The day's news, in convenient bullet form: Random House has its iPad cake and eats it, too Salon's Laura Miller ... Read More »
April 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
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This year's BookNet Canada Technology Forum “ or gathering of beautiful nerds, as Soft Skull Press founder Richard Nash called it “ took place on March 25 at Toronto's MaRS Centre, and involved about 200 ... Read More »
March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
What you missed over the weekend: Yet more op-ed pieces about Amazon setting up shop in Canada. Michael Geist argues for. Morley Walker argues against. (Oh, and some writer from the Calgary Herald rips the ... Read More »
March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
Making good on its promise to go global, Indigo co-owned e-reading service Kobo “ formerly known as Shortcovers “ announced today that it has launched an e-book store for the U.K., the company's first region-specific ... Read More »
February 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
While Amazon has yet to fully reinstate Macmillan titles on its website, another potential threat looms on the horizon for the online retailer. Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp. “ the huge media ... Read More »
February 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Less than a week before Apple is expected to unveil its much-anticipated Tablet, Amazon has announced that it will open up the Kindle e-reader to software developers who can create custom apps à la iPhone. ... Read More »
January 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week saw the unveiling of countless new e-readers eager to knock Amazon's Kindle off its pedestal. One device that really stood out was the Intel Reader. Designed ... Read More »
January 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
The glut of e-readers heading to market is liable to result in significant casualties “ on the part of both buyers and manufacturers “ when all is said and done, according to an article in ... Read More »
January 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
It's official: Shortcovers, the Indigo-owned e-book service launched less than a year ago, has a new name. At midnight last night, the company was rechristened Kobo (an anagram of "book"), and along with a redesigned ... Read More »
December 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
Remember that rumour from this past summer that Indigo was planning to unveil a dedicated e-reading device? Well, some intrigue at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office is reviving such speculation. Yesterday, blogger Mark Bertils noted ... Read More »
December 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news
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