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Grab all the Raspberry Pi books now with this new Humble Bundle

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:32:01 +0000

You can now get all of the Raspberry Pi books by buying them in a Humble Bundle. Two tiers are available based on how much you pay. Read more...

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright lawsuit

Paul Hill — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:58:01 +0000

Anthropic has settled with authors of books it allegedly pirated to train its AI models. This will set a precendent for other AI firms that have trained on copyrighted material. Read more...

Google just added Talk to Books to its ever-growing product graveyard

Paul Hill — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 19:08:48 +0000

Google has killed its Talk to Books AI. This tool allowed you to ask it questions in a natural manner, and in response, it would provide relevant book passage snippets containing answers. Read more...

Court rules against Internet Archive in favour of book publishers on digital lending

Paul Hill — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:06:01 +0000

A court has ruled in favour of several book publishers against Internet Archive and its Open Library service. The judge said that Internet Archive needed permission to share the books online. Read more...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates shares five of his all-time favourite books

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:26:36 +0000

Bill Gates has published a list of five of the best books he has ever read. The list covers a wide range of topics, from the life of Bono and Abraham Lincoln to the periodic table. Read more...

France is working on delivery fee for online book orders to help independent book stores

Paul Hill — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:18:01 +0000

The French government is set to impose a minimum €3 delivery fee on online book orders to help independent book stores. It will seek approval from the EU first, then bring in the fee six months after. Read more...

Save 35% off a 6-month subscription to Scribd

News Staff — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:46:01 +0000

With today's highlighted deal, you can access a virtually unlimited number of books, audiobooks, magazines and more anywhere with a six, or twelve month subscription and save in the process! Read more...

Microsoft is killing off the Books section in the Microsoft Store

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:08:01 +0000

If you've been using the Microsoft Store as your source for e-books, you may sad to find out that the company is discontinuing the book section starting today, but you can read your books until July. Read more...

Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson would "love to do something with CDPR"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:44:01 +0000

The author behind massively popular works such as the Mistborn The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson, has expressed that he is willing to work with CD Projekt Red for games, even for free. Read more...

Amazon FreeTime Unlimited comes to Apple App Store more than 5 years after launch

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:06:01 +0000

Amazon FreeTime Unlimited is now available to download from the Apple App Store for $2.99 a month. Up to four users can access content across compatible tablets, phones, e-readers, and smart speakers. Read more...

Apple announces that it's bringing iOS apps to the Mac

Rich Woods — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:32:01 +0000

During its WWDC 2018 keynote today, Apple announced new versions of Stocks, Voice Memos, News, Home, and more, using its new platform that will bring iOS apps to its Mac PCs in 2019. Read more...

Microsoft is offering a free $5 gift code when you buy any book from the Windows Store

Andy Weir — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 05:24:01 +0000

Microsoft is hoping to get more of its customers buying books from the Windows Store with a new deal. It's offering buyers in the US a free $5 gift code with the purchase of any book from the Store. Read more...

The Witcher is being made into a TV show, courtesy of Netflix

Usama Jawad — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:16:02 +0000

Netflix has announced that a TV show based on the popular 'The Witcher' franchise is being developed. It will stay true to the source material and themes of the books that the games are based on . Read more...

FYI: How to download and read e-books from the Windows 10 Store in the Creators Update

Usama Jawad — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 11:18:01 +0000

If you're an avid book reader and have upgraded to the Windows 10 Creators Update, you'll be happy to know that now you can download books from the Windows Store and read them in Microsoft Edge. Read more...

Kindle Unlimited opens its vast catalog of books and audio content to Australia

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 04:54:01 +0000

Amazon's Kindle Unlimited offers access to over a million titles in its book library and also thousands of audio titles from Audible. The service is now making its debut in Australia. Read more...

You can now check out this fall's movies and TV shows on Bing

Usama Jawad — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:30:01 +0000

With 2016's Primetime Emmy Awards just around the corner, Microsoft has announced new features for its Bing search engine, including curated lists and predictions for movies, TV shows and books. Read more...

Google announces Family Library to share apps, games and more with up to six family members

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:12:01 +0000

Google has finally announced Family Library, which will allow users to share apps, games, movies and more with up to six family members. It will roll out in various countries over the next few days. Read more...

Layoffs continue at Redmond; entire Microsoft Press editorial team gets the axe [Update]

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:38:01 +0000

In its latest round of layoffs, Microsoft has reportedly decided to discharge its entire editorial team at Microsoft Press, citing "adaptations to business needs" as a reason for the decision. Read more...

Amazon elevates general free shipping qualification to $49

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 03:18:01 +0000

Amazon announces a price hike for its minimum spending amount for orders to qualify for free shipping. The price hike will put Amazon's free shipping requirements in-line with other major retailers. Read more...

