NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
Kindle users in the US will soon be able to borrow books from their local libraries after Amazon announced a deal with Overdrive, the company which powers ebook lending services for many libraries in the US and Europe. Ebook lending is already available to users of rival ebook which support ePub files protected by … [Read more...]
Ebook retail and library service provider OverDrive has released a list of the most borrowed ebooks from UK libraries for February 2011. The list covers books checked out and on a waiting lists at libraries using OverDrive's fulfilment service. Books loaned by libraries can be read on any ePub/Adobe DRM compatible … [Read more...]
Bookseller Waterstone's has slashed the price of its colour ereader to £69.99 - a saving of £30 on the Elonex manufactured device's previous selling price. The 5" reader supports the ePub files protected by Adobe DRM and is also capable of playing MP3s and movies. Waterstone's claims a 6 hour battery life when the … [Read more...]
Supermarket giant Asda has started selling an 5" colour ebook reader for just £52 - believed to be the lowest priced reader available in the UK. The reader View Quest supports Adobe DRM protected eBooks available from retailers such as Waterstone's and WHSmiths and claims a 6 hour battery life for the colour, backlit … [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...]
