NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
UK eBook lovers now have access to a new store offering almost two millions titles in the open ePub eBook format for instant download. kobobooks.com offers titles from Random House, Penguin, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster and Faber and is described as "an eReading service for smartphones, tablets, netbooks, laptops and … [Read more...]
Selected titles from self-publishing eBook service Wattpad are to be available from Sony's Reader Store. "We are very excited to bring popular Wattpad titles to new audiences,” said Allen Lau, CEO and Co-founder of Wattpad. The initial selection of books are the top picks from Wattpad’s library of 250,000 titles, … [Read more...]
Blackberry users in the US can now download a new Kindle application from Amazon.com giving them access to their eBooks on their handset. As well as the ability to read books, the app allows users to search and browse titles, buy new books from within the app and even synchronises the last page read between their … [Read more...]
The company behind the digital book service GoSpoken.com has announced a new tie-up with Walker Books to distribute eBooks to wireless connected devices including mobile phones. Mobcast is to distribute titles from bestselling authors such as Anthony Horowitz, who’s Alex Rider series has sold over 12 million … [Read more...]
eBook community Wattpad has confirmed that an optimized version of its popular mobile application will be available on the Apple iPad when it becomes available later this year. “No doubt Apple has created a game changer for ebooks,” said Ivan Yuen, CTO of Wattpad. “An iPad optimized version of Wattpad will be … [Read more...]
