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Whoever handles (handled) Apple’s Twitter accounts probably follows a lot of dirty spammers too, as one retweet from the company’s iBookstore handle caused quite a bit of stir yesterday. A retweet stemming from Apple’s iBookstore account Sunday evening containing expletive commentary got picked up ... |
11 March 2013
10:18 GMT |
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Apple has announced the launch of its iBookstore in Japan, where the Cupertino giant now offers titles from major and independent publishers, as well as a range of books from Kodansha, KADOKAWA, Bungeishunju, Gakken and Gentosha.
In Japan, Apple’s iBookstore will initially offer a selection of authors both new... |
6 March 2013
02:34 GMT |
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In a copyright dispute involving several Chinese writers Apple has been ordered to cough up over a million Yuan, or roughly $165,000 in settlement fees.
The suit had been ongoing for a while but it seems a Beijing court has ordered the Mac maker to compensate eight writers and two publishing companies for having vio... |
28 December 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Apple’s e-reading application is suffering from a bug that’s causing the software to quit during lectures. A quick update aims to resolve said issue, and customers are instructed to visit the iTunes App Store and download iBooks 3.0.2 now.
iBooks 3 is an all-new version of Apple’s e-reading app int... |
15 November 2012
04:07 GMT |
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Apple’s e-reading application for iPhones and iPads, iBooks, has been promoted to version 3.0 which brings iCloud integration for cross-device syncing, and free updates for purchased books, including new chapters and corrections.
iBooks 3 lets you see all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud if you’re on ... |
24 October 2012
07:48 GMT |
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A new version of Apple’s iBooks creation tool is now available from the Mac App Store offering the ability to create portrait-only books, more interactivity with new Scrolling Sidebar and Pop-Over widgets, and a truckload of other features.
E-book publishers selling their content in the iBookstore have a reaso... |
24 October 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Apple is informing eBook publishers and developers that the company’s corporate offices will be closed for Thanksgiving from Saturday, November 17 to Sunday, November 25, as well as for the winter holidays, from Saturday, December 22 to Monday, January 31. No submissions will be accepted during this timeframe.A... |
6 October 2012
08:56 GMT |
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If you’re the proud owner of an iPhone 5, or have just installed iOS 6, you might want to visit the iBookstore from the phone itself and download Apple’s free “iPhone User Guide For iOS 6.”
Promising to offer “everything you need to know about iPhone,” the handy eBook allows you t... |
25 September 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Apple is informing book publishers using its iBookstore that anyone who needs questions answered now has four separate platforms on which they can express their thoughts and receive feedback.
Apple has sent a letter to all registered iBookstore publishers informing them that they now have the Book Forum as part of t... |
28 August 2012
05:41 GMT |
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The iTunes Music Store, the iBookstore and the App Store are all going to see major changes come WWDC 2012 according to sources familiar with Apple’s upcoming iOS 6.Via 9to5mac comes word that people close to Apple have learned of major design overhauls to the company’s three digital stores, the iTunes St... |
3 June 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Apple has acknowledged an issue with its e-book reading application, and has therefore launched an update to address this problem, as well as to strengthen the stability and performance of the software. iBooks version 2.1.1 addresses an issue where the user got nagged with a prompt to sign-in with his / her Apple ID... |
17 April 2012
04:01 GMT |
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After the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed antitrust charges against Apple and major book publishers over e-book pricing, Apple issued a statement claiming these accusations are utterly false. Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told All Things D in a statement that “The DOJ’s accusation of collusion against Ap... |
13 April 2012
03:46 GMT |
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Because of growing competition from music streaming services like Spotify and Amazon’s online music store, Apple has made it "a top priority" to revamp the entire iTunes experience, not only for music and video, but also for apps and books.
It has long been rumored that Apple will be forced, at one point, to b... |
21 February 2012
04:05 GMT |
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Author Ken Segall, an advertising executive who worked with Steve Jobs for over 12 years both at NeXT and Apple, is coming out with a new book this April entitled “Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success.”
