E-Books

Kindle might be the more popular brand, but Kobo’s latest e-reader has one up on Amazon’s device — you can read it underwater. Kobo says its new Aura H20 is certified to be able to spend up to 30 minutes in one meter of water, making it ideal to use at the beach, in the Continue Reading →

Samsung is becoming Barnes & Noble’s first partner to create a Nook-branded tablet today with the unveiling and release of the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. The name is a mouthful, but it basically means that the tablet is a rebranded version of Samsung’s existing Galaxy Tab 4 tablet — part of its low-end line — Continue Reading →

A new study which found that readers using a Kindle were “significantly” worse than paperback readers at recalling when events occurred in a mystery story is part of major new Europe-wide research looking at the impact of digitisation on the reading experience. The study, presented in Italy at a conference last month and set to Continue Reading →

Until now, one of the only things you could build around an e-paper screen is an e-reader. While Kindles and the like are awesome, the technology’s potential was relatively limited. Not anymore. Visionect’s V-Platform lets developers build, manage and maintain e-paper apps as easily as they can control traditional web apps. Written with cross-platform languages Continue Reading →

Amazon may be the biggest name in the world of e-books, especially with its new Kindle Unlimited service, but it’s far from the only game in town. Oyster and Scribd offer similar – and arguably better – services for about the same price. But another company is silently making a push to challenge Amazon: Apple. Continue Reading →

On Sunday, a letter denouncing Amazon’s tactics in the ongoing negotiations between it and book publisher Hachette ran as a paid, full-page advertisement in the New York Times. Signed by more than 900 authors, the “Authors United” letter calls Amazon out for blocking sales of Hachette titles, singling out authors “for selective retaliation” and “inconveniencing Continue Reading →

Out here in the woods, at the end of not one but two dirt roads, in a shack equipped with a picture of the Dalai Lama, a high-speed data line and a copy of Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience,” Amazon’s dream of dominating the publishing world has run into some trouble. Douglas Preston, who summers in this Continue Reading →

Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service that Amazon has long dominated: the fast, cheap delivery of books. Starting on Thursday, book buyers in Manhattan, West Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area will be able to get same-day deliveries from local Continue Reading →

Sony has given up selling its line of Reader devices for e-books after failing to find a big enough market. “We do not have plans to develop a successor Reader model at this time,” the Japanese firm told the BBC. The PRS-T3 was the last version made and will exist as long as supplies remain Continue Reading →

The latest story from New York Times Best-Selling Author Craig Bouchard transports you to 16th century Japan — while also helping raise money for children’s charities around the world. Bouchard’s latest tale, “The Adventures of Ai,” is now available as an e-book through Apple, Google, Samsung and Amazon, as well as in video game form. Continue Reading →