Kobo announced today at the London Book Fair in London that they are continuing their expansion into Europe, with stores launching in Germany and Spain next month. Local stores for France, Italy, and the Netherlands will soon follow. In addition to these new markets, Kobo and its partners offer ebooks to the United States, Canada, […]
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OverDrive’s BlackBerry App Gets EPUB Library eBooks
OverDrive, a company that works with more than 13,000 libraries worldwide to bring library ebook and audiobooks to portable devices and computers, has updated their BlackBerry app to add support for EPUB library ebooks, just in time for the upcoming release of the BlackBerry PlayBook.
Nook Spotlight Pick for April; NYT Subscribers Bypass Paywall
Each month Barnes and Noble offers the first ebook in a popular series for $0.99 as their “Spotlight” pick. The Spotlight pick for April is Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks . It usually sells for $9.99. Consider Phlebas has a 4 star rating over 62 reviews at B&N. Here’s the description:
April eBook Discount Codes for eBooks.com
Another month, another set of discount codes from eBooks.com. The ebooks from eBooks.com come in the following formats: Adobe EPUB and PDF, Microsoft LIT, MobiPocket, and they also have an app for the iPad and iPhone.
New Kobo eBook Coupons – $1 off and 30% off
Here are a couple of new coupon codes that Kobo sent out to members of their affiliate program, this site included. The email notes that there are 100s of ebooks priced at $1 or less on Kobo.com, and that the $1 off coupon is the most popular discount for customers to get those ebooks for […]
Readum: Annotate Google eBooks to Share on Facebook
There’s a new extension for Firefox and Chrome web browsers that allows you to highlight any paragraph in a Google eBook, add a note to it, and send it to Facebook to share with friends and family. The extension is called Readum. It is from the folks working on ReadSocial, which connects people socially with […]
CourseSmart 5% off eTextbooks; Kobo Spin and Win Contest
A couple of quick savings updates, here’s a coupon code for 5% off eTextbooks at CourseSmart.com: JFXYSAA. The code is valid until June 1st, 2011. Secondly, Kobo is running a spin and win contest until the end of the day on March 20th. You can win a 10% – 50% off coupon, a $25 eGift […]
Two Amazon Exclusives: 7 Einstein Kindle Books, Angry Birds Rio
A couple of Amazon exclusives came to light yesterday. First, Amazon announced that they’ve added seven of Albert Einstein’s books to the Kindle Store, which happened to be on his 132nd birthday. Secondly, Amazon’s Appstore for Android is getting set to launch most likely this week or next. Amazon nabbed a new version of Angry […]