A Vietnamese Startup BiitBook Hunts for the E-book Publishing Market
In Southeast Asia, we’ve seen the compelling rise of Ookbee and Scoop, and chat app giants like Li...
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Line Appeals to Bookworms With New ‘Line Novel’ E-Books Portal
The Line juggernaut continues today with the app’s makers, NHN, adding free e-books within the...
Google Play Now Sells E-Books in India
Android fans in India now have a new source for e-books. Today, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced that ...
Suning Opens E-Bookstore, Promises 250,000+ E-Book Titles by Next Year
Chinese consumers already have plenty of options when it comes to buying e-books, and now there̵...
Thai Tech Round-Up [Oct. 11, 2012]
We are back with a new issue of our Thai tech round-up, courtesy of Thumbsup. This one focuses on st...
Ookbee: Thailand’s Biggest Ebook Store on iOS and Android
One of the more popular startups in Thailand, Ookbee is an ebook store platform which claims to have...
Kobo Touch is Big in Japan; Rakuten’s Most Popular Product
Since Rakuten (JSD:4755) and Kobo Inc. showed off the Kobo Touch last week, the device has apparentl...
Foreign Internet Companies to See Their Digital Goods Taxed in Japan?
According to The Asahi Shimbun citing unnamed sources, Japan’s Finance Ministry is planning to...
Finally, the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and Fire HD Launch Today in China
Though it’s likely that not many Chinese users care all that much, the tech world has nonetheless ...
Amazon Rumored to be Starting Kindle Pre-Orders in China Tomorrow
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched its e-bookstore and e-reading apps in China last December, but there&#...
E-Book Platform Shanda Cloudary Set for April 2013 NYSE IPO?
Here’s a sentence we’ve uttered before but which came to nothing: the Shanda Cloudary US...
Xiaomi Confirms Acquisition of Duokan, Startup Maker of Kindle and Apple TV Apps
Chinese phone-maker Xiaomi has today confirmed its acquisition of Duokan, a startup maker of e-reade...
A Chinese Startup Helps Chinese Kindle Owners Read the News, But is it Legal?
Amazon’s Kindle is a huge hit overseas, but it still hasn’t even been officially release...
China’s Dangdang Launches E-Reader, Sells It for Under $100
A long time after its rumored April launch, Chinese e-commerce site Dangdang (NYSE:DANG) has just un...
China Unicom Announces New Numbers, GAPP Support for Wo Reader Platform
China Unicom’s Wo Reader e-books platform got a boost today with the joint announcement that C...
Survey: Chinese Readers Expect E-Books to Cost Just 50 Cents
In news that bodes ill for book publishers, a survey of Chinese folks has revealed that “most ...
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