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Some very exciting news! In conjunction with the publishers Pan Macmillan and Missing Ink Studios, the first book apps embedding the reader from Eucalyptus are now on sale! They're available worldwide, except in the USA and Canada.

If you're a fan - and probably even if you're not - you'll have worked out from this blog post's title what books I'm talking about: all the books in Douglas Adams' seminal Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy trilogy, reissued to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first book's publication.

There are five apps available - one for each book in the ...

An exciting delivery today! The final prints of the Eucalyptus notebooks have arrived!

Read this earlier post to find out how to get your hands on one.

In the fine traditions of the Internets, here are some unboxing pictures:

The box arrives...

Oh my God—it's full of stars^H^H^H^H^H^H books!

They look great!

Sharp eyed readers will have noticed the first "Reader Pick" appearing in Eucalyptus' "Picks" view alongside the Staff Picks this week. We're hoping to have many more of these in the future. With just the two staff pickers, there's probably some unintended bias in the Staff Picks so far, just because of personal preference. With the new Reader Picks filling out the selection, you'll hopefully get a more rounded, diverse assortment.

Who writes the Reader Picks? You do! If you have a favorite book, we'd love to hear it! We're looking for both the well-loved and the eclectic, so ...

Happily, after some confusion, Eucalyptus, our new iPhone book reading application, is now available to buy on the iPhone App Store!

You can see videos of Eucaluptus at eucalyptusapp.com

If you'd like to read one, there's a press release announcing Eucalyptus' availability, and a media kit with images.

For future news, stay tuned to this blog, and follow eucalyptusapp on Twitter.