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The ebook world might be all abuzz right now about Amazon's Kindle 2, but top Canadian book retailer Indigo Books & Music is looking to bring books and other content to other mobile devices with the launch of Shortcovers, a new ebook service that puts books, magazines, and blogs on mobile devices people already own—like the BlackBerry Curve, Bold, and Storm, Google Android devices, and (naturally) the Apple iPhone. And users… Read More

The Amazon Kindle might be the e-book reader getting all the media attention these days, but it certainly wasn't the E-Ink-based portable reader on the scene. In an effort to better compete with the Kindle, Sony is rolling out a software update for its Sony Reader that will enable it to handle books published in the growing Epub format, which is already supported by several publishers, including Simon & Shuster, Penguin, and… Read More

After an abortive launch earlier this year—and an earlier product marketed not-so-successfully in Asia as the Sony LIBRIé—Sony Electronics has announced that its Sony Reader will hit retail shelves in October 2006, accompanies by more than 10,000 ebook titles from major publishers via its Sony Connect eBook Store. “Today, we're writing a new chapter in digital technology for reading,” said Ron Hawkins,… Read More