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Microsoft Set To Pull Plug On Books Purchased From Microsoft Store
As it pulls out of e-book sales, the company is to remove access to all books aquired from the Microsoft Store over the past two years
Tesco Drops Blinkbox Books After No Buyers Found
There's no next chapter for Tesco as Blinkbox Movies, Books, and Music all offloaded
Study Finds Wide E-Reader Adoption
Half of all Americans now own a mobile device such as a tablet or e-reader for reading digital content, according to a Pew study
Quarter Of Americans Now Own Tablets
A study has found that a quarter of Americans now own a tablet device, with e-readers also proving popular
Kindle Tops Amazon’s Sales Rankings
Amazon's Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle held the e-commerce giant's top four sales spots worldwide over the Christmas shopping season
Kindle Book Sales Surpass Print On Amazon UK
Amazon says it sells more books for Kindle than paperbacks and hardbacks combined
Apple: E-Book Collusion Claims Simply Not True
Apple says the DoJ is wrong to suggest the iPhone maker did anything illegal
US Justice Department Sues Apple Over e-Book Price Fixing
Updated: Apple and publishers are hit with US DoJ suit over price fixing
Apple Reveals Education Textbook Push For iPad With iBooks 2
Apple has launched iBooks 2, signalling its ambition to reinvent the textbook experience for students
Apple Event Rumoured To Showcase Ebook Creation Tools
Apple's New York press event on Thursday will reportedly concentrate on creation tools for ebooks
Barnes & Noble May Spin Off E-Reader Business
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has said it may sell off its Nook e-reader unit, which is struggling to compete with Amazon's Kindle
Amazon Says e-Books For Kindle Outsell Paper
The success of Amazon's e-reader has only stimulated speculation that it will launch a general purpose tablet
Amazon Touts Low Cost Kindle, But With Adverts
Amazon aims to broaden the e-reader market with a cheaper Kindle, but it will come with adverts
Kindle Users Given E-Book Lending Option
Competition is heating up in the e-reader space after Amazon.com has enabled a 14-day lending option for Kindle e-books
Amazon Now Sells More e-Books Than Hardcover Books
Amazon is claiming that its Kindle e-books are outselling hardcover books, despite the fact that it is fighting a number of electronic competitors including the Apple iPad
Bookseller Jumps On iPad E-Reader Wagon
Barnes & Noble plans to release an e-reader application for Apple's upcoming iPad tablet PC, suggesting a strategy of porting its own e-reader brand onto as many screens as possible