Barnes and Noble launched of Nook for Android today. The app fetures includes LendMe book borrowing and syncing of purchases and page counts across devices. Highlights, notes and library searching should come with a summer update. The app is also considered a form of homecoming for the bookseller as the Nook itself uses Android, although […]
Kindle e-books are now outselling hardcover books for the first time, Amazon said today. For every 100 hardcovers it sold in the spring, Amazon sold 143 Kindle titles. Those numbers don’t include free books or samples. Sales accelerated over the period, Amazon said, its rate in June increased to 180 e-books for every 100 hardcover […]
Sony today said it had recorded its 10 millionth e-book download through its Reader Store. Sony is marking the occasion by giving out $10 credits to anyone who bought a book through its store on the milestone day. While significant for Sony, the 10 million marker is slow compared to much more recent newcomer Apple. […]
Apple’s iPad announcement is big news. It’s a robust tablet form factor that is a half-inch thick and weighs 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display that supports 1024×768 VGA video. The ebook implementation appears to be very well done and has a strong iTunes feel to it. All iBooks are […]
Amazon.com has announced that Kindle for iPhone App for iPhone and iPod touch is now available from the Apple App Store in more than 60 additional countries. The Kindle for iPhone App features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that saves and synchronizes a customer’s bookmarks across their Kindle devices and Kindle cross-platform applications, which include Kindle for […]
Amazon has given the regular-size Kindle 2 a lift through a firmware upgrade. It now has the same native PDF support as the larger Kindle DX. The battery now last 85 percent longer and should last for about a full week with 3G turned on versus four days with the previous firmware. The update […]
Amazon.com has announced that it is lowering the price of its Kindle to $259, down from $299. Also today, Amazon.com introduced a new addition to its family of portable reading devices-”Kindle with U.S. & International Wireless. Kindle with U.S. & International Wireless now enables readers to wirelessly download content in over 100 countries and territories. […]
Amazon.com, today introduced Amazon Kindle DX, the new purpose-built reading device that offers Kindle’s revolutionary wireless delivery and massive selection of content with a large 9.7-inch electronic paper display, built-in PDF reader, auto-rotate capability, and storage for up to 3,500 books. More than 275,000 books are now available in the Kindle Store, including 107 of […]
Amazon.com today introduced “Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch,” a new application available for free from Apple’s App Store that lets iPhone and iPod Touch users have acees to over 240,000 books, including 104 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers. The Kindle program isn’t the first e-book reader for the iPhone, but it marks the […]
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