The Internet Archive has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand its book-digitizing efforts, which so far have resulted in the scanning of about 100,000 books now available on ...

Someone somewhere in the world is searching for the opening lines of Melville’s "Moby Dick," or maybe a phrase from Toni Morrison’s "Beloved," an anecdote from a Bart Starr biography, a speech by ...

For twenty years, literature consumption practices have undergone a total conversion. Readers can now avoid carrying bulky hardcovers and postpone paperback wait times – e-books have established ...

A researcher at Carnegie Mellon University has found a way to turn the process by which people register at commercial websites into a method for digitizing books, the Associated Press reported. The ...

Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too. By Alexandra Alter When Andy Hunter started ...

From an early age, children are diving into the vibrant world of digital media, sparking a critical conversation about its impact on literacy. While the undeniable advantages of print books can enrich ...

The nonprofit Internet Archive on Friday urged a federal appellate court to rule that digitizing books and then lending one ebook at a time online doesn't infringe copyright. Online lending “serves ...