News

• Apple, major publishers sued over e-book pricing

  By Jared Newman | 12 April, 2012 02:00

  The United States Department of Justice has sued Apple and five major book publishers, accusing them of colluding to raise e-book prices.

• Goodbye e-books, hello apps

  By Mark Gibbs | 03 February, 2012 09:33

  "It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don't read anymore ... Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year."

• Govt must scrap GST on books: Report

  By Chloe Herrick | 10 November, 2011 11:05

  A review of the Australian book industry, commissioned by the Federal Government, has called for the goods and services tax (GST) on books to be scrapped in order to level the playing field between Australian booksellers and offshore online retailers.

• Booktopia, Dymocks partner with Google e-books

  By Chloe Herrick | 09 November, 2011 12:30

  Booktopia is the latest bookseller to bring Google e-books to Australia, following the announcement from Aussie book retailer Dymocks that it would be adding the digital repository to its online business.

• New Nook Color: 4 things we want to see

  By Jared Newman | 02 November, 2011 04:44

  On November 7, Barnes & Noble will likely announce a new Nook Color, replacing the 7-inch e-reader/tablet that launched nearly a year ago.

• Kindle Fire, others to get HTML5, CSS3 in 'Kindle Format 8' update

  By Eric Mack | 25 October, 2011 03:17

  Amazon is refreshing its staid, black-and-white take on the e-book with a new format that supports HTML5 and CSS3. Kindle Format 8 (KF8) will give Kindle users something a little more colorful to read on the new tablet/e-reader hybrid, the Kindle Fire, which is set to hit stores in time for the holiday season.

• Kobo Pulse: eReading is sharing

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 28 September, 2011 08:46

  If you're afraid you're not sharing enough of your daily activities with your online friends, here's another chance to get social...with books.

• Here's how Kindle tablet could shake up the market

  By Tony Bradley | 26 September, 2011 02:37

  Amazon's unveiling of a Kindle tablet would shake up the industry and pose one of the biggest threats to the Apple iPad -- which is why the technology world has its eyes on the online retailer as it prepares for a media gathering in New York this week ahead of the holiday season.

• US libraries lend digital books to Kindle

  By AAP | 22 September, 2011 08:55

  Thousands of US libraries have begun lending digital books over the internet for reading on Amazon's popular Kindle devices.

• Six ways Amazon book streaming could help small business

  By Angela West | 13 September, 2011 10:28

  The Internet is abuzz with talk of Amazon's rumored streaming service for books. This news is exciting for any business, professional, or student that relies on research from original sources.

• Nook Color 2 coming this month?

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 03 September, 2011 07:24

  Barnes & Noble's Nook Color e-reader has proven to be a favorite among consumers and critics alike. With its 7-inch capacitive touchscreen and Android 2.1 operating system, it blurs the boundaries between e-reader and tablet. In fact, with a few simple hacks, it functions as a capable Android tablet.

• Beware of Spam Titles in Kindle Store

  By Eric Mack | 20 June, 2011 02:01

  Amazon's Kindle e-reader store has a spam problem, and that isn't good news for legitimate authors and consumers trying to find their books.

• Samsung's e-reader screens boast 16.7 million colors

  By Brennon Slattery | 21 May, 2011 03:34

  Much of the buzz coming out of the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium conference in Los Angeles this week is about high-resolution screens for tablets capable of 2560-by-1600 resolution -- five times that of the iPad's 1024-by-768 display.

• Dymocks taps Android for e-book, tablet move

  By Rodney Gedda | 04 May, 2011 10:52

  National book retailer Dymocks has partnered with Acer to offer Android-powered tablets as a vehicle for e-book sales along with a new Android app.

• Amazon Kindle book sales soar

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 28 January, 2011 12:36

  During its earnings announcement today, Amazon released some tantalizing tidbits that show just how its book business has evolved in the past year. The company still won't discuss hard and fast numbers for actual Kindle devices sold, or books sold for that matter, but that doesn't make the new information any less noteworthy.