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Apple is a facing a class action lawsuit in California from iPad customers who believe that Apple’s claim that “reading on the iPad is just like reading a book,” is false.
The class action was filed recently claiming that because the iPad overheats after prolonged use and its poor visibility in sunlight prevent it from living up to… Continue reading
Sales of ebooks will overtake print books within the next five years, Sony has predicted.
Sony says that ebook sales will overtake print sales within five years.
Steve Haber, president of Sony’s digital reading business division, said: “Within five years there will be more digital content sold than physical content. Three years ago, I said… Continue reading
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Audio Book Tops Adult Audio Book List
Stieg Larsson‘s very popular The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has topped the adult fiction audiobook… Continue reading
It’s not just that the iPad is beautiful. Nor is it just that the touch-screen interface is more intuitive than the controls on the plastic shell of the Kindle — which up to now has been the dominant e-reader.
So what is it? Simply this: Books on the iPad are electronic without losing their essential bookness, in a way that e-books haven’t been before.
Of course, the range… Continue reading
Hackers from the US and Israel say they have broken copyright protections built in to Amazon’s Kindle for PC, a feat that allows ebooks stored on the application to work with other devices.
The hack began as an open challenge in this (translated) forum for participants to come up with a way to make ebooks published in Amazon’s proprietary format display on competing readers… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Publishers must establish good trading relationships with digital distributors such as Apple and Google if they are to successfully “navigate” the changing digital landscape, Pan Macmillan’s digital director has told the Tools of Change (TOC) conference being held in Frankfurt today (13th October).
Sara Lloyd, who also spoke at the Tools of Change conference in New York this February, opened the first-ever TOC day in Europe. She told the… Continue reading