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… Read more >
October 8, 2009 analysis, bookselling, copyright, ebook readers, iphone, news 6 Read more >
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… Read more >
July 12, 2009 analysis, ebook readers, hardware, iphone 1 Read more >
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… Read more >
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… Read more >
March 19, 2009 analysis, bookselling, ebook readers, iphone, news 0 Read more >
Rumours started circulating a week or two ago that Amazon was planning to make its Kindle-formatted books available on Apple’s iPhone. Well, a week’s a long time and Amazon today… Read more >
March 5, 2009 bookselling, ebook formats, ebook readers, iphone, smartphones 2 Read more >
A couple of days ago, I previewed the Shortcovers ebook service from Canadian bookseller Indigo. The service is now live and worth taking a look at. I checked Shortcovers out… Read more >
February 28, 2009 bookselling, ebook readers, iphone, news 1 Read more >
The announcement of a major push into ebook selling by Canadian book chain Indigo might carry a lesson for other international markets such as New Zealand. Indigo is about to… Read more >
February 25, 2009 bookselling, ebook readers, iphone, smartphones 4 Read more >
An announcement with big potential for the ebook industry has just come out of Adobe. They’ve released a software developer kit (SDK) that will allow developers to bring to mobile… Read more >
February 19, 2009 ebook formats, ebook readers, iphone, smartphones 0 Read more >
Here’s an interesting piece from blogger Martyn Daniels looking at what we can learn from the Keitai cellphone novel, a uniquely Japanese phenomenon that’s seen many of its bestsellers begin… Read more >
February 1, 2009 business, ebook formats, iphone 0 Read more >
Apple’s strategy with its iPod and iTunes store has served as a model for the Kindle and other ebook makers. So this announcement from Apple to drop DRM protection from… Read more >
January 9, 2009 business, ebook formats, iphone, news 0 Read more >