Amazon opens doors to its first physical retail store in Seattle

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:50:01 +0000

Amazon, the online mega-retail store, is making itself known in the physical world with a new retail store that focuses on what made the company what it is today: books. Read more...

Bill Gates recommends these essential readings to TED 2015 attendees

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:40:01 +0000

While Bill Gates was not a speaker at TED 2015, he was invited to attend and created a list of books for attendees. Naturally, the list of books focuses on health, the world and business. Read more...

Bing brings summertime fun with new textbook and online course search

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:06:05 +0000

Bing has added two new features just in time for summer that will cater to those who want to catch some online courses or books during the off-season. The new feature will be available starting today. Read more...

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK tablet with Barnes & Noble

Andy Weir — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:24:08 +0000

Samsung has added yet another device to its range, joining forces with Barnes & Noble on the co-branded Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK, which is like a standard Galaxy Tab 4 but with some NOOK software on it. Read more...

Microsoft's job page reveals plans for "groundbreaking" reading app

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:42:25 +0000

A new listing on the Microsoft Careers website shows that the company is hiring for people to work on an upcoming Windows "groundbreaking interactive reading app" for books, magazines and comics. Read more...

Apple unveils Best of 2013 apps, music, books, movies, and more

George Tinari — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:10:58 +0000

Apple has published its Best of 2013 list of apps, music, movies, TV shows, books, and podcasts in the iTunes Store as picked by the editors, plus lists for the 2013 best-selling in each category. Read more...

Do you know who you write like?

Paul Ferson — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:49:03 +0000

We take a look at I Write Like: a site dedicated to helping you identify who your writing style most resembles. We also take some of Neowin's authors to the site to see what it makes of their works. Read more...

Reddit provides dying boy with his wish

Paul Ferson — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:28:21 +0000

A thread posted on Reddit has managed to gain an advance copy of a book for a person diagnosed with terminal cancer, in the event he is not able to read it at the official release. Read more...

Amazon is a ruthless devil, bookstore says

Tyler Holman — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:37:07 +0000

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. Read more...

Review: Steve Jobs' official biography

Mike Brown — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:56:53 +0000

Walter Isaacson's hotly anticipated book has finally hit shelves. Although he authorised it, Steve Jobs never asked to read a word of his biography. Does it live up to the hype? Neowin takes a look. Read more...

Major Android Market update starts going out to phones

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Google's major content and feature update for its Android Market app has apparently started to be made available for people who own Android-based smartphone and devices. Engadget is reporting that it has received word from... Read more...

New Android Market for phones; includes books and movies

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:02:32 +0000

Google has just unveiled a major overhaul to the Android Market for mobile phones running Android 2.2 or higher. The updated market place will allow users to rent thousands of movies and download the latest... Read more...

Google, British Library reach deal to digitize 250,000 books

Byron Hinson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:30:52 +0000

Earlier today, the British Library announced a partnership with Google that will allow the company access to digitize over 250,000 items from the library collection ranging from the years 1700-1870. According to The Wall Street... Read more...

Amazon.com allows the selling of Wikipedia articles

Tzvi Friedman — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:38:13 +0000

If the title on this Amazon.com book (Culture of Pakistan: Culture of Pakistan. Pakistani literature, Urdu, Books and publishing in Pakistan, Pakistani poetry, List of Urdu language poets, Music of Pakistan) seems suspicious to you,... Read more...

Google enters the e-book arena

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:28:38 +0000

Google is preparing the shake-up the online book world, having announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair that it plans to infiltrate online book stores in the first half of 2010. The new service will be... Read more...

US DOJ urges court to reject Google's book deal

Andrew Fairbairn — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:55:42 +0000

The US Department of Justice has filed its concerns over a deal between Google and several book publishers which would see the creation of what could be the world's biggest virtual library. They have urged... Read more...

All My Books v1.7

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:12:25 +0000

Bolide Software announced today a new release of All My Books . All My Books is a book collection software suitable for all kind of books - usual printed ones as well as modern... Read more...

Del Ray to publish Elder Scrolls novels

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:28:27 +0000

Del Ray the Sci-Fi and Fantasy book publisher is teaming up with Bethesda Softworks to release two novels that are new original stories based off The Elder Scrolls video games. The first of the two... Read more...

Sony Reader gets 500,000 e-books from Google

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:23:25 +0000

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... Read more...

All My Books v1.5

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:48:17 +0000

Bolide Software announced today a new version of their book inventory progam. The key features of All My Books are: Fast downloading of book related information from internet book databases, including plot synopsis,... Read more...