Amazon Kindle Matchbook lets you buy discounted e-books of printed titles

We have to agree with author Marcus Sakey when he says he finds it ridiculous that readers usually have to pay full price twice if they want to buy both a printed and digital copies of books. That’s why Amazon’s new offer can be considered godsend for bibliophiles out there. The Kindle Matchbook will give Amazon customers who have bought print books the option to buy Kindle editions of those purchases for $2.99 or less (some are even free!).

This offer extends to purchases made back when Amazon opened its online bookstore in 1995 as long as the publisher enrolls the title in Kindle Matchbook. The service will be launching in October and expect over 10,000 books to be available from authors like Sakey, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Michael Crichton, and many more.

CinemaNow launches Disc to Digital Service in Canada with Best Buy and Future Shop

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

CinemaNow launched its Disc to Digital Service in downtown Toronto earlier today. The event, sponsored by Best Buy and Future Shop, feature a panel that included Loveena Chera, Director of CinemaNow Canada, Brian Humes, Executive Vice President - Canada & United Kingdom 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Edward Han, Vice President, Digital Account Management, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, John Melluso, Vice President, Sales, Universal Studios Canada Inc and Aksel Lielmanis, Executive Director, New Release Marketing Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada Inc.

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Apple media invite points to a September 10 iPhone launch event

Apple has just sent out media invites to a September 10 event to be held in Cupertino for what many expect to be an iOS and iPhone related event. The invite has a variety of colourful circles in red, orange, blue, purple, yellow and white and has the text "This should brighten everyone's day." Among the products expected from Apple are an updated iPhone 5 as well as the long rumoured lower cost iPhone.  iOSRemember, Apple's CEO Tim Cook promised lots of surprises for Fall and it looks like Apple is finally ready to showcase some cool new products. Canadian Reviewer will be covering the event live on September 10th, so stay tuned for our reports from the event.

HTC strong showing at IFA yields new Desires and blue HTC ones

HTC's been busy at IFA in Berlin and just announced the addition of the HTC Desire 601 and HTC Desire 300 as well as vivid blue coloured variants of the popular HTC One and HTC One mini. Continuing its focus on music and audio, HTC also outed a new HTC BoomBass subwoofer. No Canadian timing or availability has been discussed.