E-Books

Barnes & Noble is seemingly trying to get some stock off its hands with a new, week-long promotion: Anybody who buys a Nook HD+ tablet between March 24 and 31 will get a Nook Simple Touch e-reader (the non-front-lit version) for free. The offer applies at Barnes & Noble retail and college stores, online, and Continue Reading →

For those looking to ‘bookmark’ online articles or videos to consume later, there’s the likes of Pocket. And for those looking to enjoy a good ebook whilst tapping a slew of nifty social features, Readmill has them covered. Now, a new iOS app called Dotdotdot is seeking to bring these two worlds together, while throwing Continue Reading →

Have you been eagerly awaiting the arrival of txtr’s $13 ereader and rationalizing its lack of fancy features with the fact that it’ll cost next to nothing? Too bad, suckers! The German company has announced that its oddly named Beagle ereader will actually be retailing in the US for a hearty $70. You’re essentially paying Continue Reading →

Apple has filed a patent application for transferring “used” digital goods like MP3s, e-books and apps from one user to another, similar to a patent for a “secondary market for digital objects” awarded to Amazon just last month. The filing indicates that Apple may be thinking about setting up its own marketplace or lending library Continue Reading →

Amazon on Tuesday updated its Kindle for iOS app, which works across iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, to version 3.6.1. The update was meant to fix a few bugs as well as the registration process. Instead, that update seems to be wreaking havoc on bookworm-style iThing owners who watched as their Amazon digital libraries and Continue Reading →

Barnes & Noble issued two devastating warnings about Nook revenue performance over the past two months. On Sunday night, a New York Times article stated that a person familiar with Barnes & Noble’s strategy believes “the company must move away from its program to engineer and build its own devices and focus more on licensing Continue Reading →

The problem with most ebooks is you can’t exactly give them with a friends or pass them onto your children when you’re done. But Amazon might actually address that with a new patent to sell used ebooks. Unfortunately you can’t just buy an ebook and own an ebook and do what you want with it. Continue Reading →

Digital reading platform Readmill has finally optimized its app for iPhone and iPod touch, almost a year-and-a-half after it first launched for iPad. We first covered Readmill way back in 2011, noting that it made e-books more social with a beautiful Last.fm-style app for reading. The Berlin-based startup then expanded its platform with a slew Continue Reading →

Bexar County, Texas, Judge Nelson W. Wolff, is pushing plans for the nation’s first bookless public library.  Of course, the Judge doesn’t really mean bookless, he’s really thinking about an ebook library – but bookless sounds cooler.  Anyway, he envisions a digital library that he’s calling BiblioTech and he proposes to make thousands of volumes Continue Reading →

Bexar County, Texas, has unveiled plans for what could become the nation’s first bookless public library. The initiative is being pushed forward by County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, who told The San Antonio Express News that he was inspired to develop a bookless library after reading Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Continue Reading →