Apple could be about to launch a new platform for for digital textbooks, which it hopes will bring an innovative method for students to interact with the subject matter and all linked to the iTunes platform making it very easy to access. All to be...

Amazon is hoping that it will be an Annus Kindlebilis, as the Queen's traditional Christmas Day speech is to land in ebook format for the first time.

The Kindle version of HRH's speech will hit the Kindle Store after she has made the official...

The WHSmith ebook store has seen some unexpected excitement today, as both Kobo and Andy McNab emailed WHSmith ebook customers to inform them of changes, and push people towards their respective services.

You'll excuse the excitement of the...

While not strictly applications, some ebooks are so interactive and full of enhanced content that they're just as valid for an App of the Day as any dedicated software. After all, the superb interactive Alice in Wonderland may be classified as an app,...

With talk of a premium library on the cards for the Amazon Kindle, the e-retail giant has quietly gone live with a mass local library scheme - making Kindle book lending available at more than 11,000 local libraries in the United States.

There...

Amazon is looking to launch a Kindle library - one that would allow ebook fans the chance to rent books rather than buying them, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The move would apparently see older titles becoming available...

Pottermore - the online portal where, for the first time ever, the Harry Potter books will be available in eBook format as well as audio book versions too, will be powered by Google eBooks, the Mountain View based company has announced. 

And...

Back in January iRiver announced the iRiver Story HD, a promising sounding device that had boasts about being the the world's highest resolution 6-inch eBook reader.

Well now the Story HD has another impressive notch to its belt - its the first...

John Locke, the American writer not the character from Lost (or English philosopher), has become the first self-published author to pass one million digital books sold on Amazon.com, and therefore the first indie to join the "Kindle Million Club".

His...

Hot on the heels of the UK announcement that Kindle eBooks outsell hardcovers by over two to one, Amazon.com in the US has announced that digital editions over there have now overtaken all sales of print editions, hard- and paperback.

Since...

Amazon has revealed that sales of Kindle eBooks on its UK store now outsell hardback books by over two to one. Since 1 April, for every 100 hardbacks sold, the retailer has shifted 242 Kindle books.

This includes hardcover books that aren't...

An online poll has discovered that older ladies have been illegally downloading eBooks for devices such as the Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad.

The Digital Entertainment Survey, conducted by the law firm Wiggin, has found that one in eight women...

Sales of mainstream digital books in Britain rose from £4m to £16m between 2009 and 2010, according to figures released by the Publishers Association.

The £16 million figure includes all titles in the "general titles" category - so that's your...

Orange has announced that a dedicated app for its Orange Book Club has gone live in the Android Market, offering 23,000 eBooks and audio books.

The app, which will be compatible across multiple platform versions (such as Java, Symbian, BlackBerry...

Still looking for a reason to jump on board the Kindle bandwagon? Well, how's about this - Amazon has just announced that it has reached a deal to bring seven exclusive digital books by Albert Einstein to its ebook reading platform.

The books,...