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Celebrate the Kindle lending library and try these books out on your iPhone

Depending on how serious you take your eReadership, you might have noticed this story over at TechCrunch pointing out that Kindle users are borrowing almost 300,000 books a month from the Kindle Lending Library, a service available to Amazon Prime subscribers that lets users check out one book a mon ... Full Article »

January 19, 2012 6:30am

Best interactive iPad books of 2011 for kids of all ages

All of these best iPad books for kids use digitization to enhance the reading experience, not divert attention from it. Where there are frills, I prefer to see them focus on education instead of playtime. There are great books for pre-schoolers but also for older kids, a somewhat under-served sector ... Full Article »

January 12, 2012 6:30am

Amazon creates iPad Kindle Store for iOS users

Amazon’s iOS Kindle app provides a similar experience to Apple’s iBooks, but the Kindle store has long provided a better and more intuitive shopping experience than the muddled iBookstore. There’s also a lot more content on offer. However, when Apple implemented rules a few months ago demandin ... Full Article »

January 11, 2012 1:54pm

Best interactive iPad books of 2011 for adults

Interactive books for kids hit the App Store every week, but mature readers have fewer options as most turn to iBooks and eBooks. But, that doesn’t mean a few gems that use digitization well without compromising content don't every year. This sector is grossly under-reviewed and the offerings can ... Full Article »

January 3, 2012 7:30am

EU investigating e-book publishers for price-fixing on iTunes

The European Commission is undertaking a formal investigation to determine whether five international publishers and Apple worked together to keep e-book prices high, in part to battle Amazon. According to a story from Ars Technica, five publishers have been implicated in the investigation: Penguin ... Full Article »

December 7, 2011 12:42pm

Interesting animated book app Little Fear lives up to its name

The first thing you see after opening the Little Fear app is an opportunity to connect to Facebook to personalize the story. I had grand visions of what this meant exactly, and there’s no doubt it colored my ho-hum experience with the story. For the record, of the 39 screens that make up Little F ... Full Article »

November 7, 2011 6:00pm


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