NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
Whether you buy ebooks from a website, a store built into your reader or an app, it still tends to be an unexciting experience thanks to a lack of vision by retailers who are failing to capitalise on the benefits of ‘digital’ selling. While some retailers such as Waterstone’s allow book tokens and gift cards to … [Read more...]
When standalone ebook readers were the last word in the brave new world of ereading retailers were forced to accept that customers would continue to do what they always had - shop around and buy books from a number of different retailers based on factors such as convenience, price promotion and loyalty incentives. The … [Read more...]
Bluefire Reader has become only the second ebook app for Apple's popular iPad allow book lovers to read ePub titles protected by Adobe's DRM to be read on the devices. Previously anyone wanting the ability to buy books from various retailers and read them all in a single app only had the choice of the txtr app. Books … [Read more...]
ebook retailers Amazon and Kobo have updated their respective ebook reader apps for Apple's iPad, adding new functions to the popular ebook platforms. Amazon's Kindle app now offers a two-column layout when the iPad is used in landscape mode as well as what the online trailer terms 'Book Extras' such as detailed … [Read more...]
Last week’s news that Kobo is to be the default ebook reader on Blackberry’s new tablet got a fair amount of coverage but I wonder if the wider significance of the deal has been missed by the media? While much has been written about the battle between Apple’s iBooks and Amazon’s Kindle, the real battle for … [Read more...]
