Hasbro has dropped its lawsuit against the company that created the now-famous Scrabulous Facebook application after reaching an agreement.

RJ Softwares, a Calcutta-based company run by brothers Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwall, was facing...

Two major book publishers have just announced mobile phone initiatives, with an emphasis particularly on the Apple iPhone and the App Store.

In the States, the Penguin Group has announced the launch of "Penguin 2.0", which includes Penguin...

Those Stateside who've not yet started their Christmas shopping and were hoping to nab a Kindle for a loved one are right out of luck. It seems for the second year running Amazon has run out of stock of the device in the crucial "holiday" period.

Widget.com has announced the UK release of the BeBook, described as "the latest" in portable eBook readers.

The BeBook measures 184 x 120 x 10mm, weighs 220 grams and has a 600 x 800 6-inch display that uses Vizplex E-Ink technology.

We've seen the red version launch in the States, but it seems department store giant John Lewis will offer the rouge version in the UK.

Available exclusively to John Lewis, the red Reader offers the same functionality as the standard model,...

Mills & Boon is making a "major commitment" to e-book publishing with the decision to make dozens of new titles available as digital downloads every month.

The romance fiction company admits that one of the main benefits to e-book publishing...

The UK will not see the launch of the Amazon Kindle e-book reader this year.

Brian McBride, the managing director of Amazon in the UK, has told trade publication "The Bookseller" that we won't see the device that was launched back in November...

Vodafone has announced the launch of "Books on Mobile!" a new entertainment channel in conjunction with GoSpoken.com.

Using GoSpoken.com, Vodafone customers can download audio - or in the next two weeks e-book versions - of the latest blockbusters...

Despite denials from Amazon's chief spokesperson to the contrary, it seems the etailing giant is indeed prepping a new model of its e-book reader.

US blog Boy Genius Report has received a set of images from a tipster that shows the second-gen...

Sony has announced a new version of its Reader Digital Book that gets a touchscreen and a built-in light.

The new model, the PRS-700, will be offered alongside the existing PRS-505 in the States in November.

Described as "svelte...

Sony has announced a US promo called "Mission for a Million" for the new James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" in which people can compete to win a million dollars in a spy-like game.

In addition to the comp, Sony is to offer limited edition...

iRex Technologies has officially launched the iRex 1000 series Digital Reader.

iRex currently offers the iLiad and iLiad Book Edition for consumers, but says the new device is aimed at business professionals.

The iRex 1000 series...

iRex is currently running a teaser on its site for a new product to launch on 22 September with the tagline "seeing is believing".

According to Forbes, the company is to launch an "evolved" e-book reader dubbed the iRex Reader 1000.

Plastic Logic has previewed its E-Ink-based e-book reader solution, that it expects to bring to market in the first half of next year.

Offering a "stunning" form factor, measuring 8.5 by 11-inches, the flexible Plastic Logic reader features...

It seems an Amazon exec has spoken out to end the speculation rife in the blogosphere that the company are imminently to launch new models of their Kindle e-book reader.

Craig Berman, Amazon’s chief spokesman, has spoken to New York Times...