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Google has begun accepting pre-orders for digital books through its Google Play store, though it's unclear what the point is.

Apple has partnered with Flipboard to showcase its iBookstore books through a new section of the magazine-inspired app on iOS.

Kindle users have been purchasing, downloading and renting their way through Amazon's extensive list of select titles.

Amazon has announced that it now sells more Kindle ebooks than all print books – that's hardcover and paperback combined – through its Amazon.com site.

Android phone owners can now buy and download books from the Android Market webstore.

Google has launched a defence of its revamped plan to digitise out of print books, after criticism from a number of parties.

A new settlement agreed this month means that Google's attempts to scan the world's books faces a few new limits.

The US Copyright Office has changed tack and is now opposing a deal that will give Google the rights to digitise millions of out-of-print books.

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