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NARR8 brings interactive ebooks to Windows Phone
Last year we looked at NARR8, a unique interactive book app/platform for Windows 8. NARR8 comes from NARR8 Limited – a subsidiary of Game Insight, makers of mobile Windows games like Cloud Raiders and Big Business Deluxe. Although games are obviously the publisher's main line of work, they also create dozens of exclusive digital books to sell through their NARR8 app. Seeing as how...
Amazon integrates Audible in Kindle for iPhone and Android, whither Windows Phone?
Correction: Turns out that this update is only for the Android and iOS versions of Kindle, and not Windows Phone. Which is pretty lame, eh? You can let Amazon know you want Audible integration on Windows Phone here. Original story follows. Amazon is integrating professional narration into its Kindle app through a software update. The new version of the app allow you to switch from...
Become an ebook author with CreateBook for Windows 8
CreateBook, as the moniker implies, is a Windows 8 app that enables users of all ages make their own ebooks. Anyone from kids to teachers can add text, images, video and sound through the easy to use interface to tell their story or share their knowledge. And once finished, ebooks can be exported to file to be shared with others. Who needs an ebook store when you can easily create...
Official Kobo Windows 8 app launches; Windows Phone version coming soon
Kobo (www.kobobooks.com), the eReader and eBook giant, today announced the launch (or re-launch) of the official Windows 8 app. The company has brought across features from its own device line to Windows-based tablets, offering a complete solution for those who'd rather read digital content on their tablet or laptop and PC. Just like the Kobo eReaders, the official Windows 8 app...
NARR8 app brings interactive books to Windows 8
Reading electronic books on your phone or tablet can be more convenient than toting a physical book collection around, but otherwise most e-books don’t take advantage of the power of modern computing devices. Motion comics on the other hand, can spice up traditional comics with movement and even voice. A group called NARR8 (sister company of Game Insight) has taken the digital comics-...
Microsoft gives away collection of free eBooks - bookworms rejoice
Last summer Microsoft posted a collection of free eBooks and over 1 million copies were downloaded by geeks around the globe. Now, once again, the company is offering up a collection of completely free literature for your consumption in EPUB, MOBI, or PDF formats. Topics include: Office & Office 365, SharePoint, SQL Server, System Center, Visual Studio, Web Development, Windows,...
Amazon Kindle app for Windows 8 updated; new features galore
Today the Amazon Kindle app for Windows 8 received a plentiful update, delivering a more enjoyable reading experience for the user. Book lovers can now search inside books, sample recommended books, and enjoy easier in-book navigation. The update also delivers a newly redesign home screen; the previous was a collection of your entire library collection and a link to the Kindle store....
Reading on Windows 8 - a look at Kindle, Nook, and Kobo
While many readers still embrace the paper pages of a book, others have moved on to the embrace of an electronic ink or LCD display. Amazon was the first company to push eBooks into the mainstream market in 2007. Today, many readers choose to pick up a tablet, cellular phone, or dedicated eInk device to dive into a world of adventure. We are taking a look at the top three eBook reading...
Official Facebook and Kindle apps for Windows Phone get small updates
As many of you may have noticed, two somewhat major apps for Windows Phone received updates in the last 24 hours, so we’ll pass on the news in case you missed it. First up is Facebook, which has been receiving quite a few updates lately, generally a good sign…unless you consider everything so broke that it needs even more fixing. The last update was just a week ago for version 2.6 and...
Nokia Reading now available for Windows Phone, except for those in the US
Nokia announced late last week that their Reading app would be coming to the Lumia line this week and sure enough, that app is now available for download. Nokia Reading promises to fill in the gap where apps like Amazon Kindle are not available for Windows Phone users, which turns out is a large part of the globe. Having setup their own eBook marketplace, Nokia seems to have done have a...
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Hands on with Nokia Transport and Reading [Video]
Besides all of the new phone goodness today, Nokia also showed off a few new apps heading down the pike for their Windows Phone users. One of those is Nokia Transport, an app dedicated to public transportation including bus and train schedules for more than 500 cities--something us urban folk desperately need. The app nails down your position and shows you the nearest stops and...
Audible.com app coming in March for Windows Phone?
Windows Phone and Audible.com have not had the best track record together. Over a year ago, we thought an Audible.com app may be close to hitting the Marketplace, only to find out it was for WinMo 6.X. Then we found out this summer that one was en route, but no ETA was given. Well, hopefully, that is all water under the bridge, as one of our readers reports that the long lost ETA may...
BooksAlive series of childrens books by XIMAD
The team at XIMAD, who have brought us titles such as Bubble Birds, 100 Top World Wonders and an array of joke apps, have now revealed their latest project for Windows Phone 7: BooksAlive. The BooksAlive series will offer children and their parents insteresting apps with high quality. XIMAD have just released two new titles for this series: The Little Engine That Could and The Real...
TouchyBooks will bring over 300 childrens books to WP7
Already being available on iOS (with Android 'coming soon' too) TouchyBooks is developing for Windows Phone 7, which will provide younger users with a large array of ebooks to download and read. While we already have the likes of Kindle on-board, it's great to see this type of addition to the availability of ebooks for reading. They're a pretty small publisher so an advance onto the new...
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Sideloading of Kindle eBooks now possible on HTC Windows Phones [Homebrew]
If you have an HTC developer unlocked ("jailbroken") phone, then this trick may be for you: evidently you can convert PDF books into .PRC files that can then be sideloaded on the device and viewed with Amazon's Kindle app. The reason? As DominikZ over at XDA notes, Charles Petzold's eBook "Programming Windows Phone 7" which is 100% free, costs $22.53 on Amazon (we actually see two...
HTC gets in the e-Book Reader business with new Manila 2.5
This is some pretty big news: it appears that HTC is getting in on the e-Book business. Watch out Apple iPad?The latest version of Manila/Sense 2.5 (2012) features a tab dedicated to reading e-Books that can be purchased by Boarders or, evidently, though Adobe. No word on Amazon.com at this time. HTC Reader 1.0 is the name of the program that will render the e-Books and overall it...
WMExperts discount from Fictionwise
Fictionwise.com, a Barnes & Noble Company, is your one-stop shop for fiction and non-fiction ebooks. Fictionwise offers thousands of titles compatible for your Windows phone (via Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader, Mobipocket, etc) as well as other formats for the eReader, Kindle, Sony Reader and Franklin Reader. Titles range from sci-fi to romance to history to politics. Why are we...