Perhaps because there isn’t enough news about the Google Books deal already, Google announced that it would offer up more than half a million books to “any device with a browser” in early 2010. More »
When we asked earlier this week how readers preferred to access electronic books, we got a wide range of responses. An unscientific summary would be: there’s all sorts of devices in use, the iPhone is popular and we didn’t give enough credit to the Nintendo DS. But there’s clearly still room for a killer e-book reader, though whether that’s the Kindle seems open to debate.
Last week’s announcement that the Kindle will go on sale in Australia is widely expected to increase the visibility of electronic books in Australia. However, Kindle isn’t the only game in town. Which options are Lifehacker readers already using to read electronic books? More »