Japanese Publishers and eBook Retailers Protesting Consumption Tax Hike, Demand Foreign Vendors be Taxed Too Publishers and distributors of e-books in Japan have voiced concern over the… Sovan Mandal4 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Kisai Rorschach Smartwatch Uses Cryptic Inkblot Marking to Depict Time Tokyoflash Japan is the newest entrant to the rapidly emerging smartwatch segment.… Sovan Mandal28 November 2013One comment2 minute read
eBooks Sales in Japan Still Lagging Behind Printed Books Notwithstanding the rapid proliferation that ebooks have made among the reading community… Sovan Mandal19 November 2013One comment3 minute read
Pottermore Announces Expansion into Japan The online interactive world of Harry Potter is reaching an entirely new… Mercy Pilkington6 November 2013One comment2 minute read
Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click Amazon is yet to build the kind of success it might have… Sovan Mandal29 August 20132 comments2 minute read
KDP Select Launches Lending in Japan, What That Means for Authors Amazon announced this week that it has now extended its Kindle ebook… Mercy Pilkington21 August 2013One comment1 minute read
Seniors in Japan More Likely to Adopt eBooks A survey to ascertain the pattern of ebook usage in Japan has… Sovan Mandal17 August 20137 comments1 minute read
Asus Transformer Book Now on Sale in Japan The Windows 8 based 13 inch Transformer Book that Asus had launched… Sovan Mandal7 March 20132 comments2 minute read
Microsoft Surface RT Tablet Available in Japan, Soon Microsoft intends to launch its Surface RT device in Japan soon, or as… Sovan Mandal27 February 20132 comments1 minute read
eBook Challenges in Japan An article in Fortune.com is entitled “Why Japanese readers don’t like ebooks”… 18 February 2013No comments3 minute read
Toshiba Launches Regza AT501 Jelly Bean Tablet Toshiba has launched a new tablet in Japan that sports decent specs,… Sovan Mandal13 February 2013One comment1 minute read
Google Nexus 10 Launched in Japan The Google Nexus 10 tablet has now reached Japanese shores a few… Sovan Mandal5 February 2013One comment1 minute read
Japan’s National Diet Library Will Offer Books Online Japan’s National Diet Library is moving into the digital age, with the… 30 January 2013No comments1 minute read
Sony Xperia Tablet Z Launched The Xperia Tablet Z is the newest addition to Sony’s tablet line-up.… Sovan Mandal22 January 2013One comment2 minute read
Recent Poll Shows eReader and eBook Footprint in Japan Goo Research has compiled a new report that gives an indication on… Michael Kozlowski30 July 2012One comment1 minute read
Japan Making Ready for Digital Reading Explosion Japan is looking ahead to the launch of four separate e-reader devices… Mercy Pilkington16 July 2012One comment2 minute read