Amazon issued a minor update yesterday for their Kindle for iOS reading app for the iPad and iPhone. The update version 4.2 adds easy access to the table of contents for most ebooks from the left panel menu. Instead of just redirecting users to the book’s table of contents at the beginning on the book […]
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Amazon Gives Samsung Custom Kindle App with Free Monthly eBooks
Amazon and Samsung have announced an interesting new partnership that has resulted in a co-branded Kindle reading app called Kindle for Samsung. The new app includes some exclusive features, notably access to Samsung Book Deals, a service just launched that provides access to 12 free ebooks a year to all Kindle for Samsung users. The […]
Google Play Books for Android Can Now Upload Personal ePub and PDF eBooks – Supposedly
Google has updated their Play Books app (such a silly name for an ereading app, don’t you think?) to add some new features and stability improvements. The most notable of the upgrades is the ability to be able to upload ePub and PDF ebooks from your Android phone or tablet to Google to read in […]
When Did B&N Remove Nook for PC and Nook for Mac Again?
Back in June B&N caused quite a commotion when they abruptly removed the Nook for PC and Nook for Mac programs from their website, making it so that people could not easily download and read their purchased Nook books and periodicals on a computer. In fact B&N received so much negative attention about it that […]
4.0 Update for Kindle iOS App Adds Collections and New Look
As Apple starts transitioning to their new mobile operating system, a lot of iOS apps are getting updated for compatibility reasons. Amazon released an update for the Kindle iOS app last week for that very reason. Now just 10 days later, coinciding with the release of iOS 7, Amazon has another update for their popular […]
Oyster Launches Unlimited eBooks for $10/month – Anyone Try It?
Earlier in the month Oyster launched a new service for ebooks that is similar to Netflix where users can get unlimited access to a catalog of content for a monthly fee. In the case of Oyster, they have around 100,000 ebooks, and customers can read an unlimited number of those ebooks for a monthly subscription […]
Aldiko Updated to Version 3.0 with New Look and Features
Aldiko is one of the most popular ePub reading apps for Android tablets and phones and it just got updated to version 3.0 today. The 3.0 update is being rolled out to Aldiko premium users first, and then the free version will be updated in the near future. The download for the 3.0 premium version […]
Now That Google Reader is Gone, Which RSS Reader Are You Using?
Google killed off the most popular RSS reader on the web earlier this month. Google is always shedding old services, so it’s not a big surprise, but the fact that Google Reader was still being used by a lot of people makes the loss questionable. It seems the real reason Google got rid of Reader […]