news, tips & advice for UK eBook lovers
A couple of weekends back I picked up a Sony PRS-505 Reader from the Argos store in Oxford Street for the fantastic price of £169.99. If you're not familiar with Sony's reader range, the PRS-505 is the model Waterstones and John Lewis were selling until a few months ago when … [Read more...]
eBook reader manufacturer Bookeen says the rate of take-up for the format is forcing it to revise upwards its sales forecasts for Europe and North America. The comments come as the firm prepares to announce new products next year follows a research giant Forrester's recent revision … [Read more...]
Book retailer Foyles has expanded its eBook reader range to include the Cybook Opus reader. The store already stocks the e SONY Touch Edition eReader and BeBook Mini, which it sells for £159 - which is says is "the most competitive price on the high street". The Opus will retail … [Read more...]
Online retail giant Amazon has made its Kindle iPhone app available to UK consumers for the first time. The move follows an earlier decision to allow non-US shoppers to purchase the Kindle eBook reader and the release of a PC reader package. The free app allows customers to buy … [Read more...]
The news that publishers are considering to hold back eBook editions of books sounds like a bad development for readers but poses a risk for the publishers themselves. A cynic would be forgiven for suspecting some in the publishing world are hoping book lovers will get bored of … [Read more...]
Andy McNab's digital book company, Mobcast Services Ltd, has secured second round investment, attracting the support of Japanese mobile book giant For-Side.com Co. Ltd. Mobcast is the firm behind the GoSpoken.com service which offers digital books through mobile handsets including … [Read more...]
