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Vodafone to sell ebooks, magnifying glasses sales rocket

October 6, 2008, 1:29 pm by Chris Haslam 1 comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: Amazon, book, download, ebook e-reader, gospoken.com, Sony, Vodafone

Vodafone have just announced a deal that will let you download blockbuster ebook titles from all major UK publishers direct to your handset.

Using GoSpoken.com content you’ll be able to choose audio, text and even old-school paper varieties (although these will be delivered to your home). You’ll also be able to search an impressive online library and read sample chapters before you buy.

Borders goes back to the web after 7 years

May 27, 2008, 12:01 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Web Tags: book, Borders, magic shelf, Store, Web

It’s not often a new web store piques our interest, but when we heard Borders was going back to selling books online, we had to check out its promise of a “unique” new browsing technology.

Now that’s what we call a talking book!

April 23, 2008, 5:25 pm by Staff Leave your comment

Filed under News, Peripherals, Portable Audio Tags: book, NXT, Speaker

Portable speakers are tricky things. Spend too little and you’ll get naff tinny sound, spend a lot and you’ll probably still get naff tinny sound. But Targus’ new Portable Speaker Book is different.