20 volumes, was launched in March
2000 by the Oxford University Press (OUP) launched in March 2000. The
website offers a quarterly update of the dictionary with 1,000 new or
revised entries. In March 2002, two years after this first experience,
the Oxford University Press launches Oxford Reference Online (ORO), a
comprehensive encyclopedia designed directly for the web and also
available for a subscription fee. Its 60,000 pages and one million
entries could represent the equivalent of one hundred print
encyclopedias.

March 2000 > Mobipocket, or ebooks for PDAs

Mobipocket was founded in March 2000 in Paris, France, by Thierry
Brethes and Nathalie Ting, as a company specializing in ebooks for
PDAs, with some funding from Vivendi. The Mobipocket format (PRC, based
on the OeB format) and the Mobipocket Reader were "universal" and could
be used on any PDA--and also on any computer from April 2002. They
quickly became global standards for ebooks on mobile devices. In spring
2003, the Mobipocket Reader was available in several languages (French,
English, German, Spanish, Italian) and could also be used on the
smartphones of Nokia and Sony Ericsson. 6,000 titles in several
languages were available on Mobipocket's website and in partner online
bookstores. Mobipocket was bought by Amazon in April 2005. It now
operates within the Amazon brand, with a multilingual catalog of 70,000
books in 2008.

April 2000 > The Pocket PC and the Microsoft Reader

Microsoft launched the Microsoft Reader in April 2000, for people to
read books in LIT (from "literature") format on its new PDA, the Pocket
PC. Four months later, in August 2000, the Microsoft Reader was
available for computers, and then for any Windows platform, for example
the platforms of the Tablets PC launched in November 2002. Microsoft
billed publishers and distributors for the use of its DRM technology
through the Microsoft DAS Server, with a commission on each sale.
Microsoft also partnered with major online bookstores--Barnes &
Noble.com in January 2000 and Amazon.com in August 2000--for them to
offer ebooks for the Microsoft Reader in eBookstores soon to be
launched. Barnes & Noble.com opened its eBookstore in August 2000,
followed by Amazon in November 2000.

June 2000 > Quote from Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul began searching how hyperlinks could expand his writing
towards new directions. He switched from being a print author to being
an hypermedia author, and the webmas