Tag: Ebooks
New iPad-beating Amazon Kindle on the way?
Competition in the e-reader market stepped up a notch or two with the news that Apple's iPad was going to tout an iTunes-like book ebook store called iBooks. Feeling the pressure, it looks like Amazon are set to launch a…
Poll: Which UK mobile network should get the iPad? Orange? O2? Vodafone?
Ever look down at your mobile, see just one bar of 3G coverage, and wonder why you pay the extra cash to even have such dodgy connectivity? With some areas of the UK still receiving woefully poor network coverage, will…
Apple iPad – Gallery
Now that the dust has settled after Apple's big iPad reveal, we can sit back and take a nice close look at the tablet. While we're gagging to get our hands on one, for the time being we'll just have…
Apple's iPad: Everything there is to know so far
So the speculating and rumour churning is finally over. Apple have finally unveiled their tablet device and it's called the iPad. Much like a giant iPhone, it's, to be honest, more or less exactly how everyone expected it would…
Apple to spark e-book pricing war with the Tablet?
With the Apple Tablet's reveal all but inevitable, the Wall Street Journal are now reporting that Apple are trying to nab a number of publishing houses for a new e-book pricing scheme. Putting the Tablet in direct competition with Amazon's…
McGraw-Hill boss lets slip Apple Tablet confirmation live on TV
Mr McGraw, you've really went and put your foot in it! With only hours left until the massively anticipated Apple announcement, Terry McGraw, CEO of publishing house McGraw-Hill has all but confirmed that Apple's secret project will be the Tablet….
Is this the ereader that takes electronic books mainstream? ASUS to debut feature-packed, yet budget model
The company which turned the notebook on its head now has plans to do the same for ereaders with a model that has dual screens. The idea being that you can read an ereader as you could a normal book and turn pages, or even better, use the second screen for web surfing or whatever else ASUS comes up with.
Google deal turns Coolerbooks into World's largest ebookstore
Its sudden massive growth has been sparked by a deal with Google that allows COOLERBOOKS.com is to include over 1 million public domain books (close to half a million outside the US) from Google Books in its online library. All the books are of course free and compatible with the COOL-ER readers.
Sony adds two more models to Reader line up
Sony is extending its eBook line up with two new models. The Reader Pocket Edition and the Reader Touch Edition will both be available to pre-order from tomorrow (26th August) from Sony.co.uk and Sony Centres.
The Reader Pocket Edition sports a 5inch electronic paper display packaged and is available in rose pink and silver finishes. It can store approximately 350 standard eBooks and provides up to two weeks of reading on a single battery charge.
Google turns to eBook sales but no device in sight
Google is set to free eBooks from proprietary handhelds by selling digital works readable on any device that can access the web.
The move is in direct competition Amazon and their Kindle who’ve upset publishers by selling digital first editions at less than half the price of hardback hard copy versions. Instead, Google will charge the same as in print while reserving the right to alter prices where deemed “exorbitant”.
Google already sells eBooks through the Sony Store for the Reader but this will take their literature retail in-house and bring novels to mobile phones and laptops everywhere.
Personally, I rather like the idea of having a dedicated eBook reading device and I’m not sure I’m going to get a good experience on my mobile. I also don’t feel too good about paying the same for a digital book as I do for a hardback, especially when Amazon is knocking them out so cheap.
On the plus side, it does indicate there’s a lot tablets out their about to hit the market. I’m sure Google would have an inkling of such things and that the likes of Qulacomm and whoever else will be most pleased by the news. Fingers crossed there’ll be no international issues, or am I just dreaming here?
(via NYT)
