Alibaba books in for e-reading

The owner of Taobao.com will soon offer software to run on iPhones

BEIJING - The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group plans to expand in the e-reading market and may even launch its own e-readers eventually, according to the company.

Alibaba will soon offer e-reading software that will run on Apple Inc's iPhones, said TaoRan, senior director of public relations at Alibaba Group.