eBooks

iPad maker Apple has rejected Sony’s long-expected ebook reader app with reports blaming the ban on the app’s failure to sell books via Apple’s iTunes billing system. In November the company announced apps for both Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iPhone and iPad would launch “in December” however in the build-up to Christmas the…

Sony’s ebook app for Android-powered mobile phones and tablets is now availably to download form the Android Market, but there’s no word as yet on the release of the previously announced version for Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

A new ebook app combining a bookstore for new purchases with the ability to import titles purchased from any retailer which supports epub files protected Adobe DRM launched earlier this month for Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Online book retailer bol.com has launched two new ebook reader and shopping apps for iOS and Android devices to Dutch book lovers. From this month the Android app will come preloaded on each Samsung Galaxy tablet and smartphone sold by bol.com will the iOS version for Apple’s iPad and iPhone will be available to download…

Sony, who blazed the ebook trail here in the UK, has announced a new ebook reading app will be available for the iPhone and Android-powered handsets “in December”. Unlike its ebook readers, Sony currently only offers its ebook store in the US and Canada and its not yet clear whether the electronics giant plans to…