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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>There is an interesting article, "Chapters
Online to sell digital e-books," in the Report on Business section, of
today's <EM>Globe and Mail</EM>, page B3.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The article indicates that Chapters Online
"plans to start selling digital e-books within two months--becoming the
first Canadian retailer to allow customers to download entire books from the
Internet."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Chaptes first project will be converting 172
<EM>Coles Notes </EM>student guides into e-books.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Copyright and intellectual rights of publishers
and authors will be protected in the digital books.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The article concludes that "Industry
observes say e-books have the potential to turn the book industry on its ear by
making books much more accessible--and cheaper to deliver to consumers. Digital
books can cut production costs considerably by virtually eliminating heavy
printng, paper, distribution, warehousing and shipping
expenses."</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>