Ann Arbor (ip-192.com): In a bid to boost revenue, Borders started unveiled its new e-book store. The Ann Arbor based bookseller said that it has about 1.5 million books available. The digital copies include paid and free books in a variety of formats that include ePub, Adobe Acrobat, and mobile. Free software powered by Kobo [...]
Kobo: New eReader comes to Borders
May 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
New York (ip-192.com): As competition heats up, Borders is jumping into the eReader market with the announcement of Kobo. With a price tag of $150, Kobo is significantly cheaper as Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook, which currently sell for about $260. Borders will also compete with Google Editions, a "buy anywhere, read anywhere" [...]
30,000 free Books for iPad?
March 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple’s new iPad seems to bank on books: Over 30,000 e-books could be available when the electronic reader launches on April 3, 2010. The Gutenberg Project will port its entire digital library of public domain books to Apple’s iBookstore, several newspapers report. The books will be DRM-free, which means the titles can be [...]
Sony adapts EPUB-format
August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
San Diego (ip-192.com): In an effort to take the confusion out of digital book formats, Sony announced that it will convert its eBook portfolio to the industry-standard EPUB format by the end of the year. Adopting an industry-standard format and Adobe Content Server 4, a cross platform server software solution that copy protects downloadable eBooks, [...]
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