Category: E-Books
Forget tablets: Amazon pushing forward with browser-based Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon have launched a new browser-based web app called the Kindle Cloud Reader, using HTML5 tech to offer up their e-book reading experience. While many are expecting Amazon to launch two of their own tablet devices later this year,…
Textbook renting for students heading to Amazon Kindle
Starting university can be tough on your wallet; if you're not paying tuition fees, you're buying rounds for people you've just met at the student union, and that's before you've even thought about all the text books you're going…
Guardian newspaper Kindle edition launched
In a fortnight that has seen the UK press take quite a hammering, what with the justified hysteria surrounding the recent phone hacking scandals, it's great to hear some good news come out of Fleet Street this morning for once….
Pottermore: Top five things us Muggle Harry Potter fans want to see
There have been more whispers surrounding Pottermore, the newly-announced Harry Potter-themed social network, than those surrounding "He Who Must Not Be Named" himself, the books' evil baddie Lord Voldemort. Even now, with the site officially outed by series creator…
British Library team up with Google to digitise book catalogue
The British Library is set to bring its unrivalled collection of 17th and 18th century texts into the digital age through a new partnership with Google. Google are to digitise 250,000 texts, making them available to be searched and copied…
Kobo eReader Touch edition fighting Kindle with fingers
While Amazon may be busy sorting out their forthcoming tablet onslaught, perhaps they should be looking over their shoulder at their eReader position too, as Kobo have just revealed a striking new device in the shape of the Kobo…
Amazon Kindle eBook sales now outsell traditional copies 2-to-1
Another stat coming in from Amazon UK today that's likely to strike fear into the hearts of struggling bookshops up and down the land. The online retailer has today revealed that sales of Kindle eBooks now sell at a…
Read your Kindle in the bath with the Proporta BeachBouy waterproof case
I'm an avid reader and since getting my Kindle 3G, Amazon's ereader literally goes everywhere with me. I take it to work for the commute, read it on the toilet, I even sleep with it by my pillow, much…
Ricoh solves tech riddle and introduces coloured e-paper
Ricoh announces today that it finally solved the industry's problems with coloured e-paper, having passed the first hurdle towards bringing this to the market. Ricoh has developed electronic paper with 4 times better colour reproduction than what's currently on…
Amazon Kindle Tablet hitting shops by the end of the year?
Amazon's long-rumoured tablet device may be breaking its cover in the very near future, should the latest round of rumours be believed. The device is now expected to touch down in the second half of this year, with a…
