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Cyberbooks

October 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM

Ben Coleman

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This book was written in 1989

A section from Ben Bova's Cyberbooks, describing a worker in a supposedly automated book warehouse dodging falling boxes from wobbly conveyor belts

September 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM

Ian K

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There was even a book about it: www.goodreads.com/book/show/90...

Cyberbooks

Carl Lewis, the inventor of an electronic book, becomes…

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May 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM

CyberMaterial

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Teaching Cyber: Building the Bridge Between Education and Industry by L. Ben Crenshaw
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January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM

king's co-op bookstore

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okay i need to read this immediately

THE BOOK THAT YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS HAS BECOME OBSOLETE.
"Now wait a minute," said Ralph Malzone. "You mean.."
"No paper!" Cari exulted. "You don't have to chop down trees and make paper and haul tons of the stuff to the printing presses and then haul the printed books to the stores. You move electrons and photons instead of paper. It's cheap and efficient." For a long time Malzone said nothing. Then he sighed a very heavy sigh. "You're saying that a publisher won't need printers, paper, ink, wholesalers, route salesmen, district managers, truck drivers— not even booksellers?"
"The whole thing can be done electronically," Carl enthused.
"Shop for books by TV. Buy them over the phone. Transmit them anywhere on Earth almost instantaneously, straight to the customer."
Malzone glanced around the shadows of the room uneasily.
In a near whisper he told Carl, "Jesus Christ, kid, you're going to get both of us killed."

May 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM

Maxpocalypse

@maxpocalypse.bsky.social

The first Bova book I read was “Cyberbooks,” bought at a used bookstore that was in the process of closing forever…

May 23, 2026 at 2:36 AM

bunshonokai.bsky.social

@bunshonokai.bsky.social

A long time ago when I read Ben Bova's cyberbooks I kind of assumed he was exaggerating because surely a publishing company couldn't be that Self destructively evil, But over the years it seems like he actually Undersold it

June 11, 2024 at 3:12 PM

Phillemon CEH | CTH

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January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM

bunshonokai.bsky.social

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Did you ever read Ben Bova's Cyberbooks? I admit I was disappointed that real life book publishing wasn't even 1% as crazy as all that...

November 3, 2023 at 10:47 PM

Herne

@herne.bsky.social

Ben Bova invented eBooks…

First edition TOR paperback, circa 1990

Back cover of CYBERBOOKS by Ben Bova.

Text: The book that you hold in your hand has become obsolete.

"Now wait a minute," said Ralph Malone. "You mean…"

"No paper!" Carl exulted. "You don't have to chop down trees and make paper and haul tons of the stuff to the printing presses and then haul the printed books to the stores. You move electrons and photons instead of paper. It's cheap and efficient."

For a long time Malzone said nothing. Then he sighed a very heavy sigh. "You're saying that a publisher won't need printers, paper, ink, wholesalers, route salesmen, district managers, truck drivers — not even booksellers?"

"The whole thing can be done electronically," Carl enthused, "Shop for books by TV. Buy them over the phone. Trasmit them anywhere on Earth almost instantaneously, straight to the customer."

Malzone glanced around the shadows of the room uneasily. In a near whisper he told Carl, "Jesus Christ, kid, you're going to get us both killed!"

July 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM

CyberMaterial

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Wireless Network Security A Beginner's Guide by Tyler Wrightson
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February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM

CyberMaterial

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Fraud 101 by Stephen Pedneault
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February 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM

CyberMaterial

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Outsmarting Business Email Compromise by Philippe Flichy
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January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM

CyberMaterial

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Cybersecurity for Beginners by Raef Meeuwisse delivers a clear, non-technical introduction to modern cyber risks, cloud security, and core concepts.

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January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM

CyberMaterial

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“The Little Cyber Engineer” by Amber DeVilbiss is a fun, rhyme-filled intro to cybersecurity for kids, teaching digital safety, tech basics, and STEM curiosity.

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December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Amazing Stories

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Matt's Reviews: Cyberbooks by Ben Bova

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November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM

Lady Jí Kè 极客妇人

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'Cyberbooks', by Ben Bova. Published by Tor 1989. Foreshadowing of e-books. Found in my SF collection. <a href="http://p.twipple.jp/C5TzS" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://p.twipple.jp/C5TzS

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November 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM

Allen but one of the good ones

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Incidentally, any misundestandings on my part about how the publishing industry works are probably because of me taking two sources too seriously.

The first being Ben Bova's Cyberbooks, and the second being the Writing Excuses podcast, which I discovered about halfway through their first […]

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December 19, 2024 at 8:11 AM