From the press release: 2Dfacto, Inc., under a plan to become a new type of integrated digital/physical hybrid bookstore, announced today that it will open its first online bookstore on January 12 to sell electronic books to users of smartphones and e-book readers marketed by NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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2Dfacto to open ebookstore in Japan
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
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Sony Reader “almost” selling out in Japan
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Only it’s not. Sony dropped a few hints about e-reader sales at the Electronic Book Summit in Tokyo yesterday. According to Tech-On: The most selling model is the “Reader Touch Edition,” which is equipped with a 6-inch electronic paper (e-paper) device. Though Sony did not disclose a specific sales volume, it said, “The Touch Edition [...]
Apple still selling pirated ebooks in Japan?
December 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
There’s a story going around today about an open letter to Apple from 4 Japanese publishing industry trade groups. According to the complaint (translated by Google), they are upset by the quantity of pirated material in the Japanese iBookstore as well as the difficulty in getting Apple to remove the pirated content. I almost missed [...]
Sony Reader coming to Japan on 10 December
November 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
I’m still looking for the original press release on this, but Bloomberg are reporting that: Sony Corp. will resume sales of its electronic-book readers in Japan for the first time since 2007 amid the growing popularity of digital publications. The e-reader will be available in local stores starting Dec. 10, Sony said in a statement [...]
Delta e-readers coming to Japan
November 15th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that Delta Electronics have signed a deal with the Japanese publisher Kadokawa to distribute Delta’s color e-readers in Japan. These e-readers, based on Bridgestone’s 8″ and 13″ QR-LPD epaper screens, are expected to be available in Taiwan sometime in December in partnership Vivitek*. Digitimes * Yes, I know that Vivitek is best [...]
Kadokawa to launch ebookstore in Japan
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Kadokawa Group Holdings, a Japanese media conglomerate, have announced that they will soon open an ebookstore called Book Walker. They plan to sell novels, comics, animated works and movies,with their first target audinece being the iPad. The service should launch this December with a reading app and roughly 100 e-book titles. They plan to be [...]
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KDDI to sell Bliblio Leaf e-reader in Japan
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
This new e-reader just showed up on Japanese telecom KDDI’s website (I’m still looking for the press release.) Right now all I think I know is that it has a 6″ E-ink screen, 2GB Flash, 3G, and Wifi as well as support for XMDF, Epub, and PDF. It’s going to be available in December (only [...]
Sharp to launch ebookstore in Japan
September 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news, hardware news, video
Sharp put out a press release today on the XMDF format e-reader we saw a couple months ago. I’ve combed through it (and the related website), and here are the high points. Sharp finally listed the specs for the Galapagos e-readers. One will be based on a 5.5″ LCD screen (1024×600 resolution), and the other [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab to use DoCoMo ebookstore in Japan
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Samsung must really be planning to push the ebook aspect. You might recall that the Galaxy Tab ships with a Kobo app. Well, Kobo might be a viable solution for English language ebooks, but they haven’t even touched the Japanese language market yet. I wonder what other ebookstores Samsung will partner with? From Trading Markets:
Google to launch Google Editions in Japan in 2011
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
So I guess this means Japan will get the service before the USA? From the AFP: US Internet giant Google said Monday it would launch an electronic books service in Japan next year despite a chilly reception from major Japanese publishers.The Japanese version of Google Editions may have to start with a limited number of [...]
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