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E-booksellers Ciando, txtr Add Publishers, Titles

In German Buch News by Siobhan O'Leary

By Siobhan O’Leary German e-book retailer ciando has sealed deals with publishers Droemer Knaur, Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch and Rowohlt to make 1,300 of their fiction and non-fiction e-book titles available on both of its platforms: www.ciando.com and www.bookson.de. As reported in a press release from ciando, the books will all be available in EPUB format. The new partnerships will allow ciando to build upon the …

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Börsenverein Welcomes iPad, txtr Readies App

In German Buch News by Siobhan O'Leary

By Siobhan O’Leary Though Apple’s iPad may not be available in Europe for months, the Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers and Booksellers Association) has nonetheless released a statement about it, pointing out that they are pleased to see another device on the market that will make the mobile reading of e-books more attractive.  The Börsenverein also applauded Apple for …

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Txtr E-Reader Delayed

In German Buch News by Siobhan O'Leary

By Siobhan O’Leary You’ll have to wait a little longer to get your hands on the much anticipated txtr e-reader. The Berlin-based company wrote on its blog that problems arose in the mass production of the device that had not surfaced in smaller samples, and distribution will be delayed until the issue — which affected the device’s wireless component — …

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German Buch News: Txtr Teams with E-Plus, Ecotel for Wireless Service

In German Buch News, News by Siobhan O'Leary

By Siobhan O’Leary New details are starting to emerge about the Berlin-based txtr e-reader (see our coverage here), the most significant of which is that txtr will be partnering with mobile phone service providers E-Plus and Ecotel to make the txtr reader wireless. Users will be able to purchase books from the txtr bookstore via mobile phone networks anywhere and at …