UK department store Argos launches tablet
In the UK and Ireland, department store Argos has launched its own branded tablet, reports the Bookseller. Following the recent example set by supermarket Tesco, Argos will sell the seven-inch MyTablet...
BISG, Bowker research shows tablets overtaking dedicated ereaders in the US
In the US, the latest instalment of the Book Industry Study Group’s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey shows multi-function tablets have overtaken dedicated ereaders as consumers’ preferred ereading devices...
Tablet ownership to increase to 71% by mid-2013
A new survey predicts tablet ownership by Australians who already use a mobile phone, will rise to 71% in a year’s time. Currently, nearly 40% of Australians who own a...
UK ereader and tablet ownership predicted to increase by 70% this year
In the UK, analyst Richard Broughton of IHS Screen Digest has predicted that the number of tablets and ereaders in the country will jump from an estimated seven million in 2011...
New Kobo devices available next month
Three new Kobo devices will be available from Australian and New Zealand retailers starting next month. The new devices—branded the ‘Kobo Family’ along with the Kobo Touch—include the front-lit Kobo...
Australia among first countries to receive new Google tablet
Australia will be one of the first countries to receive the new Google tablet this month, reports the Bookseller. The Nexus 7—Google’s seven-inch tablet to rival Amazon’s Fire, which is...
US BISG research finds growing preference for tablets over dedicated ereaders
In the US, new consumer research has found that ebook consumers’ preference for tablets instead of dedicated ereaders is accelerating. The second installment in Volume Three of the Book Industry...