iPad pre-orders now being taken

A smaller, cheaper device would help Apple compete with rivals. Photo: Apple.

Apple's iPad web tablet, which offers a range of competing eBook reader Apps, is now available for UK customers to pre-order. Although the iPad lacks the e-ink screens of dedicated readers, it does allow users to download and read books from a variety of retailers including Amazon's Kindle service, self-publishing … [Read more...]

eBooks on your iPad

Can Apple\'s iPad match the success of the iPod and iPhone? Photo: Apple

Apple's eagerly anticipated iPad may just be the catalyst the eBook sector needed after Amazon announced it would be making a Kindle app available for the device, competing with Apple's on iBooks store. Despite a battery life far below that of a dedicated eBook reader, it looks likely that the iPad will be the … [Read more...]