Following GoSpoken.coms initial launch on BlackBerry handsets in February, the company has launched the first downloadable eBook and audio book application for the BlackBerry App World store, which launched on 1 April.
GoSpoken launched on App World with major book titles including the bestselling Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama. The US President, who is a BlackBerry user and enthusiast, will be able to download and read or listen to his own book, or books by other bestselling authors including Dan Brown, Stephen King and John Grisham.
BlackBerry users can find GoSpoken in the Reference & eBooks category of App World, which is Blackberrys latest bid to embrace customers outside Blackberrys traditional business base. GoSpoken offers more than 2,000 titles in either eBook or audio format, which will grow to 5,000 by the end of the month, and 20,000 by the end of the year.
Ex-SAS (Special Air Service) operative turned best-selling author, Andy McNab, co- founded the audio-and-eBook-for-mobile company, which was then supported by Lord Ashcrofts investment organisations.
Having a books app like GoSpoken on BlackBerry seems like a natural progression, as BlackBerrys are already fantastic reading devices, says McNab, Since leaving the armed forces, books have become my life, so making them easily accessible in this way is a revelation. said Andy McNab.
The service is accessible to any mobile user at GoSpoken.com