Publishing Technology is creating a new service which will allow publishers to sell their 'e-books' directly though their own websites. Publishing Technology is hoping to launch the service later in the year.
The company has already been running trials with Random House, Harper Collins and Penguin in a move which could cut out the need for the big internet intermediaries.
George Lossius, chief executive said: "Our real market is the laptop and the mobile, whether iPhone, PDA or BlackBerry. In our opinion it's where the big market is going to be in the future."