e-reader apps

Is Apple stonewalling Sony on Reader app?

Call it the case of the missing app.

As Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Google have updated their e-reader apps to adhere to Apple's new in-app subscription rules that require app developers to strip out any links to external mechanisms for purchasing digital books or subscriptions, one iOS app from a major e-reader player remains mysteriously unavailable: the Sony Reader app.

You may not remember but Apple rejected Sony's Reader iPhone app back in January for allegedly linking off to Sony's online e-bookstore. I should also note that Sony Reader users have been patiently awaiting Reader … Read more

Apple forces Amazon to alter Kindle app

Updated 3:50 p.m. PT to reflect Barnes & Noble updating its Nook iOS apps.

Apple has finally brought the hammer down on e-reader apps, enforcing its new in-app subscription rules that require app developers to strip out any links to external mechanisms for purchasing digital books or subscriptions.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Canada-based Kobo have all updated their iOS e-reader apps, with Barnes & Noble temporarily removing its Nook for iPad app from the App Store and sending out a press release late in the afternoon saying it would soon update the app to offer the "… Read more

Does Apple's iBooks need to go Android?

Not too long ago I wrote a post about the iPad 2 as an e-reader. Recently, I read through some of the comments and noticed one that caught my attention.

"I refuse to buy books from Apple that can only be read on Apple devices," declared a CNET reader who goes by the handle GSOgymrat.

I pulled that quote out from a longer comment (see full version here), but I thought it was pretty telling. One of the big things that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been playing up is the fact that their apps--and your digital … Read more

B&N launches Nook app for iPhone

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B&N launches Nook for Android, changes branding strategy

Barnes & Noble has been saying it would soon be launching an Android version of its eBookstore app and now it has done so. But what's interesting about the announcement is that Barnes & Noble has decided to move away from its BN branding and go with Nook as the name of choice for its digital reading platform.

The company says the new Android app is the "first eReader software to feature Barnes & Noble's new Nook-centric branding, leveraging the strength of the company's Nook brand across its entire eReading offering. Nook for Android will soon … Read more

Top 5 CES trends

CES 2010 was full of the usual electronics wonderment, but some trends were more frequent or more prominent than others. We took a gander about the show floor and tallied up the five top trends from the show.

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