eBooks

  • Apple’s iBookstore launches in Japan

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    Apple has launched a local version of is iBookstore ebook shop in Japan, taking the number of territories it serves to 51. The store includes emerging and established authors including Shyotaro Ikenami, Jiro Akagawa, Atsuko Asano and Ryu Murakami and offers books from major and independent publishers, includingKodansha, KADOKAWA, Bungeishunju, Gakken and Gentosha. Books purchased…

  • T3 sees digital sales growth

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    Future’s technology and lifestyle magazine T3 has seen “significant” growth with a with a 35% increase in its digital sales editions, according to the latest ABC circulation figures. The standard digital edition saw a 52.3% year-on-year growth from 7,327 to 11,158, while the interactive iPad edition enjoyed 3.7% growth to 18,005. Across all formats the…

  • Sainsbury’s to rebrand Anobii ebook service

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    Sainsbury’s is to rebrand Anobii, the ebook retailer and social network it purchased from HMV last year. Anobii service allows readers to research titles and purchase them to read on a range of e-readers, smartphones and tablets. In June 2012 the UK supermarket purchased HMV’s 64% stake in the site which it had retained following the…

  • Pre-order Dan Brown’s INFERNO in ebook format

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    Inferno, the latest book from bestselling author Dan Brown, is now available for pre-order in the UK in ebook edition. The brand-new thriller features beloved professor of symbology Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks in the films) and is a continuation of the international bestselling series, which includes The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons,…

  • Puffin announces first Doctor Who ebook author

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    UK publisher Puffin has announced that Eoin Colfer, best­selling author of Artemis Fowl, is to write its first Doctor Who 50th anniversary ebook. The publisher is releasing one ebook novel, priced £1.99, on the 23rd of each month during 2013 – the show’s 50th anniversary year. A Big Hand For The Doctor sees the Doctor…

  • Eoin Colfer to write first Doctor Who 50th anniversary ebook

    Eoin Colfer to write first Doctor Who 50th anniversary ebook

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    UK publisher Puffin has announced that Eoin Colfer, best­selling author of Artemis Fowl, is to write its first Doctor Who 50th anniversary ebook. The publisher is releasing one ebook novel, priced £1.99, on the 23rd of each month during 2013 – the show’s 50th anniversary year. Each short story is written by a different author…