eBooks
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European Commission opens investigation into eBook agency pricing
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The European Commission is investigating whether eBook publishers have broken EU antitrust rules by engaging in “anti-competitive practices affecting the sale of e-books”. A number of publishers sell beooks under the agency pricing model, which sees publishers set the final retail price and pay the retailer a commission, in order to sell through Apple’s iBooks…
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Asda to sell Kobo readers for just £67
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UK supermarket is to sell Kobo wireless eBook reader via its network of stores and online at asda.com from Friday. In October the Canadian-based Kobo confirmed WHSmith as its first retail partner while the high street retailer announced plans to move its entire ebook sales & fulfilment service to Kobo. The supermarket will offer the…
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Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 debuts on eBook
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The US division of Simon & Schuster has published the first ever eBook edition of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451. Set in a future American society where reading is outlawed and firemen start fires to burn books, the novel was first published ni 1953. Considered one of the great American novels, it has never been…
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WHSmith and Kobo bring Vox to the UK
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WHSmith is bringing Kobo’s 7″ colour eReading tablet to the UK as part of its exclusive retail tie-up with Kobo. The Vox features a touchscreen, WiFi, the ability to play games, listen to music and watch videos and web access. In October WHSmith announced plans to move its entire ebook service to the Canadian-based Kobo…
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Michael Crichton’s Prey eBook available for just 99p
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Michael Crichton’s 2002 novel Prey is currently available in ebook format for just 99p from Apple’s iBooks, Amazon’s Kindle store, Kobo and Waterstones.com The cover blurb describes the book thus: “A terrifying page-turner in classic Crichton tradition, masterfully combining the elements of a heart-pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology. Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos…
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SingTel joins forces with MobCast for Asian ebook service
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Asian mobile phone network SingTel has enlisted the help of UK-based ebook platform MobCast to power their digital book strategy. The pair have created skoob, the first cloud-based ebook store in Singapore, which will sit alongside SingTel’s existing digital content businesses. Customers will be able to choose from thousands of bestselling titles and will be…