eBooks

  • Hungary’s Magyar Telekom now offering txtr’s beagle ebook reader

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    Magyar Telekom, Hungary’s “principal” mobile network, is now offering txtr’s beagle ebook reader to subscribers taking one of three Android smartphones on a two-year contract. Customers who buy a Samsung Galaxy Young, Sony Xperia M, LG L7 II will receive the ereader plus two free ebooks as well as a preview of Jo Nesbo’s new…

  • Apple adds ebook gifting to iBooks

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    Apple is now offering iBookstore users the option of gifting ebook titles to friends and family. The company already offers the ability gift songs, movies or TV shows through iTunes. The new feature allows books to be gifted immediately or delivered on a chosen date such as a birthday. In October Apple added support for…

  • Foyles and HarperCollins offer ebook/hardback bundles

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    Bookseller Foyles is offering customers a bundled ebook edition of their purchase when they buy one of eight HarperCollins hardbacks titles. The promotion is thought to be the first time hardback and ebook editions have been bundled by a UK high street bookshop. The physical book will come with a voucher code for the eBook…

  • Amazon offers early Kindle editions

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    Amazon says it will offer Kindle users advance access to selected new titles ahead of their official release date. Each month editors at its Amazon Publishing arm will select several titles from Kindle’s most popular categories, adding a note of recommendation and a behind-the-scenes look at the stories and the authors. Customers with a subscription…

  • Kobo opens new Dublin development centre

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    ebook retailer Kobo has created 30 jobs for software developers at a new European Software Development Centre in Dublin. The centre has been opened with the support of IDA Ireland, the Irish government’s agency with responsibility for attracting foreign investment. The Dublin office will work with Kobo’s teams in Toronto, Canada to support development of…

  • New Mac OS X update brings iBooks to desktops and laptops

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    Apple has finally added support for iBooks to Mac OS X, the operating system for its desktop and laptop models.