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Discusses the issue of electronic books and electronic publishing and how to review books in a myriad of e-book formats. List of some of the different types of formats available for electronic publishing; Similarity between models in that they are based on movement of traditional paper books to simultaneous e-versions; Lack of greater exposure and legitimacy for e-books that traditional review media can give them.

The article reviews the book "The Impact of Electronic Publishing on the Academic Community,"edited by I. Butterworth.

The article announces that Rice University Publishers in Houston, Texas, which closed in 1996, will resume operations as a digital publisher. The systems of manuscript solicitation and peer review will remain the same. Dissemination of papers via the Internet is a growing trend in scholarly publishing.

The article reports that the Association of Research Libraries believes that within five years, many journals will be available in electronic format only. A report written by Richard K. Johnson and Judy Luther cites economic reasons, and observes that at some point it will no longer be economically feasible for publishers to produce paper journals.

The article reports on topics covered at the International Digital Publishing Forum's (IDPF) Digital Book 2007 conference, which was held in Manhattan, New York, on May 9. Discussions included electronic books and when they will be accepted by the public, library input on e-content research, and handheld reading devices. Google's announcement of a plan to make money from Google Book Search raised questions on privacy and intellectual freedom.

Reviews a number of books relating to electronic publishing including `Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information,' by Xia Li and Nancy Crane, `The Internet Unplugged,' by Michael A. Banks, `The Dictionary of Multimedia,' by Brad Hansen, Franklin, Beedle and Associated Inc., `Information Management for the Intelligent Organization, Second Edition,' by Chun Wei Choo and `Naked in Cyberspace,' by Carole A. Lane, among others. INSETS: Inventory clearance;Featured book of the month.

Reviews the book "Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing," edited by Ann Shumelda Okerson and James J. O'Donnell.

The article reviews the book "Transforming Scholarly Publishing Through Open Access: A Bibliography," by Charles W. Bailey.

Features a tool for online publishers, called the Rich Site Summary (RSS), which allows Web sites and individual users to subscribe to headline feeds from new sites. Efforts of "The Telegraph" and "The Christian Science Monitor" periodicals to make RSS offerings; Importance of Web logs as a distribution channel to "The New York Times,"; Benefits of using RSS.

Reviews the book 'The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing' edited by William E. Kasdorf.

Reviews the electronic scientific journal `Neuroscience-Net,' edited by John E. Johnson.

The article reviews the book "Scholarly Publishing Practice 3: Academic Journals Publishers' Policies and Practices in Online Publishing," 3rd edition, by John Cox and Laura Cox.

This article presents a book review of "E-Books-The Options: A Manual for Publishers," by Linda Bennett.

The article reports on the benefits of using electronic journals and books when searching for and acquiring a part of an article such as a chapter, table or photograph. A discussion of the results of a field test of an indexing system from CSA Inc. Which allowed scientists to examine the usefulness of the system is presented.

Reviews the novel 'Music at the Garden House,' by Patricia le Roy, which has been published electronically by the British firm Online Originals. Le Roy's previous e-novel, 'The Angels of Russia'; How Online Originals delivers the e-books to its customers; Price per book; The moral themes, espionage, and historical romance which appear in 'Music at the Garden House.'

The article reviews the book "Electronic Nightmare," by John Wicklein.

Reviews the film "Desktop Publishing," which presents key concepts of graphic arts communication to aspiring desktop publishers.

A review of the book "PA Guide to Going Digital," by Linda Bennett is presented.

The article reviews the book "Print is Dead: Books In Our Digital Age," by Jeff Gomez.

Reviews the book 'E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities' edited by David C. Fowler.

Reports on the publication of book reviews from the pages of "JOM" to the JOM Web site as of March 2004. Number of publications of the magazine per year; Reason for transferring the reviews to the Web site; Coverage of the JOM Book Review Web site.

Reviews the book "CD-ROM: Facilitating Electronic Publishing," by Linda W. Helgerson and Van Nostrand Reinhold.