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Browse inside on Your iPhone

The HarperCollins Lab has been working on something very special indeed – putting aside the plans to clone George R R Martin (so we can actually find out whether Winter Is Coming or Going).

HCP has developed a web application that gives readers the chance to browse HarperCollins and Harper Voyager book extracts on the iPhone and iPod touch. You can then purchase the titles online via the Dymocks website.

Launch titles include Voyager books Odalisque by Fiona McIntosh and The Serpent Bride by Sara Douglass

At this point in time, HarperCollins is the only Australian publisher (yes, we do plan to take over the world if possible) to currently offer such a feature. The application is available immediately to iPhone and iPod touch users via Safari browser at http://mobile.harpercollins.com.au or via Apple’s web apps site at http://www.apple.com/webapps

And if you don’t have an iPhone, like this humble blog writer, then you can still use Browse Inside with your PC, accessing titles by Kylie Chan, Fiona McIntosh and many more.

Click here to go to Browse Inside

In a totally unrelated moment – I went to Browse Inside and came across a title called The Earth Dragon Awakes and got vair excited imagining some sort of Temeraire meets er … the Earth, only to find out that it was actually a book about an earthquake. But this demonstrates why Browse Inside is a good thing – you really can try before you buy. And if you’re interested in the Earth Dragon then by all means, click here.