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Adobe Teams Up With Stanza to Create Open EBook Catalog Standard - ReadWriteWeb Adobe и Stanza разрабатывают стандарт для магазинов электронных книг. Хорошая идея.

Kindle 2 Arrives, and So Do Rivals - Digits - WSJ.com Yet already a new service from a major bookseller, calling itself a “Kindle Killer,” is hoping to steal some of Kindle’s thunder. On Thursday, Canadian bookseller Indigo Books & Music is planning to launch Shortcovers, an e-book reading and buying program that works on devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Android phones, and in the coming months on other smartphone systems including Symbian and Windows, as well as on other gadgets such as the Palm Pre.

Shortcovers.com — Онлайновый книжный магазин для пользователей Blackberry, iPhone и Android. Комментарий mobileread: Shortcovers launches tomorrow! - MobileRead Forums It’s been a long time coming and we’ve heard a lot about the “Kindle killer”, but now is the time for Indigo’s Shortcovers to open its doors and show us what’s inside. * Public launch is tomorrow, February 26th * Shortcovers will be launching on iPhone, Blackberry and Android * The service will be available globally, but launching with US and Canadian currencies * Shortcovers will have 200,000 first chapters of books, 50,000 full books at launch, but adding much more content in the coming weeks from top publishers such as Random House, Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins.