Category: E-Books
Nook Simple Touch Glowlight eReader lands in the UK, set to duke it out with Kindle Paperwhite
They've been a long time coming, but Barnes & Noble's Nook eReader range has finally hit the UK. The Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch Glowlight with built-in light are on sale now for £79 and £109 respectively, available…
REVIEW: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (Wi-Fi and 3G)
Does the inclusion of a built-in light make Amazon's latest Kindle E Ink eReader, the Paperwhite, their best yet? Or do a few omissions over earlier models drag it down? Read our full review to find out!
Turn Wikipedia pages into eBooks with new export option
Wikipedia have added a handy new feature to their online, crowd-sourced encyclopaedia, allowing users to download pages in eBook formats for offline reading. Users now have the option to export pages in EPUB, PDF, OpenDocument and OpenZIM files, meaning that…
New Kindle Paperwhite with backlight to launch on 6 September alongside Kindle Fire 2?
We're all waiting with baited breath for the launch of the Kindle Fire 2, Amazon's tablet successor and iPad rival that's expected to land at a San Diego press event on September 6th. It now seems all but certain that…
Barnes & Noble Nook eReaders hitting John Lewis in UK first
Following last week's announcement that Barnes & Noble would be bringing their Nook eReader range to the UK for the first time this Autumn, the company have now revealed that John Lewis will be the first UK stockist of the…
Barnes and Noble Nook eReaders headed to the UK, including GlowLight
Barnes and Noble are to bring their Nook eReader range to UK shores for the first time this October. The only real competitors to the Amazon Kindle in the US, Barnes and Noble will be bringing their Nook Simple Touch…
Sony Reader PRS-T2 eReader boasts Evernote cloud-syncing and touchscreen controls
Sony may not have had much luck denting the Amazon Kindle's stranglehold on the eReader market in the UK, but the company's latest reader has a few tricks up its sleeve to make it worthy of the attention of anyone…
Kindle eBook sales overtake print books on Amazon.co.uk
Amazon are now selling more eBooks in the UK than they are printed books, the online retailer revealed today. After overtaking hard-back book sales in 2011, 2012 has seen 114 Kindle books sold for every 100 print books in the…
eBook literary festival closes early after only 100 of 25,000 expected guests attend
The Kidwell-e Festival, a literary festival aiming to promote eBooks and self publishing, has closed its doors early after only 100 of the 25,000 expected attendees turned up. Opening its doors at Ffos Las racecourse in Carmarthenshire last Saturday before…
Whips beat wizards as 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trilogy outsells Harry Potter series on Amazon
Harry Potter's spell over the UK reading public has been broken, as Amazon UK have announced that all-time sales of J.K Rowling's entire seven book wizarding series have now been eclipsed on the website by sales of E.L James' Fifty…
