NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
eBook retailer Kobo has updated its app for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod, adding automatic updates to the built-in dictionary and, on the iPad only, a "social dimension" with Facebook integration and 'Reading Life'. The new 'Reading Life' feature includes awards to be unlocked as well as stats showing how long it's … [Read more...]
Multi-platform ebook seller Kobo has updated its app for Android handsets adding the ability to 'sideload' non-DRM protected books. Other additions include the ability to "search, add and read Internet Archive ePubs" and simplifying the how sideloading works. Kobo offers apps for all popular smartphone platforms and … [Read more...]
ebook retailer Kobo has said its newly launched newspaper and magazine subscription service, currently only available in North America, will be rolled out "globally". The latest update to the retailer's iPhone and iPad app introduced a new news and magazine screen alongside a 'Newsstand' page on their website however … [Read more...]
ebook retailers Amazon and Kobo have updated their respective ebook reader apps for Apple's iPad, adding new functions to the popular ebook platforms. Amazon's Kindle app now offers a two-column layout when the iPad is used in landscape mode as well as what the online trailer terms 'Book Extras' such as detailed … [Read more...]
Last week’s news that Kobo is to be the default ebook reader on Blackberry’s new tablet got a fair amount of coverage but I wonder if the wider significance of the deal has been missed by the media? While much has been written about the battle between Apple’s iBooks and Amazon’s Kindle, the real battle for … [Read more...]
