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Google Play Books, formerly Google eBooks, is an ebook digital distribution service operated by Google, part of its Google Play product line. Users can purchase and download ebooks and audiobooks from Google Play, which offers over five million titles, with Google claiming it to be the "largest ebooks collection in the world".
Times Bookstore opened at Lippo Karawaci Lippo Supermall in Indonesia in 2008 [2] Lippo Supermall location has since closed [3] and second location at Universitas Pelita Harapan was converted to Books and Beyond in 2012. [4] Times Bookstore previously had operations in Singapore [5] but however ceased from 22 September 2024.
The original store, known as the Modern Book Store, was founded in 1939 by M. Mohammad Aksir, who came from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1938. He set up the store on Singapore’s Bras Basah Road. In 1978, M. Mohammad Aksir and his father died, leaving Aksir's son, Mohammad Noorul Islam, to run the store.
Books, formerly iBooks, is an e-book reading and store app released in mid-2010, as part of the iOS 4 update. [5] Initially, iBooks was not pre-loaded onto iOS devices, but users could install it free of charge from the App Store. With the release of iOS 8, it became an integrated app.
Apple Books (known as iBooks prior to iOS 12) is an e-book reading and store application by Apple Inc. for its iOS, iPadOS and macOS operating systems and devices.It was announced, under the name iBooks, in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010, [2] and was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch in mid-2010, as part of the iOS 4 update. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Mobile app distribution platform by Apple For the macOS version of the App Store, see Mac App Store. App Store Screenshot of the App Store on iOS Developer(s) Apple Initial release July 10, 2008 ; 16 years ago (July 10, 2008) Operating system iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and VisionOS ...
The first Popular Bookstore was set up in 1936 by Chou Sing Chu in North Bridge Road, Singapore, initially focusing on retailing Chinese books and stationery.In March 2006, Popular Holdings was the main organiser of BookFest@Singapore, the first Chinese-language book fair ever held outside of China.
The Old National Library traces its roots to Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore, who in 1823 started a small private collection of books housed in the Raffles Institution. This was known as Raffles Library , and access to the collection was limited to the British and privileged class. [ 1 ]