eBooks

  • Cybook OPUS eBook reader gets a makeover

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    eBook maker Bookeen has announced a new look for their Cybook OPUS reader – seven “trendy” new colours and addition features including enhanced battery life. The OPUS’s refreshed look follows consultation with users across the world and will be available from May 7th. Bookeen say the reader now boasts “instant-reading technology” which reduces start-up times…

  • Foyles becomes first UK retailer to sell WiFi eReader

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    High Street and online book retailer Foyles is to become the first major UK retailer to sell a wireless eReader with stores stocking the BeBook Neo eBook from World Book Day, Thursday 4 March.

  • Cloud-based Kobo store launches in UK

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    UK eBook lovers now have access to a new store offering almost two millions titles in the open ePub eBook format for instant download. kobobooks.com offers titles from Random House, Penguin, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster and Faber and is described as “an eReading service for smartphones, tablets, netbooks, laptops and eReaders.”

  • Wattpad titles join Sony’s Reader store

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    Selected titles from self-publishing eBook service Wattpad are to be available from Sony’s Reader Store. The initial selection of books are the top picks from Wattpad’s library of 250,000 titles, with many having been read over 1,000,000 times.

  • Wattpad: Apple iPad “a game changer for eBooks”

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    eBook community Wattpad has confirmed that an optimized version of its popular mobile application will be available on the Apple iPad when it becomes available later this year. “No doubt Apple has created a game changer for ebooks,” said Ivan Yuen, CTO of Wattpad. “An iPad optimized version of Wattpad will be available when the…

  • Wattpad eBook authors get sales help

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    eBook community site Wattpad has announced a new tie-up with publishing site LuLu.com to provide Wattpad writers with a Wattpad branded marketplace on Lulu.com to print, sell and promote their works. The two firms say the ‘Wattpad Marketplace’ will help authors overcome typical sales and marketing challenges and reach a wider audience. The marketplace is…