Amazon Rapids is a new program that has just been launched today and it features short stories for kids. All of the content is delivered in the style of an instant messaging app and are told through the lens of characters chatting with each other, one message at a time. Younger children might enjoy the "read to me" mode that uses a phone or tablet's text-to-speech feature to … [Read more...] about Amazon Rapids is a new app that features short stories for kids
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Sweek is trying to market Indie e-Books via Mobile Apps
Sweek is a young startup based in Rotterdam and they have just launched a series of mobile apps for Android and iOS. The company is trying to make self-published e-books viable for the smartphone generation and currently has a library of over 1,000 published stories and 20,000 classic e-books. The Sweek app launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair a few weeks ago and their … [Read more...] about Sweek is trying to market Indie e-Books via Mobile Apps
Google Wallpapers Now Available on Android
There are thousands of wallpaper apps out there, but Google is hoping that you will download their new app. Wallpapers are sorted into categories like Landscapes, Cityscapes, Life, Textures and Earth. Different images are pulled from Google Earth, Google+ and partners like 500px. This app was initially a Pixel Phone exclusive, but you can now download it on any Android … [Read more...] about Google Wallpapers Now Available on Android
Amazon Prime Members Can Now Share Unlimited Photo Storage with 5 People
Amazon has announced that they have revised their unlimited photo sharing system with a new feature called Family Vault. You can now share your account with 5 family members or friends with an invite code. Each person invited will be able to upload as many photos as they want through the web or via the Amazon Prime Photos app on iOS and Android. Additionally, Amazon has … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Members Can Now Share Unlimited Photo Storage with 5 People
Some fun and exciting changes made to the Good e-Reader App Store
Over the course of the past two weeks we have been working on providing our users with a better experience on the Good e-Reader Android and Blackberry App Store. We have migrated away from hosting most of our assets on Amazon S3 because a number of companies were hotlinking them and our bills were getting out of control. We also have made searching more robust and increased the … [Read more...] about Some fun and exciting changes made to the Good e-Reader App Store
Tolino Unveils New e-Reader App for Android and iOS
Tolino has been releasing dedicated e-readers for the past four years and the company also has a digital bookstore where users can purchase audiobooks and e-books. The company has just released reading apps for Android and iOS. It will allow users to not only buy e-books from Tolino but also Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, eBook.de, bücher.de, Mayersche, Osiander, Orell Füssli, … [Read more...] about Tolino Unveils New e-Reader App for Android and iOS
Good e-Reader is Suspending Support for Blackberry Apps
Good e-Reader has been supporting the Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 since the very beginning. We were the first App Store to give people content that was not available on Blackberry World and later, the Amazon App Store. There is not very much demand anymore for Blackberry and we have decided to suspend uploading new apps or updating existing apps. If you are a … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader is Suspending Support for Blackberry Apps
Google Play Books Introduces New Discovery Feature
Google Play Books has introduced a new e-book discovery feature, which basically looks at your reading history and determines other books that you might enjoy reading. The feature is available in 75 countries for Android, iOS, and the web. “Google Play Books is the world’s largest ebookstore and offers readers like you smart technology that caters to your lifestyle — where … [Read more...] about Google Play Books Introduces New Discovery Feature
Android has a 86.2% global market share
In six short years Android has become the dominant smartphone, tablet and e-reader operating system of choice. Worldwide market share has just reached 86.2% in the second quarter of 2016. Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016, a 4.3% increase over the same period in 2015, according to Gartner. Overall sales of … [Read more...] about Android has a 86.2% global market share
The Top New e-Reading Apps for Android – 2016
This year a number of new e-reading apps have been released and the big trend in digital publishing is serialized fiction, which are bite-sized and easy to digest. There are some apps on this list that are from young startups, but also others from major publishers. BookShots by James Patterson - More spellbinding than the latest blockbuster movie, BOOKSHOTS will keep you on … [Read more...] about The Top New e-Reading Apps for Android – 2016