Rockstand, one of the biggest ebook and emagazine application in India, today announced its partnership with Vodafone, who happens to be the leading provider of telecommunication services in the country. As part of the deal, Vodafone subscribers who wish to buy books or magazines from Rockstand can do so with the recharge amount they have in their balance. This will make for … [Read more...] about Rockstand And Vodafone Join Hands To Allow eBook Purchases From Mobile Balance
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Smashwords to Distribute to India’s Largest eBook Retailer Flipkart
eBook retailer and distributor Smashwords announced a deal today that will distribute its entire catalog to the digital reading market of India via its own Flipkart platform. Right now, India is the fifth largest market for ebook purchases from Smashwords, so a partnership of this kind will enable a more streamlined shopping experience for Indian readers and worldwide … [Read more...] about Smashwords to Distribute to India’s Largest eBook Retailer Flipkart
Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click
Amazon is yet to build the kind of success it might have expected out of its India operations, but that is because i'ts only now that tablet devices have started to emerge as the preferred mobile computing platform. eReaders, for their part, never enjoyed the popularity in India that they did in other reading markets. Another reason for Amazon to lag behind in ebook sales in … [Read more...] about Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click
Shiva Trilogy Author Amish Tripathi Gets $1 Million Advance for his Next Series
India based publishing house Westland has doled out what can easily be termed the biggest advance any author in this part of the world has ever received for a book series that has yet to come into existence. The recipient in this case is Amish Tripathi, who has penned the famous Shiva trilogy. The Oath of the Vayuputras which forms the last of the mythological fantasy series, … [Read more...] about Shiva Trilogy Author Amish Tripathi Gets $1 Million Advance for his Next Series
Google Introduces eBook Section to Google Play for India
Google has launched its ebook section at its online store Google Play for users in India. With this, India's avid reders will now be able to buy and download ebooks from the Google Play store, which boasts of a collection of more than 4 million titles right now. With this, Google has also made available the Play Books app, which is compatible with both Android and iOS. Users … [Read more...] about Google Introduces eBook Section to Google Play for India
eBook Popularity on the Rise in India
eBook reading devices may still make for a miniscule segment in India, though ebooks are already showing a healthy growth rate in the country. Not surprisingly, it is the youngsters who have shown a profound interest in the digital version of books. The reasons are already well known, seeing as ebooks make for a much more portable and compact means of reading. Surprisingly, the … [Read more...] about eBook Popularity on the Rise in India
Aakash 2 Showcased at the UN
The humble Aakash 2 device had a world audience when the tablet was launched at the United Nations today in a glittering occasion to mark India's Presidency of the UN Security Council. Dubbed "the world's most cost competitive tablet," the Aakash 2 is lauded for its ultra cheap price tag and the potential the tablet has in furthering the cause of education in the country. The … [Read more...] about Aakash 2 Showcased at the UN
Apple iPad 3 Now Available in India
India has never been a huge market for Apple. It is simply not big enough to prompt them to launch their latest products there as soon as they are released in the US. That said, some hardcore Apple loyalists do exist in the country and they make up quite a significant number. This group should be overjoyed to know that the latest Apple iPad 3 has now made it to India via online … [Read more...] about Apple iPad 3 Now Available in India
Asus to Launch Transformer Prime in India on March 1
Asus has just announced the availability of its much acclaimed Transformer Prime tablet in India. This should be honey sweet to those who have been patiently awaiting the launch of the quad core Tegra 3 tablet running Android ICS in the country. The media event is to be held in New Delhi on March 1 with the tablet reaching store shelves within a few more days. Asus though has … [Read more...] about Asus to Launch Transformer Prime in India on March 1
Qbend Launches ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Platform to Sell e-Books in India
Publishers in India will now have a more convenient method of selling their books, thanks to the efforts of US based enterprise Qbend. Publishers and retailers worldwide have hit gold by selling e-books via online portals which has brought bigger returns than selling them in their traditional paperback forms. Qbend -- a subsidiary of Chennai-based publishing company, S4Carlisle … [Read more...] about Qbend Launches ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Platform to Sell e-Books in India
Book Market in India Registers Exponential Growth
Book lovers in India have been indulging in their passion for reading all the more, demonstrated by the steep rise in book sales. The domestic book market grew by an impressive 45 percent in volume and 40 percent in value terms during the first half of 2011. The adult fiction segment is witnessing the most growth during this period, expanding by 82 percent in volume and 49 … [Read more...] about Book Market in India Registers Exponential Growth
iBerry Auxus – India’s Cheapest Android ICS Tablet to Debut in March
The Aakash tablet had stunned the world with its ultra cheap price tags and has also notched up some impressive pre-order sales figures. However, it's time we hail the arrival of another tablet whose claim to fame is being the cheapest tablet to hit India with Android ICS on-board. Named Auxus, the tablet is developed by the Chennai based manufacturer iBerry (wonder if that was … [Read more...] about iBerry Auxus – India’s Cheapest Android ICS Tablet to Debut in March
Samsung Galaxy 680 Goes On Sale in India for INR 33,571
Anyone in India with exactly Rs. 33,571 at his disposal will be able to bring home the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 680 tablet device. That's a bit lower than the Rs. 34,900 that the tablet was previously anticipated to sell for. Also, lest you think the Tab 680 is another new tablet device from Samsung, it's the same Tab 7.7 device as is known elsewhere in the world. It's just the … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy 680 Goes On Sale in India for INR 33,571
3G Variant of Sony Tablet S and Tablet P Now Available in India
Stores in India now have the 3G enabled Sony Tablet S and Tablet P for sale. Both the 3G versions will join the Tablet S that Sony had launched last year though in its Wi-Fi avatar. The Tablet S 3G is the same configuration as that of the Wi-Fi only version with just the 3G feature added to it. This one was supposed to be available in India in mid January, but has slipped … [Read more...] about 3G Variant of Sony Tablet S and Tablet P Now Available in India