All the stories tagged with: ebook
Worldreader and Barcelona FC Announce Campaign to Bring 1 million eBooks to Africa
05/24/2012, Non-profit organization Worldreader recently set up a campaign to provide more than 100,000 ebooks to students in sub-Saharan communities in Africa. In a follow-up move to that initiative, the NPO has teamed up with Spanish soccer giants Barcelona FC in [...]
Apple now facing ebook price fixing allegations in Canada
04/23/2012, A couple of weeks ago, we reported that the US Department of Justice sued Apple along with publishers regarding alleged ebook price fixing. Apple of course denied the charges and there have been talks about other countries looking to sue [...]
Australian consumer watchdog considering suing Apple over alleged ebook price fixing
04/12/2012, Just yesterday it was reported that the US Department of Justice was suing Apple over alleged price fixing regarding its ebooks. As if that wasn’t bad enough, now it looks like the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) could be [...]
US government sues Apple and publishers over ebook prices
04/11/2012, The US government does not care whether you have the largest market capitalization on the stock exchange, but where you have done wrong, you will still be brought to book – or at least an attempt will be made. It [...]
Google ends e-book sales via independent stores
04/05/2012, Google will put to an end a program that previously allowed independent booksellers to offer their wares – in this case, e-books, from its online store. This move will come to fruition by the end of January 2013. Google digital [...]
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library lets you borrow for free
04/04/2012, Are you a voracious reader who happened to have made the leap over to the e-book world, so much so that you do not bother with physical paperbacks anymore? Well, good news for you then – it seems that 16 [...]
US might sue Apple and publishers due to e-book prices
03/08/2012, The U.S. Justice Department seems to be on a warpath here, where it has warned Apple in addition to another five of the biggest U.S. publishers that they might just have to prepare for a showdown in the court. This [...]
Kobo eReading app for Windows 8
03/01/2012, Did you catch the Windows 8 Consumer Preview yesterday? If not, you can always read all about it here as we covered the event live. It did not take too long for Kobo to announce their eReading app for Windows [...]
Kama Sutra ends up as e-book
02/20/2012, Ever heard of Deepak Chopra before? This New Age guru has written plenty of books over the years, not to mention having released plenty of audio content in the form of cassettes (back when they were in vogue, of course) [...]
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, [...]
