All the stories tagged with: ebook
Amazon allows Wattpad on the Kindle Fire
12/22/2011, We’ve previously mentioned that Amazon followed the console business model, of selling hardware cheap and recouping its losses by selling content, when it came to the Kindle Fire and one of its methods of making money is from eBooks sold [...]
Kobo to develop Metro-style apps for Windows 8
12/08/2011, While Kobo doesn’t seem to have an eBook reader for the Windows Phone operating system yet, it looks like the company already has plans for the Windows 8 version of its app. The company recently announced on its blog that [...]
Kobo offers a free e-book each month
12/04/2011, Terms and conditions apply, of course. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, right? Amazon’s recent introduction of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library will enable them to borrow a free e-book each month, [...]
Kobo Touch introduced
11/23/2011, The e-book reader market is certainly a growing and competitive one – especially for a country like the US where plenty of people get their reading done while they are on a subway or taking public transport somewhere. With so [...]
Barnes & Noble announces first four NOOK First authors
11/18/2011, The E-book business has been pretty competitive of late, and while Amazon has got dibs on some DC Comics, it looks like Barnes & Noble has got its own exclusives as well. The company announced its NOOK First program: books [...]
Kobo acquired by Rakuten
11/08/2011, Kobo, the eBook reader platform developer and eBook reading app provider has been reported to have been purchased for $315 million by Rakuten, one of the world’s top 3 e-commerce companies by revenue. It looks like Rakuten wants to take [...]
Hyperink publishes eBooks based on search data
10/28/2011, Most book publishers choose to publish books that they link as opposed to what they know will sell. And if it’s a book by someone famous, it’s usually not a problem as his/her books will be snapped up from the [...]
Android tablet boasts physical QWERTY keyboard
10/21/2011, Now, it goes without saying that a smartphone these days tend to come with a virtual keyboard on their touchscreen displays – and there is only a bunch of models that offer a slideout physical QWERTY keyboard just in case [...]
Library eBooks for Kindle now live
09/21/2011, It was only yesterday that we reported that the Library eBooks for Kindle was available for folks living in Seattle, well starting today, the service goes live nationwide. According to a press release from Amazon this morning, Kindle Books are [...]
Library eBook for Kindle undergoes testing
09/20/2011, Announced way back in April, Kindle’s eBook lending service is now live – at least for folks living in Seattle. There have been reports of users noticing the appearance of the Kindle download option on the sites of two library [...]
Scuba Divers use Sony Reader 300ft underwater
09/13/2011, Ever used a tablet while you’re underwater in the middle of an ocean? Can’t say I have, but some folks do it on a daily basis especially professional divers like Mark Thurlow and Robin Jacoway. Since they go down to [...]
Amazon to deliver digital book library
09/11/2011, Amazon certainly has a new tablet up their sleeves, but it is still surrounded by a shroud of secrecy. Well, the company is said to be working on a digital book library that will be not too different from that [...]
