e-reader

Men make up 79 percent of e-reader users in Indonesia (INFOGRAPHIC)

Men make up 79 percent of e-reader users in Indonesia (INFOGRAPHIC)

Indonesia’s e-reader app Scoop 1 today published an infographic about the country’s e-publishing landscape. It talks about some data and statistics that can be useful for other e-book players in
Enricko Lukman · · 1 min read
Blood and schoolgirls: DeNA launches free Manga Box e-reader

Blood and schoolgirls: DeNA launches free Manga Box e-reader

Want some free manga? Japanese web giant DeNA yesterday released a new e-reader for Manga lovers, and all the content is completely free. Manga Box features 28 titles at launch, many of which
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read
Xiaomi gets literate, launches e-reader app and e-book store

Xiaomi gets literate, launches e-reader app and e-book store

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi this week launched a new homemade e-reader app on its MIUI app store. Xiaomi Xiaoshuo will not have its own proprietary book store like most of its competitors, but will
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read
5 best free Android apps in China for all your mobile mass media

5 best free Android apps in China for all your mobile mass media

Anyone who has ever ridden the subway in Beijing knows the Chinese love to consume content on their smartphones. But because of censorship or geolocking, many of the apps used
Paul Bischoff · · 3 min read

E-Books In Vietnam Stagnate at 1% of Total Book Buying Market Share

One of my favorite local Vietnamese tech sites, Pandora.vn, just came out with an interesting report saying that in Vietnam e-books haven’t even hit one percent of the market. Frankly,
Anh-Minh Do · · 2 min read

Dangdang to Release E-Reader with Hybrid Touch/E-ink Screen in May

Dangdang CEO Li Guoqing It seems Dangdang is mentioned less and less these days in conversations about China’s major e-commerce players. In fact, the most recent time we mentioned the
C. Custer · · 2 min read

You Can Now Subscribe to Indonesia’s Top Daily Newspaper on Scoop

Indonesian e-reader startup SCOOP has secured a distribution partnership with arguably Indonesia’s number one national newspaper, Kompas. Now people can read the latest editions of Kompas’ daily newspaper as early
Enricko Lukman · · 1 min read

Rakuten Speaks Out About A Difficult Week For Kobo

Rakuten’s (JSD:4755) Kobo e-reader launched in Japan back on July 19th, and even though pre-orders went very well, the initial week or so has not really been a good one
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

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 unveiled its own e-reader. Called the Doucon, it has a Kindle-esque e-ink screen and is
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

NewsLoop Could Be Your Next Favourite News Reading App

Singapore telco giant, SingTel, has launched a new news reading app for iPad, NewsLoop, which is looking quite pretty with all the attention paid to details (pictured right). It offers
Vanessa Tan · · 2 min read