eBooks

  • January eBook release for The Talented Mr Ripley

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    Patricia Highsmith’s celebrated psychological thriller The Talented Mr Ripley is finally getting an eBook release. Apple’s iBooks store is accepting pre-orders for the title accepting pre-orders for the title and is listing an expected release date of January 31st and sale price of £3.99. The book can also be ordered from both Amazon.co.uk for Kindle…

  • Free Jo Nesbo ebook for iTunes users

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    Apple users who have downloaded the firm’s 12 Days of Christmas app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch can grab a free copy of Jo Nesbo’s novel The Redbreast. The book is the first of Nesbo’s Harry Hole series to be available in English and begins during former President Clinton’s visit to Norway, where…

  • WHSmith ebook customers see more changes

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    In the past few days, WHSmith ebook customers have seen further changes to the retailer’s ebook operation. In October WHSmith announced plans to move its ebook service to the Canadian-based Kobo platform. Shortly afterwards, sales via the firm’s website were redirected to Kobo’s site. At the time customers were promised details of how their existing…

  • Classic titles revived for new digital imprint

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    Pan Macmillan has launched a new digital imprint, Bello, which will revive 20th century classics for a 21st century audience. The publisher says all books included in Bello’s launch wave are drawn from the prestigious backlist of the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency. The imprint is designed to bring long out of print books…

  • Kobo warns iOS users of book deletions

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    Kobo has warned users of its apps for Apple’s iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch that their books may be deleted without their permission. According to a blog post on Kobo.com: “As part of iOS 5, the system automatically purges data from your device when it runs out of disk space. “Unfortunately, when this happens, your…

  • Kobo announces Windows 8 apps

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    Canadian-based ebook retailer Kobo says it will be developing Metro-style apps for Windows 8. As well as its own branded eReaders, Kobo offers apps for mobile phones, tablets, desktops and laptops. Kobo readers are available in the UK from Asda and WHsmith. In a blogpost Kobo said: “We’re excited to share that Kobo will be…