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Google Play is now taking ebook pre-orders
By Michael Rougeau published
Google has begun accepting pre-orders for digital books through its Google Play store, though it's unclear what the point is.
Flipboard and Apple get together to shift more iBooks
By Kate Solomon published
Apple has partnered with Flipboard to showcase its iBookstore books through a new section of the magazine-inspired app on iOS.
Late to the game, Verizon to offer Google Play carrier billing
By Clint Demeritt published
Start charging music, books, movies and video games from Google's media store to your phone bill sometime in the next few weeks.
Amazon Kindle-exclusive books top 100 million buys and rentals
By Michelle Fitzsimmons published
Kindle users have been purchasing, downloading and renting their way through Amazon's extensive list of select titles.
Amazon now sells more Kindle ebooks than printed books
By Kate Solomon published
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 Market adds books to webstore
By Chris Smith published
Android phone owners can now buy and download books from the Android Market webstore.
Google denies digital books plan is illegal
By Gareth Beavis published
Google has launched a defence of its revamped plan to digitise out of print books, after criticism from a number of parties.
Will Google Books own the Western literary canon?
By Adam Hartley published
A new settlement agreed this month means that Google's attempts to scan the world's books faces a few new limits.
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