US publisher Simon and Schuster has announced that its ebook royalties will shift to a payment based on percentage of net receipts rather than a share of the list price. Like Random House, who made this move last October, S&S will pay authors 25% of net receipts. While some might see this as a backward [...]

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Fujitsu has beaten the pack to announce the first commercially available colour ebook reader, the oddly-named FLEPia. The 8″ / 20cm device sports a 260,000 colour e-paper display built using Fujitsu’s own patented FLEPia screen technology and has an impressive 40 hour battery life with continuous use or 2400 page turns. It’s well-featured, coming with [...]

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Users of Sony’s ebook readers now have access to more than half a million books from Google’s vast online collection of books. The books can be downloaded free from within Sony’s eBook Store – provided you’re in the US or Canada. While Google has made several announcements in recent months as its Books project gathers [...]

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I suppose I should add to the noise and write about Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 release. But before I do, I should clarify: it’s not actually a new phone, it’s just an operating system upgrade. And it’s only for developers at this stage, is still full of bugs, and won’t ship to users until later [...]

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This prototype computer from Asus was shown at the CeBIT IT&T show earlier this month. Asus is looking for feedback on the device and hasn’t yet committed to production of it. The dual touchscreen allows one side to be used as a keyboard in  a conventional computer configuration, or the computer can be flipped on [...]

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