Is nothing sacred any more? Microsoft has filed a patent that would take advertising in e-books to a whole new level by bringing contextual, targeted advertisments to your favorite literature. More...
According to Waterstones managing director James Daunt, Amazon is a 'ruthless, money-making devil,' apparently quite unlike Waterstones. And he's got a plan to save physical books, too. More...
Half a million books are to be made available for free by Google on Sony's e-book reading device, according to the Associated Press. This is the first time Google will have made it's vast collection... More...
ScrollMotion has signed contracts with major publishers such as Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Penguin Group. These publishers will bring hundreds of titles directly to the iPhone for reading. ... More...
Two leading children's publishers, Scholastic, Inc., and Disney, will soon discover whether the laptop compares to the lap in the hearts of young readers. Scholastic is officially launching BookFlix, an educational Web site pairing short... More...
At the height of the Internet boom, e-books were hailed as the shining new tomorrow for publishers and paper books were heading for the scrap heap. But the bubble has burst and electronic books are... More...