Amazon Set To Raise Price Of Ebooks After Macmillan Episode

Qualcomm has announced that the South Korea Kyobo Book Center will use its new Mirasol display is its e-reader device. The companies said the Mirasol display technology will allow the e-reader to go without a charge for weeks on...

US-based bookseller Waterstone's is planning to launch its own e-reader device to rival Kindle and Nook in the lucrative ebook market.Speaking to BBC’s Radio 4, the company’s managing director James Daunt said that...

Unlike many of its competitors, Google relies on key partners to deliver flagship products; Logitech with the Google TV, HTC with the Nexus One, Motorola with the XOOM. Now the search giant has partnered with iriver to deliver...

Amazon’s Kindle e-reader is sailing high in terms of sales figures, and now accounts for a significant portion of the company's total revenue, new reports revealed. Kindle made its debut in the market three and a half...

Online retailer and Amazon competitor Barnes and Nobel is expected to launch a new e-reader on May 24.According to Reuters, Amazon made a filing with the US Securities and Exchange board regarding a recent meeting with...

Online retail giant Amazon has unveiled the Kindle Library Lending service which would allow Kindle users to borrow ebooks from around 11,000 public libraries in the US.The service, which is expected to be launched later this...

Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Sharp has unveiled the Galapagos range of e-reader tablets.The tablets aimed at the lucrative e-reader/tablet market, which is currently dominated by Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad.The...

Plastic Logic, a UK based company which pioneered a promising ebook reader that used plastic electronics, has confirmed that it has abandon plans to ship the device, called the proReader to prospective customers. In a statement,...

Kindle Developers have released the first pair of applications for the popular Amazon ebook reader using the Kindle development kit, both of which are unsurprisingly based on letters and numbers. The Shuffled Row and Every Word...

In many ways, the new Amazon Kindle ebook reader which was launched on Friday at a cost of only £109, can already be considered as a tablet on its own, albeit one with some significant limitations. Technewsworld explores...

Sony has joined fellow ebook reader manufacturers Amazon and Barnes & Noble in cutting the price of its e-reader devices.Entering into the price war initiated by rivals Barnes & Noble and Amazon, Sony has cut the prices...

Amazon has announced upgrades to its Kindle e-book reader, aiming to head off competition from the Apple iPad and Barnes and Noble's Nook. The online retail giant, which launched the Kindle in 2007, has released major updates for...

US-based bookseller Barnes and Noble announced plans to offer its online bookstore as well as a free e-reader application for the recently heralded Apple iPad tablet device. The popular bookseller released its free eReader app in...

Renowned business author Steven Covey has penned a landmark deal with Amazon.com, giving online retailing giant exclusive selling rights over his many e-books for at least a year. The retailing website has announced that the...

Sony has released a dedicated ebook reader called the Sony Reader Pocket Edition that costs a mere $199 and a more expensive version called the Reader Touch Edition at $299. The first one (PRS-300) has a 5-inch screen while the...