Google just announced that it will now allow users to download over 1 million public domain books in the EPUB format. Google had already made this archive available to some Continue reading »

Sony today announced that it will sell a wireless eReader device for $399 by Christmas. The Reader Daily Edition will be powered by AT&T's 3G network. That in itself is Continue reading »

All the major eBook vendors are currently trying to expand their eBook and eReader line-ups as fast as possible in order to compete with Amazon. Today, Barnes & Noble announced Continue reading »

Do you remember college and all those textbooks you couldn't sell back to the bookstore? I do. I own one of the most expensive doorstop collections in existence. For this Continue reading »

College is a horrifying time in one's personal development. Aside from being "the best years of your life," those years are also those in which your expenditures outstrip your income Continue reading »

The Free Software Foundation's Defective By Design campaign just added the Amazon Kindle to its list of DRM-related offenders. The organization started a petition against Amazon for restricting readers' access Continue reading »

Earlier this morning Google Books announced a program where rights owners would be given the tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_books_offers_creative_commons_licensing.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; option to modify their copyright licenses and specify them Continue reading »

In a move that took most industry pundits by surprise, Sony today announced that it will adopt the open ePub standard as the default format for books in its eBook Continue reading »

CourseSmart, a leading player in the budding eTextbook market, just released its first iPhone application. Thanks to this app, students can now access college textbooks they have leased from the Continue reading »

By the end of this year, Apple's App Store will carry more than 100,000 apps. According to Flurry, which specializes in providing real-time analytics to mobile app developers on the Continue reading »