On the whole, this iPad-based e-reader performs adequately. But it doesn’t measure up to other offerings on the App Store — notably Amazon’s Kindle app or iBooks from Apple.

Amazon’s Kindle for iPad and Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch apps were updated Monday morning, and now include the ability to access embedded video and audio clips in Kindle books.

Amazon doesn’t really care if the Kindle hardware dies. They’d rather it didn’t, of course, but Kindle is much more than a couple of e-ink ebook readers. Kindle is much more important (and more profitable) as a store, available from tons of different devices–so just because its Kindle 2 and Kindle DX can’t handle audio or video (or, um, color), that doesn’t mean Amazon can’t keep pushing the …

Apple’s e-reader feels impressively like the future while simultaneously feeling a lot like an actual book. While Amazon offers a better selection, if the book you’re after is available for iBooks at a good price, the app provides an immersive and thoroughly pleasant reading experience, particularly on the iPad.

Amazon announced the launch of its official iPad app today. It’s now available in Apple’s App Store. “Following the launch of the Amazon App for iPhone and iPod touch, we’ve used our customers’ feedback to help us build a fun and intuitive shopping destination on the iPad,” says Director of Amazon Mobile Sam Hall. “This application offers customers a unique, interactive experience that takes …

NEW YORK - A NEW publishing company is betting that readers will bypass electronic readers such as Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader in favour of reading bite-sized stories on mobile devices they already own. Ether Books will launch at the London Book Fair on Monday, and will offer a catalogue of short stories, essays and poetry initially, via Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, by authors including …