This is a Google translation of the ActuaLitte article. The original French article is here. Blockquotes omitted: Exclusive: The information is still unofficial, since the introduction of this service will only be on October 21 next, when Focus on the Digital organized by the NIS. It will speak digital, for sure, but in the meantime, several elements have filtered ... Today, the functioning of the Amazon Kindle is simple: a camera linked to an ebookstore. Simple, but pretty damn restrictive, since between others, the ebook reader from Amazon will only play files in Amazon. EPub not so. However, this system...

Nicolas Gary of AcutaLitté sent me an email alerting me to this news which he carried on his website. The shakeout of the minor players is beginning. This is the reason I don't cover all the small "wannbees" ereaders coming out of China. They will never see the light of day here in the US or in Europe. Here is a Google translation of the French article: The news we received was last week, and now the thing is formalized. Foxit Europe closes its doors permanently. As of September 2010, the firm n'officiera more in our latitudes, and...

ActuaLitté : GoSpoken specialises in selling eBooks on mobile phones. What do you say to people who think mobile screens are too small to read on ? ActuaLitté : I can often see iPhone owners reading books on their device when I’m on the train. We want to offer the same service to customers who have chosen to trust other mobile phone brands such as Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Nokia, , Palm etc. on top of offering mobile reading on the iPhone device. Nowadays no one leaves home without 3 things : Their keys (hopefully!), wallet and mobile phone. Mobile books allow...