1.   All will be sold online as electronic books or in single copies printed on demand, but they will not be shipped to bookstores.

2.   Also built in is a program called Microsoft Reader, which is intended for reading electronic books.

3.   Although I use the Internet daily, the idea of electronic books seemed completely resistible.

4.   And in the even more distant future, the line between paper and electronic books may blur.

5.   And in Texas, the state Board of Education is planning a pilot program to distribute electronic books and laptop computers next fall to thousands of high school students.

6.   Besides, he added, the National Book Awards are accepting submissions of electronic books and received a donation from Microsoft.

7.   Besides advertising applications, the technology may have potential for electronic books and periodicals.

8.   A Napster-like file sharing site for electronic books has opened online, but it is unlikely to anger the publishing industry the way Napster did music companies.

9.   A new name, if not an entirely new format, has entered the field of reader software for electronic books.

10.   A year later, however, the main advantage of electronic books appears to be that they gather no dust.