Touted as “a fascinating read for anyone curious about life in Steve... |
17 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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iTunes Connect users, including e-book publishers, have received a message from the company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, informing them that promo codes are now available for iBookstore content. This and other new benefits offered to iBookstore publishers are detailed below.
People making... |
16 February 2012
04:00 GMT |
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There are some rumors about Apple carrying college textbooks in its iBookstore in the near future, according to a new report. And it seems pretty much everyone is open to the idea.
A new report quotes several people dealing with education today regarding this rumor.
Daniel Koelsch, Titan tech supervisor in the Tita... |
30 January 2012
15:11 GMT |
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‘Inside Apple’, the newest book on the world’s most elusive tech company, is now available for download in e-pub format for iOS devices from the iBookstore.
In the book, author Adam Lashinsky (Senior Editor at Large, Fortune) “reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that... |
25 January 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Pearson is not the only textbook publisher teaming up with Apple to produce curricula specifically for the iPad. For the first time ever, McGraw-Hill is creating digital content that has been tailored for iPad consumption, and is selling it through the iBookstore.McGraw-Hill is hopping aboard the iBookstore’s e... |
20 January 2012
16:51 GMT |
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In accordance with Apple’s education event held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City yesterday, Pearson has confirmed the release of a new suite of multimedia textbooks and reference titles for Apple’s iPad.
“Pearson is publishing its first suite of new books to coincide with the launch of App... |
20 January 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Apple’s end user license agreement (EULA) for the iBooks Author app states that any work created with the software bearing a price tag must be distributed through the iBookstore. Only free books can be distributed any other way.
The agreement specifically states that “If you charge a fee for any book or ... |
20 January 2012
07:59 GMT |
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iTunes Rewind is done with apps and has moved on to books, awarding titles like Best Novel, Best Nonfiction, Best teen Novel, and Best Enhanced Book.According to the company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, “Books got even more beautiful and engaging this year by including stunning illus... |
28 December 2011
16:31 GMT |
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An exclusive Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' book is available as a free download on Apple's iBookstore starting today, Apple Corps Ltd. has announced.The book’s release follows the recent first anniversary of The Beatles catalog's exclusivity on the iTunes Store.The exclusive Beatles 'Yello... |
9 December 2011
14:51 GMT |
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e-Book reading fans have a new version of iBooks to download from Apple to start enjoying a new nighttime theme, improved fonts, new classic covers for public domain books, and a full-screen layout, just to name a few of the latest enhancements.According to the company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, Cal... |
7 December 2011
02:36 GMT |
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Formal antitrust proceedings have been kicked off by the European Commission to investigate the matter of e-book price rigging by several renowned publishers “with the help of Apple.” Apple maintains the iBookstore, a section of the iTunes store where iPad, iPhone and iPod touch owners can download paid a... |
6 December 2011
07:59 GMT |
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A little-known fact about the iBookstore launched in mid-2010 is that Apple will not allow publishers to use promo-codes to get their books into the hands of reviewers, or to offer copies out of courtesy to select people.Why? No one knows. All we know for now is that if you try to run a promo-code contest to get peop... |
23 November 2011
05:44 GMT |
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Some formatting issues plaguing the electronic version of Steve Jobs’ biography have prompted Cupertino to take action and roll out an update to the book. Customers have to delete their existing version, log out of the iBookstore, log back in and re-download for the changes to take effect.Several iTunes custome... |
26 October 2011
10:31 GMT |
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During yesterday’s Q4 - 2011 earnings call Apple confirmed that its iBookstore is now responsible for some 180 million ebook downloads.Accessible through the free iBooks app on iOS and through iTunes on Mac OS X and Windows, the iBookstore houses hundreds of thousands of books from major publishers, and include... |
19 October 2011
03:27 GMT |
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Starting today, Que Publishing is officially selling enhanced eBooks from its USING series through Apple’s iBookstore for 10 bucks each. Topics cover using Mac OS X, Windows, FileMaker Bento, Office for Mac, etc.The electronic books, designed for beginner-level home and office computer users, are best viewed on... |
29 September 2011
10:43 GMT |
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Demibooks Composer, a new iOS application now available from the iTunes App Store, is the first iPad-based authoring software for creating interactive/enhanced books.Founded in 2010, Demibooks, Inc. offers software and service solutions ideal for publishers, authors and illustrators for authoring interactive book app... |
21 September 2011
10:31 GMT |
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A Twitter account has been created for the iBookstore so that Apple customers can discover, access and download new titles immediately as they become available.Those who had already been following Apple on Twitter were notified yesterday that the digital distribution service for iOS eBooks now has its own, official T... |
15 September 2011
04:30 GMT |
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Law Practice Management Section (LPM) has announced a ‘partnership’ with Apple to “make e-books on legal subjects available in the Apple iBookstore.”
