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  • OverDrive buys Booki.sh for HTML5 technologies

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    OverDrive, the company which distributes eBooks for retailers and libraries around the world, has purchased Australian eBook retailer Booki.sh. OverDrive also offers eBook and audiobook apps for smaprtphones and tablets. Unlike most retailers, Booki.sh uses HTML5 to makes titles available via the customer’s web browser rather than requiring them to install apps. OverDrive says it…

  • Barnes & Noble to hold UK nook event

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    US eBook retailer Barnes & Noble is hosting a developer workshop in London later this month, prompting speculation the company will shortly launch its nook reader in the UK. Previous speculation has centred around B&N partnering with Waterstones to sell the nook in the UK The free NOOK Developer Workshop is being held on March…

  • Penguin ties up with The Economist for Shorts range

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    Penguin’s is partnering with The Economist to publish a series of digital-only books covering “most pressing issues of the day” as part of its Penguin Shorts range. The Shorts range offers “a wide range of engaging, entertaining non-fiction and fiction for approximately the same price as a cup of coffee, written to be read over…

  • Hysteria, thrills and dubious motives in Homeland

    Hysteria, thrills and dubious motives in Homeland

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    Have you been watching Homeland on Channel 4? Anyone answering ‘no’ should head off to 4oD and catch up on the first two episodes ahead of this week’s third instalment. Though the pilot was a little slow, those watching have been treated to some powerful drama, not least from Claire Danes as ultra-paranoid CIA agent…

  • BBC Red Button won’t come to TiVo until April

    BBC Red Button won’t come to TiVo until April

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    Virgin Media’s TiVo customers will have to wait until at least April before they can access BBC Red Button services, according to support staff. The TiVo launched in the UK lacking basic features such as Red Button and reminders and unable to search Virgin Media’s on demand music library. Posting on the official Virgin Media…

  • George Sampson and Robson Green join Mount Pleasant

    George Sampson and Robson Green join Mount Pleasant

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    Sky has announced that George Sampson and Robson Green are to join the cast of its comedy drama Mount Pleasant when when the show returns later this year. Set in Manchester, the series follows the work and personal lives of Lisa (Sally Lindsay) and Dan (Daniel Ryan), their friends and families. The first run attracted…