Now playing: Watch this: App of the Day: Wind Up Knight 0:40 Welcome to CNET Australia‘s App of the Day, where you can see some of the coolest, silliest and most useful apps in action. Today, we’ve got a 3D side-scrolling action game that looks so good you might expect to find it on Xbox …
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Google’s ebook store has finally launched in Australia, with its own local store and partnerships online with Dymocks and iRiver. (Credit: Google) From today, avid ebook fans can access Google’s ebook platform via books.google.com.au, where they can download the Google Books app for Android, iOS and the web. Google’s ebooks are also compatible with any e-reader that supports Adobe DRM. …
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The Kobo eReader Touch, which has been available in the US since June, is finally scheduled to reach Aussie shelves. (Credit: Kobo) A representative from Rogers & Cowan, which handles Kobo’s PR, told CNET Australia that the Kobo eReader Touch is due to arrive in the first week of October. The Kobo eReader Touch will be available through the Borders …
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New publisher Cathedral Rock Publishing has announced the results of a survey: 77 per cent of ebook users want ebooks with music, and 50 per cent would pay double for it. (Kindle image by Amazon; Haywire film still by Relativity Media; CBSi) Naturally, we’re going to take any results with a grain of salt; Cathedral Rock Publishing, the brave pioneer …
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We all know an iPad is better for reading in the dark and the Kindle better in the sunshine, but there are other considerations when choosing a tablet computer or E Ink reader over the other as your ebook reader. We weigh up the pros and cons of each.
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Consumer-rights law firm Hagens Berman has taken out a class-action suit against Apple and five major publishing houses over ebook pricing. (Credit: Apple; Dollar Sign image by Anonymoususer, public domain) The firm alleges that the agency model of pricing used by Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster is illegal price fixing, and violates various US federal and …
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Dick Smith has advertised that the Amazon Kindle will be arriving soon to Dick Smith and Big W stores in Australia — and also to Woolworths supermarkets. (Credit: Amazon, Woolworths) The two models that will be made available are the 3G + Wi-Fi, and the Wi-Fi only, for AU$219 and AU$159, respectively. Compared to the Kindle prices on the Amazon …
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It’s been a big day for ebook and e-reader seller Kobo, which has announced the closure of ebook sales via iOS apps, as well as a new partnership with bookseller Collins. (Credit: Dark side of the moon image by seier + seier, CC 2.0; CBSi) The closure of iOS in-app sales for Kobo follows the closure of in-app sales for …
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Following hard on the heels of the removal of Kobo’s iOS in-app sales, Amazon has now removed the shopping link from its Kindle iOS app. (Credit: Amazon) The move is in response to restrictions placed by Apple on in-app sales — that is, that 30 per cent of all sales made in-app must go to Apple. Given that ebooks are …
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Looking for audio books, huh? Here are our favourite sources for free and paid audio books around the web. (Stock image by Michael Casey, CC2.0) Audio books can be tricky to locate; you might love the book, but hate the narration, or think you’d rather not pay triple the price just to hear the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry telling …
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