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When I first got my eBook reader I looked at the piles of books on and around the bookcases and imagined I'd soon be replacing them all with space saving electronic editions, sad to say the reality is somewhat different. Although my weighty shelves of Le Carre, Clavell and Colin … [Read more...]

Intel launches new eBook reader for visually impaired

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Intel, the computer chip giant, has announced a new eBook reader designed especially for the visually impaired and those with reading difficulties. At roughly the size of paperback book, the Intel Reader (pictured above) looks radically different from standard readers on the market. … [Read more...]

GoSpoken and Backberry partner to develop mobile technology literacy skills

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A new partnership between mobile book publisher GoSpoken and Blackberry is researching how technology can be used to develop literacy levels in schools. The companies have team up with The Reading Agency and actress & author Michelle Gayle for a study involving pupils from three … [Read more...]

Mobile deal extends Wattpad audience by 110m

eBook self-publishing community Wattpad will soon become available to Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel's 110 million subscriber base. "India has always been one of the most important countries for Wattpad’s ebook service,” said Allen Lau, CEO and Co-founder of Wattpad. … [Read more...]

Your new eBook reader will soon be obsolete, but you should buy it anyway

It’s a fact of life that any piece of technology you buy will soon be obsolete - be it a mobile phone, computer or just the humble TV in the corner of your room, while you’re unboxing it some guy in marketing is putting the finishing touches to an ad campaign heralding the arrival … [Read more...]

New low-cost eBook production platform unveiled

Digital publishing firm Aptara has announced a new eBook production platform which it says is able to produce eBook-ready content faster and at a far lower cost than other available methods. The new eGen service will be unveiled at the Online Information 2009 conference which takes … [Read more...]