NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
This week's news of an OFT investigation into the agency pricing model being used by ebook publishers went down especially well with Kindle users posting on Amazon's forums, many of whom are clearly not paying attention to the OFT's caveat that "it should not be assumed that the parties involved have breached … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
There's a lot of angst and speculation around the web this morning after Apple rejected Sony's ebook reader for the iPhone/iPad. The reported reason for the rejection - that the app wouldn't make Apple any money - doesn't quite feel like the whole story. Apple has previously approved ebooks apps such as Kindle, Kobo … [Read more...]
Online retailer Amazon has claimed the sales of ebooks for its Kindle reader now exceed the number of paperback books sold via its Amazon.com website. According to trading statement issued by the company, for every 100 paperback books Amazon.com has sold the Company sold 115 Kindle books during the quarter ending … [Read more...]
Maybe the runaway success of Apple’s itunes and App Store services gave us all impossibly high expectations. Maybe we all expected a little too much innovation from a company which often ‘merely’ dresses up and popularises existing concepts. Either way, the company’s iBooks service - originally out for the … [Read more...]
