Finally, Harry Potter fans can download ebook versions of their favorite series from J.K. Rowling’s new website Pottermore. J.K. Rowling, via the Pottermore site, announced Tuesday that it will be the only place where people can buy all seven English language versions of the Harry Potter ebooks. Both Barnes & Noble and Amazon are promoting the offering, but users will be directed to Pottermore in order to make purchases. Although redirecting to another site may seem like a drag for Amazon and Barnes & Noble, it will make...
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed the launch of Pottermore, the newest addition to the Harry Potter franchise. The author of the best-selling series of books said that it is an interactive website that will become the home of the Harry Potter eBook renditions. Pottermore is scheduled to go live on July 31. This confirms the eBook release as fans have been waiting for the series’ long overdue digital release. Rowling has revealed that Pottermore will be the exclusive online portal for Harry Potter eBook releases with Harry...
It was only a matter of time, but Amazon has today announced that consumers are buying twice as many Kindle books than hardcover books, despite a growth in the number of hardcover book being sold. Amazon say since April 2011 they have sold 2.42 kindle books for every 1 hardcover book sold, this includes books where no kindle edition is available and free kindle books where excluded from the statistics entirely. Kindle Director, Gordon Willoughby explained, “Amazon.co.uk customers are choosing Kindle books more often than hardcovers at...
Have you ever read a Harry Potter eBook? Probably not, since they don’t yet exist. J K Rowling and her advisers look like they are at last going to give the green light for the adventures of the boy wizard to make the big jump onto the electronic format. The official word is that giving the go ahead for eBook publishing is now being “actively considered”. Why have they taken so long to go ahead and get this done? Could it be something to do with money? Experts in the publishing world reckon that the licensing for the Harry Potter...
Amazon has revealed their top ten selling items for the festive period. Unsurprisingly the Amazon Kindle took their top spot with some impressive sales figures. Finally we can have some idea of how popular the megabrands Kindle E-reader actually is after their pre-Christmas sales announcement only revealed they had sold ‘millions of Kindles’’. Amazon was clearly pleased with the popularity of their device. Brian McBride, Managing Director of Amazon UK commented, “This was the first Christmas that Kindle and Kindle 3G have...
Have you heard the great news? Amazon has released sales figures for their Amazon Kindle – they say they have sold… Millions – that’s as clear as mud! The last few weeks have been all about sales numbers, all the big brands have been releasing all sorts of figures. Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 1.4 million copies on the first day, Sony had sold 4.1 million Move units by the end of November and Microsoft expects to sell 5 million Kinect units before the year is out. So today’s announcement by Amazon was more than a little underwhelming. So...
The market for ebooks and e-readers is one which has great potential. The amount of people preferring to ditch the old paper books and pick up their electronic readers is seeing the sales of both books and readers increase daily, so it is no surprise to see those crafty electronic giants Sharp muscle their way into the market with their own model. Sharp tell us that the readers will have a new format, known as the next-generation XMDF, which will enable “easy viewing of digital contents including video and audio, and allows automatic...
There’s nothing quite like snuggling down in the evening with a good book and a glass of something. Now that reading has joined the growing list of “things which are even better if you do them electronically” we can use the ELONEX 511EB eReader to read our favourite books, although unfortunately eDrinks haven’t yet been invented to go with it. Design The idea of the eReader is something comfortable and easy to carry around with you or to read propped up in bed. It certainly meets those criteria, being just the right size and...
With the market for eBooks and eReaders growing at a rapid rate, it appears a good move by Toshiba to set up their own eBook site. New Toshiba machines will come with it preloaded along with a selection of free books. The site is at www.Toshibabookplace.com, and while it is not yet fully functional avid eBook readers may like to have a sniff around to get an idea of what is going to be on offer. The services include; translation, font size adjustment, voice playback and full view or text only reading. This will surely not be the last eBook...
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