Amazon Updates Kindle for Mac

NetworkWorld.com: "Amazon's Mac application that allows you to read Kindle e-books on your computer, has been updated and given a fresh coat of paint. Amazon's updated reader now lets you add and edit notes and highlight passages, both of which are synced across all Kindle devices and apps using the company's Whispersync technology. This update also includes the ability to search within a book, a much-requested feature. Multi-column reading mode, which was just added to the iOS Kindle apps, makes its debut on Kindle for Mac with this release as well. ..."

Ingram Launches VitalSource App for Apple Devices

Publishers Weekly: "Today Ingram announced the launch of VitalSource Bookshelf, an iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) app for its VitalSource program, which enables access to digital textbooks for academic institutions and students. This is a major step in making Ingram’s academic content easily accessible to students and faculty, and in making the iPad an increasingly useful device for students. Like the Kindle and Nook apps, the VitalSource app syncs reading between devices and retains all reader highlights and notes. VitalSource has a catalog of over 60,000 titles from many textbook publishers."

Under iOS 4, Synch to Apple's iBooks App in iTunes

Details: Macworld. iTunes can handle ePub and PDF files.

Kobo eBook App Updated for iOS 4

Pretty straightforward. iPodNN tells the tale - retina display compatibility, etc.

Kindle App Update for iPhone iOS4 - And the Illusion of eReader Hardware Wars

These hardware price wars are, in the long run, something of a joke. Amazon and B&N are both in the business of selling books, regardless of what platform they are read on. Thus we are given all of these great cross-platform apps, including the latest update from Amazon.