A couple weeks ago, we announced that O’Reilly had made dozens of titles on the Android market as standalone book applications using Aldiko technology. Today, we are excited to announce that O’Reilly ebooks are now available for direct purchase and download in Aldiko Book Reader app. Buying ebooks through Aldiko gives you the same benefit as buying ebooks directly on o’reilly.com. You will get free lifetime access to the book and 3 DRM-free file formats. What’s more, you’ll automatically get discount for any ebook purchase in Aldiko.

To discover O’Reilly ebooks, go to Aldiko Online Catalog, select “O’Reilly Ebooks”, choose a sub-catalog that interests you and select a title to read detailed description. When you are ready to purchase, just click “Add to Cart”, which will bring you to O’Reilly website to complete the transaction.

Moreover, at any time when you want to re-download your purchased O’Reilly ebooks, you can always do so by going to “My O’Reilly Bookshelf” from O’Reilly Ebooks in Aldiko.

Why wait, start browsing and discovering now! Happy reading!

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Halloween is just around the corner, are you ready for some scary time? For this special occasion and for your enjoyment, we have created a special Halloween collection on Aldiko’s online catalog. You can find such scary classics as “Dracula”, “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” and more. Check it out!

Happy Halloween!

Want to engage in some romance ebooks on the go? Today we’re excited to announce that All Romance Ebooks has made more than 10,000 romance titles accessible via Aldiko’s Online Catalog. Aldiko users are now able to browse, search, download excerpts, access free reads, make purchase and read thousands of romance titles directly and seamlessly on their Android device. With forty sub-genres of romance ebooks to choose from, your next romance title is just the touch of a finger away. Start discovering your next great read now. Happy reading!

The official press release and some screen shots are as follow:

Download and Read Thousands of All Romance™ eBooks Right on Your Android™Smartphone with the Aldiko Application

All Romance eBooks (ARe) has partnered with Aldiko to make their eBook catalog available to Google’s Android-powered mobile phones.

Palm Harbor, FL (PRWEB) October 1, 2009 – Readers will now be able to browse, search and seamlessly download more than 10,000 eBooks, including free reads, to their Android phones directly from ARe without a computer, cable or subscription using the Aldiko application.

With the Aldiko app readers can easily browse ARe’s extensive online book catalog, read detailed descriptions and book reviews, and quickly find the books they are looking for using a powerful search tool right on their Smartphone. They can organize their purchases by criteria such as title, author, or subject, edit detail information, tag, bookmark and search—all on a fully customizable display. New features include a full text search that allows readers to find words globally within the book, and a look up feature, which lets users search for a word in the dictionary, Wikipedia, or on Google.

“Readers love the convenience of being able to download ARe’s eBooks anytime, anywhere,” said Julie Cummings, ARe’s manager of Publicity and Marketing. ”Earlier this year we launched an iPhone compatible catalog and it’s been hugely popular with our consumers who use ATT. We’re really excited to now bring that same service to customers who use other cellular carriers,” Cummings added.

“Our mission at Aldiko is to provide an open platform where users can discover, access, read and manage a wide variety of digital publications instantly and seamlessly” said Tiffany Wong, co-founder of Aldiko. “The partnership with ARe will help us offer the best and broadest selection of titles to our users.”

Aldiko is available worldwide and is free on the Android Market as well as available as a paid premium app for Android open platform phones. To learn more visit Aldiko athttp://www.aldiko.com and Android at http://www.android.com.

All Romance eBooks, LLC was founded in 2006, is privately held in partnership, and headquartered in Palm Harbor, Florida. The company owns All Romance, which specializes in the sale of romance eBooks and OmniLit, which sells both fiction and non-fiction eBooks.

Aldiko Limited was founded in 2009. The company has developed an ebook reader application, “Aldiko Book Reader” for use on Android-powered devices. With Aldiko, users can build and organize their digital library, read on the go and wirelessly browse and download from a broad range of digital publications right on their Android-powered devices.