eBooks

  • Sony announces new ebook reader

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    Sony has announced an update to its ebook reader, which it claims is the lightest on the market. Weighing 168 grams and just 8.9mm thin, the WiFi enabled, 6” PRS-T1 is both smaller and lighter than the previous generation of readers and the company says the device can “easily fit into a bag or pocket”.…

  • Amazon launches web-based Kindle app for iPad

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    Amazon has released a new web-based, touch-capable ebook reader allowing its Kindle customers to buy and access books on any device. The new Kindle Cloud Reader is compatible with Mac and iPad versions of the Safari browser and Google’s Chrome.

  • Guardian launches new ebook range for Kindle and iBooks

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    British newspaper The Guardian has announced a new ebook range for the Kindle and iBooks. The Guardian Shorts range will feature “detailed guides to topical news stories, public policy, sports and cultural events” and has launched with an account of the paper’s role in uncovering phone hacking by the News of the World. Although some…

  • eBook sales now account for 14% of Penguin’s revenues

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    Book publisher Penguin has announced eBook sales have increased by over 130% and now represent 14% of its worldwide revenues. The growth of Penguin’s eBook business was revealed this week as the publisher announced its results for the first half of 2011.

  • Kobo’s iOS app loses ‘buy’ option

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    iPad and iPhone users who buy books from Kobo will no longer be able to purchase titles from within the app as Kobo becomes the latest retailer to fall into line with Apple’s new sales rules. Earlier this year Apple announced it would no longer approve apps which redirected sales out of the app and…

  • Kobo adds friends to iPad app

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    ebook retailer Kobo has updated its app for Apple’s iPhone and iPad to include a new ‘friends’ feature in its Reading Life social networking platform. The new feature allows app suers to see what titles their friends have read and ask for book recommendations and compare their Reading Life ‘awards’ which are given for reaching…