Google’s eBooks iPad app has made it to number one in the US AppStore, and the iPhone and Android apps have held top ten slots in the AppStore and Android Market there respectively since launch.
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Ebooks are coming to Australian independents in 2011
Bookseller & Publisher’s annual pre-Christmas survey, published yesterday, found that 40% of Australian booksellers not already selling ebooks are planning to do so in the next six months.
First look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab, which is a phone, an e-reader, a camera and, well, just about everything else you could want in a handheld computing device, has arrived in Australia (though it’s tricky to get your hands on right now as the phone companies are still working out their plans for it).
Borders/A&R sign with Hachette, set to launch Kobo 2
A new WiFi Kobo e-reader will be on sale in Australia by Christmas, and readers will be able to download Hachette Australia titles to read on it via the Borders/Angus & Robertson apps after REDgroup finalized the last of its deals with major publishers here this week.
Self-publishing, ebooks and big bucks?
Heard the one about the author who made millions by self-publishing their novel as an ebook? No? There’s a reason for that.
Hands on with Sony’s Readers and Kindle 3: and the winner is …
We’ve taken a first look at Sony’s Readers and latest Kindle in order to fill you in on the pros and cons of each. But we think there’s another device coming that’ll kill them all.
Five million e-ink devices sold in 2009
According to a Sony spokesman, some five million e-ink reader devices were sold worldwide in 2009, and sales are projected to hit 12 million this year. Wow.
Sony partners with Borders, A&R to bring its ereaders to Australia
It’s taken six years, but Sony has at long last brought its ereader range – in the form of the just-launched Sony Reader Touch ($299) and Pocket Editions ($229) – to Australia, partnering with Borders and Angus & Robertson in the process.
Kindle 3 sells out, BeBook Neo reviewed
Late last month, US-based tech giant Amazon announced a new, lighter, smaller, faster and cheaper Kindle e-reader device with 50 per cent better screen contrast. Initial stocks sold out within days.
Creating an ebook all by yourself
Special guest contributor Anna Maguire reports on a recent seminar, eBooks: A cost-effective publishing alternative, presented by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and supported by Copyright Agency Limited (CAL).