We love a bit of Dr Seuss over at the Pocket-lint Towers. Keeping kids entertained since before reading was invented, it doesn't get much better than the story of The Cat in the Hat.

Well that was until smartphones came along. Now we can experience...

In days of yore, when gentlemen wore top hats, women donned corsets and a horse and cart was the fastest way about town, there was such a thing as film photography. This ancient art saw crowds gathering about a camera awaiting rolls of 36 exposure...

Google, during its ambitious crusade to digitise every book every written, has been keeping count of just how many books there are in the world and has come up with a total - 129,864,880.

You may be wondering how exactly Google arrived at this...

QBooks are new ebooks designed specifically for children for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, described as the world's first touch-enabled and interactive read-along storybook.

From Penguin in New Zealand and Kiwa Media, a QBook offers "Swipe-to-Read"...

An artist called Laura Balboa has taken the Facebook concept full-circle, and turned the website into a hardback book.

The website was originally named "Facebook" after the books that some American universities would hand out at the start of...

Ideal illumination for bookworms, the Bedside Booklight new from Firebox not only offers a soft glow perfect to read to, but has a cunning design for a clever purpose.

As you'll see from the images the frosted glass lamp is house-shaped...

If you received a book token for Christmas, then rejoice, as the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition is out this month.

The third book in the series, it's described as the best resource (offline, obviously) for video game records,...

In the States, five big publishing companies have announced they are to team-up on a venture that will see open standards created for the new era of digital publishing on portable digital devices, such as the as-yet unconfirmed Apple iTablet that's...

Japan's Mobile Art Lab has come up with a charming new way to use the iPhone. The clever designers have created a book-shaped frame for the handset in which the iPhone slots, turning it into an interactive story book for children. Hit play now on the...

Haynes, publisher of the famous Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals, has released the first Haynes iPhone app with help from developer Gourmet Pixel.

The Haynes App - "as intuitive and simple to use as the classic Haynes repair manual" - features...

It's no secret that Google Wave is a little tricky to get your head around. When confronted with the Wave dashboard for the first time, many people scratch their heads and ask "uhh... what now?". Well, Gina Trapani and Adam Pash from productivity blog...

Amazon has u-turned on its launch promise not to charge international Kindle users more than it does US consumers, in a rip-off Britain move familiar to UK-based gadget fans who often suffer from inflated pricing.

Despite Amazon stating...

Disney has made a big move into the ebook market in the States with the launch of Disney Digital Books.

A new subscription-based website, families can access more than 500 interactive, electronic replicas of Disney books for $79.95 a year,...

We brought you news that the Halo Encyclopedia - "the definitive guide to the Halo universe" - was incoming, but can now reveal pricing and a date for the launch of the new book.

Created in full collaboration with Microsoft, the Halo Encyclopedia...

The Fighting Fantasy range of gamebooks, which were an introduction to the world of fantasy for thousands of kids in the 80s and 90s, are coming to the iPhone.

The founder of the series, Ian Livingstone, confirmed earlier in the month that...