E-Books News

Most think the success of e-books, coupled the with the absence of printing costs, means big bucks for publishers, but there is more to the story on why prices of books on the Kindle and iPad are on the rise.

E-book lending is luring readers back to libraries, moving reading into the digital age but causing concern over rights among publishers.

Sony is launching a new cloud-based music and video streaming service that will work on Internet-connected Bravia televisions, Blu-ray disc players, PlayStation 3's and Vaio computers, in an attempt to challenge Apple's dominance in the digital entertainment space.

Amazon today released a free Kindle application for smartphones that use Google's Android software, such as Sprint's Evo and Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S line of devices.

Apple today released its iOS4 mobile operating system for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch, available for download from its iTunes software.

Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs today unveiled a new version of its iPhone, which features a thinner design, a clearer display and cameras on the front and back, as the company looks to extend its lead in the mobile market.

Google plans to start selling electronic books in late June or July, throwing the Internet search giant into a competitive arena that already includes Amazon.com, Apple and Barnes & Noble.

AT&T said it added the fewest number of subscribers in more than two years, as it continues to rely heavily on the iPhone to draw new customers amid a saturating wireless business.

Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, said it is launching a free Kindle application to give BlackBerry users access to over 420,000 books on their handsets.

Apple is widely expect to unveil the iPad, its long-awaited tablet computer for surfing the Web and playing movies and music, at a special event in San Francisco on January 27.

Internet search giant Google is launching an online service that will let readers buy some half-a-million electronic versions of books and read them on cell phones in the first half of next year.

Online retail giant Amazon.com plans to develop smartphones apps to expand its Kindle e-book reader -- making digital titles available to more platforms and generating additional revenue from sales of software.

Verizon Wireless is looking at entering the electronic-book market, possibly focusing on areas Amazon's Kindle neglects, such as college textbooks.

Google plans to make its vast online library of books available for mobile phones.

Online retailing giant Amazon announced plans to offer books that sell for its Kindle electronic reading device on cell phones.