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Adam Rothberg, spokesman for Simon & Schuster, told the E-Commerce Times that it was difficult to speculate as to why, at least initially, King's earlier e-book drew more downloaders. "Every e-event is an event unto itself, and it is hard to draw hard and fast rules as to what makes something a success," he stated.

"We want it understood that we are not taking action against eBay," Motorola spokesperson Laura Littel Zdon told the E-Commerce Times. "In fact, we would want eBay's help." Zdon's comment was an apparent clarification of an earlier statement from Motorola indicating the company had "found eBay to be unresponsive to Motorola's copyright concerns." ...

In Part I of this special report, the E-Commerce Times explored an Internet industry segment that we have dubbed "odd-commerce," highlighting some of the weirdest and wackiest items being offered for sale online However, some of the offerings on the far side of e-commerce are ...

Massachusetts assistant attorney general Pamela Kogut told the E-Commerce Times that a "key component" was missing from the FTC conditions for sale of the customer database. "Consumers should be given notice that their names and shopping preferences are going to be sold, and the opportunity to provide opt-in consent," the attorney said.

Jason Pascal, who has experience in both the traditional and digital music industry, told the E-Commerce Times that Napster has forced the industry to take a serious look at how music can and will be distributed in the future. Pascal spent three years as a corporate lawyer fo...

FTC spokesperson Eric London told the E-Commerce Times that "The mail and telephone order rule is not a requirement for brick-and-mortar companies or catalogs only, but applies to e-commerce as well. The strict penalties were designed to put e-commerce on notice that the FTC will continue to monitor their actions." ...

Amazon had high praise for Galli, telling the E-Commerce Times that the e-tail giant will miss his "energy and his bias for action." The company also noted that Galli "fit into the culture at Amazon because he was dedicated to customer service and had a high bar for hiring new people." ...

Pricing shares for an initial offering was neither science nor art -- it was a game played without rules. "Here we go again," wrote an E-Commerce Times reporter in March of 1999. "Online travel agent Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) has become the latest Internet company to raise the price of its initial public offering in a dramatic way. Priceline announced Friday that the new pricing range is $12-$14, up from $7-$9. Just to put this in perspective, a rise from $9 to $14 is more than a 50 percent gain." ...

In the following exclusive interview with Garden.com president Cliff Sharples, the E-Commerce Times looks into how the Austin, Texas-based company put down its roots and where the company is today, five years after launch. ...

Despite being cut out of the loop, Simon & Schuster is taking the new developments in stride. "The jury's still out. We're not sitting here thinking the sky is falling," the company told the E-Commerce Times. "The Plant," an epistolary novel set in the 1980s, tells the tale o...

Sinnreich told the E-Commerce Times, "Records labels must stop litigating and start partnering, lest they kill the goose that laid the golden egg." ...

Strand told the E-Commerce Times that portal shopping areas provide added value for novice and advanced online shoppers alike because the portals offer specialized search engines and many have "the ability to comparison shop across several sites, finding the best price on a specific product or service." ...

In an interview with the E-Commerce Times, iVillage CEO Candice Carpenter commented, "Conceptually we believe that this brings content and commerce closer to the individual. We bring our strengths to UK women online, a group expected to account for 60 percent of UK online users in the next five years." ...

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) supervisory special agent Charles Neal told the E-Commerce Times, that "When we talk about computer crime, we mean crimes related to fraudulent computer intrusion as defined in the U.S. Code. I liken it to the equivalent of breaking and entering, but into a computer instead of a house or business." ...

Richard Forman, president and CEO of Register.com, told the E-Commerce Times Monday that his company has not yet decided whether to apply to become a registrar of the new domains. "What we do know is that we will be a distributor to consumers," Forman said. "We're looking at our different options in terms of getting to that point." ...

"It was just a knockout quarter," Robert Johnson, an analyst at ABN Amro, told the E-Commerce Times. ...

In Part I of this special report, the E-Commerce Times probed beyond the hype surrounding the alleged downfall of the dot-coms, to examine the big picture of the new U.S. e-conomy. Part II of this special report on the state of the e-commerce industry examines the burgeoning international market...

In light of the torrent of anecdotal evidence suggesting that e-commerce firms may be on the endangered species list, the E-Commerce Times investigated the big picture of the industry. What we found may surprise you. True, there is a whole lot of shaking-out going on. For the...

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Ralph Falzone, NIC Commerce spokesman, told the E-Commerce Times that Bank of America and NIC Commerce will be equal equity owners of Banc of America Purchase Street, LLC and will share revenues. The agreement will give Bank...

"We basically had a bear market in the Nasdaq," Smith told the E-Commerce Times. "It's fallen more than 30 percent in a short time period. That put a lot of investors on the sidelines during the quarter." The slowdown follows a strong start to the year. Online brokerages saw ...