German company txtr has just launched the first iPhone ebook reading application to support the ePub open ebook format along with Adobe’s digital rights management. Sounds like more than a mouthful but this is very good news for ebook development. It potentially opens up the important iPhone channel to content from major commercial publishers who, [...]

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The Android vs iPhone wars are at an interesting point. Apple is making huge strides with its early-mover advantage while Android’s much-hyped but slow-burning start tests the nerves of developers and supporters. Is this going to be Mac vs PC in reverse? Surely, much as we love the wonderful things Apple is doing, we don’t [...]

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Amazon’s Kindle is going global. From October 19, customers in 100 countries will be able to buy a Kindle, buy ebooks from the Kindle’s 200,000+ English language titles, and do it all over the wireless network that has made the Kindle so popular. [Update: 1:37pm Just had a call to tell me that Amazon is [...]

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One of the areas we’ve been seeing a lot of innovation this year is screen technologies. It’s a key area of development for e-reading and the good news is that it’s now becoming an increasingly important issue for mainstream users as computing goes mobile. In the e-reading space, the standard today is e-Ink which powers [...]

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Amazon has acquired Lexcycle, the developer of top iPhone ebook reader Stanza. The three-person Texas company announced today that it become an Amazon-owned company but plans to continue its current path with product development. Stanza’s COO Neelan Choksi will be in New Zealand shortly, keynoting the Digital Publishing Forum’s Future of the Book conference scheduled [...]

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