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  • Apple announces new ereading features

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    iPad maker Apple has announced a number of new ereading features and tools including wireless page synching within its iBooks ebook app between devices and a new digital magazine stand. The new features were announced on Monday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the computer giant’s developers conference.

  • FT quits App Store for HTML5 web app

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    The Financial Times has launched a new web-based app for the iPhone and iPad in an apparent bid to side-step Apple’s new rules on subscriptions for newspapers and magazines. Earlier this year the computer maker announced all publishers wishing to sell subscriptions to iTunes users would need to offer subs via iTunes as well as…

  • txtr to power ebooks on Acer’s LumiRead tablet

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    German-based ebook retailer txtr is to power the ebook store on Acer’s LumiRead tablet, providing all content within the app as well as operating all aspects of the store including billing and support. The store is being rolled out alongside the tablet in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Ireland and Spain and…

  • Friends With Benefits – new trailer

    Friends With Benefits – new trailer

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    The relationship between two friends gets complicated when they decide to get romantic in Friends With Benefits. Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) think it’s going to be easy to add the simple act of sex to their friendship, despite what the Hollywood romantic comedies would have them believe. They soon discover however that…

  • Classic Doctor Who comes to ebook

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    Doctor Who fans can grab themselves a dose of nostalgia next month when six classic adaptations of past TV adventures are released simultaneously in paperback and ebook editions. The novels, originally released by TARGET books, are being republished by BBC Books and feature the first three incarnations of the Timelord as played by William Hartnell,…

  • October 2012 release for Bond 23

    October 2012 release for Bond 23

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    MGM and Sony Pictures have confirmed the as yet untitled 23rd James Bond movie will open at British and Irish cinemas on Friday, 26TH OCTOBER, 2012 and at US cinemas on November 9, 2012. The film, delayed by MGM;s financial difficulties sees Daniel Craig return as Bond for an adventure directed by Sam Mende and…