BookOffers.com.au Handpicked Australian Bestsellers & New Books

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Congratulations to Ian Teoh from Melbourne for being the lucky winner of our Australian Kindle giveaway that ended on February 28. He was quoted as saying
“Wow, fantastic. Thanks so much”

Your Australian Kindle is on the way from Amazon.com
Didn’t win? We have an Australian Apple iPad to giveaway on June 30 so as long as [...]

Following the launch of the Apple iPad recently the Australian eBook Reader market has been blown wide open. It now represents a serious challenge to Amazon’s lead in the Australian eBook Reader market. It is also clear the world of books is undergoing its most profound structural shift since around 1439 when German goldsmith [...]

This week saw Apple launch their much anticipated iPad and the iBook storefront that will allow iPad users to preview and buy books online in a brilliantly designed shopping experience.

Whilst the iPad will ship in Australia in April with WiFi Australian users will be without the iBook store for the foreseeable future. It may not [...]

Apple launched the much awaited iPad overnight and it certainly will shake up the local book market once released in Australia.

Featuring a 9.7inch full colour screen comparable to the Kindle DX as well as WiFi, full browser support, iTunes, email, maps and the new iBook store, the iPad will revolutionise the book market in [...]

Apple has confirmed they will be holding an event on January 27 in California where it is expected they will announce the new iSlate tablet computer.

The Wall St Journal is reporting today that a possible deal with Harper Collins for enhanced ebooks containing author interviews, animations and social network applications may be in the works [...]

Amazon announced today that it has expanded their Digital Text Publishing platform to include authors outside the US as well as expanding into German and French language books.

A number of authors have contacted BookOffers since the release of the Australian Kindle asking how to get books published on the Kindle so this announcement may spur [...]

Amazon.com has just announced that the new Australian Kindle DX featuring all the brilliant features of the original Australian Kindle will commence shipping to Australia on January 19 2010.

The main difference between the standard Kindle and the Kindle DX are

The screen size at 9.7 inches compared to the standard Kindle at 6″,
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Newsweek has an interesting interview with Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos discussing the popularity of the Kindle and how much of a surprise it has been for Amazon.
Have you been surprised by the Kindle’s success?
Astonished. Two years ago, none of us expected what has happened so far. It is [our] No. 1 bestselling product. It’s the [...]