Ebooks: Neither E, Nor Books Paper for the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference, 2004

"Ebooks: Neither E, Nor Books" by Cory Doctorow is a speech given at a technology meeting that looks closely at ebooks and how they were changing the world of books at the beginning of the 2000s. It talks about how ebooks and regular books are connected. Doctorow shares what he's seen and learned about how technology affects reading, writing, and books in general. He describes how ebooks are special and can change how authors write and how people read. In this text, he talks about how ebooks can be easily shared and accessed, and how readers interact with them differently than with regular books. The author also talks about how copyright laws need to be updated for the digital world, suggesting that they should allow both writers and readers more freedom. The author's vision is that ebooks will become their own kind of book, working together with traditional books.