Tagged: E-books
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Mobility a key driver as Amazon sales hit US$6.5bn News
23.07.2010 The smartphone is the leading mobile commerce device and the new class of tablet computers will also change the game, said Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos as the online retailer...Categories: Web 2.0, Storage, Phones, Online Business, Mobility, Financial Results, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Kindle’s tipping point – e-books outsell hardbacks News
20.07.2010 Even though Amazon.com says its hardcover book sales are continuing to grow, Kindle e-books have accelerated to surpass hardback sales, proving the new format is here to stay.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital 21, Consumer Tech, Apps -
E-book wars: Amazon reveals 70pc royalty option for authors News
30.06.2010 Online retailer Amazon has revealed a new 70pc royalty option for publishers and authors who use the Kindle Digital Text Platform, enabling them to gain a larger share of... -
Reviewed: The Amazon Kindle News
22.04.2010 As an unabashed bookworm I have to admit I was initially dismissive of e-book readers, from the Amazon Kindle to the Sony Reader. There’s something about a library full of books... -
Apple sells 3m iPads in just 80 days News
23.06.2010 Apple’s fortunes with its iPad tablet computer continue to rise and rise with the company revealing that in the first 80 days more than 3m iPads have been sold around the world.Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Media, Mobile, Internet, Legal, Security, Social MediaTags: Steve Jobs, Notebook, Netbooks, E-books, iPad, HD Video , Desktop PCs, Tablet, Internet, Mobile, Surveillance, Email, Privacy, Social Networking, -
Office space available for tech start-ups in Dublin News
22.06.2010 The Synergy Centre at the Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT Dublin) said today it currently has office space solutions available for knowledge intensive start-up companies...Categories: Funding, Intellectual Property, R&D, Resources, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Media, MobileTags: Innovation, Broadband, Incubation, Early Stage , Steve Jobs, Netbooks, E-books, iPad, HD Video , Desktop PCs, -
Google to launch its own e-book store News
05.05.2010 The competition heats up in the e-book market as Google intends to launch its own e-book store, called Google Editions, as early as June 2010. -
Apple claims to have sold 1m iPads News
04.05.2010 Apple has revealed it has sold its one-millionth iPad tablet computer, just 28 days after it was introduced on 3 April. The company also revealed that iPad users have already... -
Prepare for a revolution in digital publishing News
01.04.2010 Two millennia on and the bound book has morphed into a potentially lucrative market for electronic books where devices like the Sony Reader, the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad...Categories: -
Apple sells 2m iPads in less than two months News
31.05.2010 Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ gamble has paid off and the tablet computer is established. The company reported today that sales of the new form factor have topped 2 million in less than... -
Apple’s iPad will cannibalise current e-reader market News
08.03.2010 There is strong evidence of pre-launch demand for the Apple iPad greater than that for the iPhone. According to a survey, Amazon and its Kindle e-reader are poised to take a big...Categories: Digital Life, New Media -
Amazon backs down over battle of the e-books News
01.02.2010 Online retailer Amazon.com has conceded to demands from publisher Macmillan that it charge more for electronic versions than the US$9.99 it currently charges.Categories: New Media -
Kindle e-reader sales drive bumper Q4 revenues for Amazon News
29.01.2010 Amazon.com now sells six Kindle e-books for every 10 physical books and it is estimated that the company has sold more than 2.5 million units of the devices. -
Apple iSlate popular with the ladies, but price could be a deal killer, survey says News
24.01.2010 The rumoured iPad, or iSlate, tablet device predicted to be launched this week by Apple will prove popular with e-book reading ladies. However, any price for the device above... -
Google's cloud e-book store could crush Kindle News
15.10.2009 If the e-book reader was meant to come along and knock the old paper book off the top of the heap, what can a smart phone, tablet or any other connected mobile device do if it...Categories: New Media -
Sony to bring e-reading to the masses News
06.10.2009 Technology giant Sony has introduced new members of its Reader family – the Pocket Edition and the Touch Edition – which it says will bring e-reading to the masses.Categories: New Media -
Demand for mobile internet devices to grow eight-fold by 2012 News
13.03.2009 Global sales of mobile internet devices, ranging from ultra-mobile PCs (UMPC) to portable media players, ebooks and game consoles, are set to rise to 416 million units in 2012...Categories: Comms -
Amazon puts Kindle on the iPhone News
04.03.2009 The €359 Kindle ebook reader from Amazon never came to market in Ireland, but not to worry. Hopefully we will soon be able to read any Kindle ebook from Amazon.com for free on a...Categories: Digital Life