timeline with images / in Picasa /
2009> A short history of ebooks / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2009> The internet and languages / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2009> Technology and books for all. An experimental interactive PDF by Marc Autret.
2008> Technology and books for all / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2001> Interviews (1998-2001). English version / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2001 > Interviews (1998-2001). Trilingual version / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
1999> From the print media to the internet / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
1999> Multilingualism on the web / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /

Her work is available in French and Spanish, as well as English. Marie has also just published a series of six short stories, in French and English, and you can find them here.