news, tips & advice for UK eBook lovers
Orange yesterday announced the shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction and book lovers are being invited to download an extract of each title to their mobile. The prize, which is the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, was established in 1996 to … [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 … [Read more...]
GoSpoken, the digital book company specialising in bringing books to mobile phones, has announced a new partnership with independent online book shop Lovereading Ltd which will see GoSpoken offering the bestselling and latest ebook and audio book titles from the LoveReading.co.uk … [Read more...]
Vodafone has become the first mobile phone operator to launch their own branded eBook and audiobook store as part of their Vodafone Live! service. The store, powered by GoSpoken.com, follows similar offerings from handset manufacturers but is the first to be offered directly by … [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...]
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...]
