Woolworths-owned chains to sell Kindle in Australia Archive
Woolworths-owned chains Dick Smith, Big W, and Woolworths supermarkets will sell the Kindle ereader. Dick Smith and Big W, which are taking orders online for shipping 29 August, are selling...
Dick Smith and Big W to sell Kindle ereader Archive
Woolworths-owned chains Dick Smith and Big W have announced they will sell the Kindle ereader. The stores, which are taking orders online for shipping 29 August, are selling the Kindle...
Ebook retailers remove buy links from Apple apps Archive
Apple has begun to enforce its revised in-app selling rules that require third-party sellers to give Apple a 30% revenue share on any content sold through apps. As a result...
UQP expands ebook list Archive
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced the release of a number of new ebook titles and plans to continue to expand its ebook program in the coming months. UQP...
Kindle reduced to A$215 Archive
Amazon has reduced the price of its Kindle ereader from US$279 (A$320) to US$189 (A$215). The reduced price, which applies to Australian purchases, brings the ereader closer to REDgroup's Kobo...
Sony Reader to launch in Australia Archive
Sony Australia intends to make its ebook reader available in Australia later this year. Paul Colley, the company's technology communications manager told the Age the Sony Reader had not been...
‘Torpedo’ becomes first Australian literary journal on Kindle Archive
The literary journal Torpedo has becme the first Australia-based journal to be made available to purchase through the Kindle store. Torpedo editor Chris Flynn told the Weekly Book Newsletter the...
Quote of the week Archive
‘Short-sighted marketing practices have resulted in another lost sale. The deliberate delay of the Kindle version will *not* force me to buy the paper version and now I will not...
RHA continues negotiations as Random House UK adds titles to Kindle store Archive
Following the decision of Random House UK to add its titles to Amazon.com's international Kindle store, Random House Australia confirms it is continuing negotiations with regard to adding Australian titles...
APA announces new Title Page ebook distribution system for 2010 Archive
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced plans for a new digital distribution system for local ebooks.The distribution system, which it expects to be operating in the first half of...
Kindle available to Australia Archive
As reported on Bookseller+Publisher online last Wednesday, Amazon has announced its Kindle ereader is now available to customers outside the United States, including Australia Kindles are available to order for...
Kindle available to Australia Archive
Amazon has announced its Kindle ereader is now available to customers outside the United States, including Australia. Kindles are available to order for US$279 (A$313) from the Amazon website now...
Quote of the week Archive
There are many more people who would be interested in a general-purpose tablet than in an e-book reader [...]. But if the PC and smartphone industries are any guide, people...
Quote of the week Archive
‘You can't outbook the traditional book. You have to have a device that can do things that the print book can't do'--Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the launch of the...
Amazon launches Kindle e-book reader Archive
Online retailer Amazon.com has released its long-awaited Kindle e-book reader in the US.The lightweight, slim, hand-held device uses an updated version of the ‘electronic ink' screen first seen on the...
