Amazon.com Announces Best-Selling Books of 2012

Amazon.com announced the top 10 best-selling books of 2012 overall (print and Kindle combined), as well as the top 10 Kids & Teens books. Unexpectedly, “Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy” takes the top spot, and thriller “Gone Girl” comes in at number two; “The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3)” is the best-selling Kids & Teens book. Hit jump for the full list of most popular books of 2012.

Click to read more ...

Amazon releases the Kindle Touch 3G in 175 countries

Amazon's Kindle Touch 3G is now available in Canada for $189 as well as 174 other countries. The Kindle Touch 3G – easy-to-use touch screen and free 3G wireless,  no annual contracts or monthly fees and never pay for or hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. The eReader is now available in multiple languages – German, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and American and British English.

Click to read more ...

Review: Kobo eReader Touch Edition

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto-based Kobo has come a long way since its first eReader with the eReader Touch Edition. A diminuitive, fast and well-priced eBook reader that doesn't only meet its competition feature by feature but also offers a number of unique features besides being the one of the smaller yet most capable eReader devices around.

Click to read more ...

Google announces eBookstore with 3 million titles for a variety of devices

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google today announced their cloud-based Google eBookstore which starts out with 3 million titles.. Initially available only to US customers, the eBookstore is expected to expand internationally in the coming months. This is a potential solution to the biggest challenge facing eBooks which is fragmentation. Each of the major eBook sellers have their own libraries, closed formats and strict list of devices that can accomodate these titles. The Google initiative's open-to-all approach makes them the most formidable and most open player in this billion dollar marketplace.

Click to read more ...