"Vanity Fare, a court ruling this month
brings the shadowy world of vanity publishing into the open," by Jonathan Bing in the 26 May
1998 Village Voice, is a good overview of the evils of vanity publishing.
"Ex Libris, the joys of curling up with a good digital reading device,"
by WIRED senior culture writer Steve Silberman
in the July 1998 issue, introduces the new world of electronic books.