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Disney Publishing has crossed the one million downloads mark for its book apps globally from the App Store. This includes apps downloaded for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.The company's most popular apps include: Mickey's Spooky Night Puzzle Book, Princess Dress-Up: My Sticker Book, Toy Story 3 Read-Along and Winnie the Pooh: What's a Bear to Do? Puzzle Book.

The Google eBookstore may be a boon to independent bookstores that have signed on to sell e-books on their Web sites through Google.

Google says it will introduce Google Editions, its long-awaited foray into electronic books, by the end of the year.

Amazon is selling a self-published book defending pedophiles, sparking discussions about the retailer's obligation to vet items before they are sold in its online stores.

HTC may launch an online app store that will sell both applications and e-Books according to a recent rumor.

Will Barnes & Noble fire the latest shot in the escalating e-reader battles with a color version of the Nook?

Starbucks is adding a venti-sized dollop of free books, news and entertainment to its Internet offerings starting Wednesday.

Does the world have room for another App Store? We'll find out soon. Reportedly, Amazon is planning to launch their very own app store for Android-based devices. Amazon already sells eBook content through the Kindle, and while a few games have also emerged for Kindle, having a dedicated app store that would be available...

Former president George W. Bush's memoir will arrive next month with a huge first printing and an e-book with multimedia extras, Crown Publishers ...

But as you scroll down the list of Kindle offerings, you can't help but notice all of the steamy writing that seems to be targeted at men--an emotionally uncommitted genre which, if not exactly new, is associated with book publishing less commonly than with "Penthouse Forum."