NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
I like collecting series of books and having recently read Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years I thought it’d be fun to go back and re-read the entire collection from the beginning. That plan fell apart pretty quickly, although ‘The Secret Diary’ and ‘Growing Pains’ were available, the third book ‘The True … [Read more...]
The Bluefire ebook app for iPad has been updated to support the borrowing of library books and developers are promising that the ability to purchase new titles via the app will be added soon. The app, which allows the 'side loading' of ebooks protected by the industry standard Adobe DRM system, launched last month and … [Read more...]
Amazon's Kindle ebook reader has gone on sale at John Lewis, although the retailer's website is currently listing the devices as "Not available online" and is advising potential shoppers to "try your nearest shop". Given the current row over ebook prices being set by publishers, a row Amazon did much to stoke with … [Read more...]
ebook retailer Kobo has said its newly launched newspaper and magazine subscription service, currently only available in North America, will be rolled out "globally". The latest update to the retailer's iPhone and iPad app introduced a new news and magazine screen alongside a 'Newsstand' page on their website however … [Read more...]
It’s not surprising Amazon’s UK Kindle users are reacting badly to news that the retailer has agreed to sell ebooks from three publishers on agency terms - a move which has the appearance of raising prices as it prevents Amazon from discounting titles. Amazon targeted customers with a combination of aggressive … [Read more...]
