e-books

E-books to make school bags history

August 16, 2009

Australian students may soon be leaving their school bags behind as the e-book industry claims to include almost all books in light, hand-held portable devices within the next three years. These devices will not only be able to connect to the Internet, but will also store hundreds of e-textbooks loaned from school libraries or purchased [...]

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Sony adopting industry standard for e-books

August 14, 2009

Sony, in a challenge to Amazon’s Kindle, unveiled plans on Thursday to do away with the proprietary software on its electronic Sony Reader and convert its e-book store to an industry standard format. The Japanese electronics giant said the move “allows Sony to make its e-book store compatible with multiple devices and its Reader devices [...]

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