NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
As regular readers may have noticed, I'm a big fan of ebook retailer Kobo but in recent weeks I've been frustrated at the availability of certain titles from them. First up was the missing Adrian Mole book I mentioned before Christmas, my complaint about which promoted Penguin to kindly get in touch and provide … [Read more...]
DRM of any kind by design places restrictions on users, in the case of books it's probably a necessary evil which will be with us for some time to come but there's no doubt that it restricts ebook buyers from actions - such as lending and reselling - which would be legal if one had bought the paper version of the … [Read more...]
Kobo, the Canadian multi-platform ebook retailer, has announced the appointment of a European Director of Content - a move the company says demonstrates its commitment to European consumers. Pieter Swinkels, formerly Associate Publisher of Netherlands publishing company De Bezige Bij, has been appointed as Director of … [Read more...]
It seems the whole tech news world are getting exciting about Google's new ebook store, for the life of me I can't see why. The hype makes much of the fact that customers will be able to buy books in ePub format and read them across a range of devices but so what? Customers here in the UK have been able to buy ebooks … [Read more...]
Online book retailer bol.com has launched two new ebook reader and shopping apps for iOS and Android devices to Dutch book lovers. From this month the Android app will come preloaded on each Samsung Galaxy tablet and smartphone sold by bol.com will the iOS version for Apple's iPad and iPhone will be available to … [Read more...]
