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When I spoke at the recent Digital Book 2009 conference, I talked about our mobile platforms, and said that iPhone was where the current battle for the hearts and minds of mobile phone readers is being fought, with Blackberry being the next big target. To that point, we’ve...

We have some pretty big announcements today here at Shortcovers: New Blackberry App We have released a new version of our Blackberry application. The most notable change in the Blackberry app is that it no longer requires users to sign up for Shortcovers to get started – you...

Today BookNet Canada ran an all dayEPUB Boot Camp for publishers interested in learning about ePub. Two members of the Shortcovers team attended and put together a presentation about what ePub is, how publishers can best format their ePub files, both generally for interoperability and also for loading...

One of the early pieces of feedback we’ve been getting from users since we launched was around our pricing. Since even before Shortcovers launched, we have been working on improving the prices we can offer you on our books, and today we’re happy to announce that pricing is...

This morning at 6am EST, Shortcovers went live on the web and mobile devices like the iPhone and Blackberry, with pricing in US and Canadian dollars. Here are some of the Highlights : Users from 56 countries have signed up to Shortcovers Over 1000 of you signed up...

We’re pleased to announce the launch of Shortcovers – the place to find your next great read! We are now live: On the web: On the iTunes Store: On the Blackberry and Android: Thanks to all of you who have registered and previewed Shortcovers, and those that have...

The Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog covered Shortcovers this morning, comparing us to the Kindle 2. The article included a few quotes from our own Mike Serbinis, EVP of Shortcovers: The service is clearly targeted at a younger, more attention-deficit afflicted reader, coming with the ability to share...

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally set our official launch date – this Thursday, February 26th. More details in the coming days – only 3 more sleeps! To tide you over until then, here is a video that aired on CTV this weekend: ...

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, manufacturers and carriers (LG, Nokia, Acer, Palm, Samsung, Vodafone…) launched new smartphones with great high res touch screens, and a ton of new netbooks. Powerful ‘convergence’ devices with 3G and Wifi connectivity, beautiful screens great for reading AND calling...

We’ve been getting a lot of press in the last couple days. Here’s a sampling: CIO Today: Kindle’s New Challenger Brings E-Books to iPhones Information Week: Book App Makes E-Book Readers Out Of Smartphones PCWorld: Kindle’s New Challenger Brings E-Books to iPhones We’ve also had a few mentions...