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  OverDrive acquires Australian ebook company Booki.sh

  1424 readers From the press release: OverDrive, Inc. (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks and audiobooks, announced today it has acquired Australian eBook company Booki.sh (http://booki.sh). Booki.sh is the developer of a cloud-based platform for distributing, selling and reading popular eBooks from anywhere and on any device with a modern web browser. Booki.sh founders

• OverDrive Acquires Australian Cloud-Based E-Book Distributor, Seller and Reader Booki.sh

  726 readers PRESS RELEASE: OverDrive Acquires Australian eBook Company Booki.sh Melbourne Team to Accelerate the Leading eBook Distributor’s Global Growth and New Reading Technologies (Cleveland, OH) – March 5, 2012 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OverDrive Acquires Australian eBook Company Booki.sh Melbourne Team to Accelerate the Leading eBook Distributor’s Global Growth and New Reading Technologies Cleveland, OH, March 5, 2012 – OverDrive, Inc. (www.overdrive.com), the

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  OverDrive’s mobile site updated; enhanced apps & ebook access on the way

  1532 readersThe Digital Library Blog from OverDrive has announced the mobile “Virtual Branch website provided to partners has gotten a facelift. The redesigned page is for the “Virtual Branch” mobile web site that is available (via partners) to all users WITHOUT having to download an app. Of course, the user only sees titles available for their

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  OverDrive Buys Booki.sh

  957 readersDigital book distributor OverDrive has bought Australian eBook company Booki.sh in a deal whose terms were not disclosed. The acquisition gives OverDrive access to Booki.sh’s cloud computing platform that distributes eBooks “in the cloud.” Under the terms of the deal, Booki.sh founders/principals Joseph Pearson, Virginia Murdoch and Peter Haasz will join the OverDrive team working from their offices

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  OverDrive Releases eBook Reading Platform

  1645 readersDigital book distributor OverDrive has announced plans for a new browser-based digital reading platform called OverDrive Read. The platform, which is based in HTML5 and EPUB, allows readers to read eBooks without having to install an app. Instead readers can access the books using a web browser while on or offline. Here is more from the press release:

• OverDrive to Provide Streaming Audiobooks to Libraries and Schools

  2088 readers Digital book and audiobook distributor OverDrive will be allowing its users to stream audiobooks in a new service set to launch later this year. Currently, OverDrive allows audiobook downloads for its library and school clients. The new feature will eliminate long download periods for users who want to listen to audiobooks. OverDrive will be demonstrating the

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  MoboTap releases gesture based web browser for the iPad; browser comes with built-in Webzine feature

  3559 readersMobile technology developer MoboTap has released an iPad version of its browser that allows users to use custom gestures to improve their web surfing experience on Apple's tablet. The new browser, Dolphin Browser HD, is a free download in the App Store and has a lot going for it, especially if you are sometimes frustrated with

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  Booki.sh launches Australian ebook store where you can’t download your purchases

  1040 readersIt begins! The ebooks-in-the-cloud concept that I warned against earlier this week, the one publishers say is the ideal future marketplace (for them, not for consumers), is in private beta right now in Australia. It’s using the Monocle web-based ebook reader–which I find really awesome, to tell the truth–and partnering with Readings, a small Australian

• Barnes & Noble Launches Browser-Based Nook E-Reader

  442 readers PRESS RELEASE: Barnes & Noble Introduces NOOK® for Web, Giving Readers Instant Access to NOOK Books™ from any Web Browser – No Sign-In, Download or NOOK Required Get Started Today with Six FREE Bestsellers Available through July 26 New York, New York – July 17, 2012 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content,

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  Barnes & Noble Introduces Nook for Web

  502 readersBookseller Barnes & Noble is bringing its digital eReading platform Nook to the web, making eBooks available to read online. The platform lets Barnes & Noble customers access their Nook library from their browser. It works on Safari, Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. To get people to try out the platform, the book retailer is making it