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Kindle US readers get new Amazon romance imprint
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Romantically minded Kindle users in North America will soon be able to buy even more tales of true love and romance after the online retailer announced a new publishing imprint, Montlake Romance. The imprint will debut later this year with The Other Guy’s Bride – a novel by Connie Brockway, a two-time winner of the…
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Kobo unveils social reading for Blackberry handsets
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ebook retailer Kobo has unveiled a pre-release version of a new Blackberry eroding app which allows readers to discuss ebooks and share recommendations with other BlackBerry Messenger users.
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ebooks account for 5% of Hachette UK’s sales
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News of rising ebook sales continues with the revelation that the format now accounts for 5% of Hachette UK’s trade sales and has quadrupled in the first quarter of 2011. Hachette’s figures follow news that Penguin’s digital sales doubled in 2011 and data from the Publishers Association which suggests the value of ebook and audiobook…
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Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton – Psychoville Q&A
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The weird world of Psychoville returns to BBC Two this week for a brand new six-part series that will fright and delight in equal measure with a whole new world of mystery and intrigue. Co-creators and writers Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton discuss the reaction to series one and the challenges of writing a second…
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UK ebook sales soar in 2010
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The value of ebook and audiobook sales in the UK have grew by over 300% in 2010 according to figures released by the Publishers Association.
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Review: 4oD Catch Up for iPad
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4oD Catch Up is Channel 4’s answer to the ever-popular BBC iPlayer which already launched its iPad app earlier this year. Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 isn’t sitting in a pool of public cash so the 4oD iPad app is sponsored by Heineken meaning all videos are preceded by a 60 second advert for the…