The new e-book, iPad in One Hour for Lawyers, is the debut title in the ABA’s program, with more boo... |
4 August 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Apple’s Inside iTunes site is featuring a new announcement concerning the capabilities of iTunes 10.3, the latest version of the popular media playing and iOS storefront application.The technology giant reveals to customers that “iTunes 10.3 brings the iBookstore to the iTunes Store on your computer and a... |
9 June 2011
05:19 GMT |
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Apple has prepared the official "iPad User Guide for iOS 4.3" in eBook format, with an “expected” release date of March 11 in the iBookstore.According to an iBookstore listing (pictured left) showing the guide’s upcoming availability, Apple is poised to launch a ‘book’ containing everyth... |
5 March 2011
14:25 GMT |
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After confirming the iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 in reports issued minutes after the end of yesterday’s special event, Apple released a separate announcement to confirm rumors that Random House, Inc., the largest trade book publisher in the US, had made its full catalog of 17,000 ebooks available on the iBookstore.
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3 March 2011
04:27 GMT |
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The free iBooks application by Apple has reached version 1.2.1 which, according to the changelog posted by the Cupertino, California electronics giant, delivers a number of stability and performance improvements.
Apple describes its iBooks app as being “an amazing way to download and read books.”
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10 February 2011
04:54 GMT |
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Thanks to a recent update to iBooks, you now have the ability to view, sync, and print PDFs right to your device. You can even view PDF e-mail attachments or PDFs from Safari, according to Apple - all within iBooks.Before you start feeding your iOS device PDF books, there are a few things to note.First off, iBooks... |
18 December 2010
08:55 GMT |
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Canada has formally approved Apple's iBookstore, according to statements provided by government officials on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Also of importance for Canadian iOS customers, Canada's wireless operator, Rogers (the official iPhone carrier in the territory), has begun unlocking Apple handsets for cu... |
15 December 2010
04:25 GMT |
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A new job opening at Apple has been spotted online. The Mac maker is looking for someone to become its iBookstore Marketing Manager “to drive awareness and sales of iBooks through co-marketing programs with publishers and authors, strategic partnerships, and via online and direct marketing tactics.”... |
31 August 2010
02:59 GMT |
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iBooks has been released as a free download on the iTunes App Store. Future iPad owners are the only ones targeted by the application, which holds all downloaded titles in one neatly arranged library. Although the device isn’t out yet, those who are on track to receive or buy a unit come April 3rd can download ... |
2 April 2010
05:53 GMT |
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A report by AppAdvice reveals that Apple’s iBookstore – the venue soon to be used for downloading books on iPads – already features the full Gutenberg Project lineup of books. 30,000 free e-books will be available at the iPad’s launch on April 3rd, and that’s just from this catalog. Othe... |
26 March 2010
04:01 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly inked a deal to sell digital versions of Perseus Books Group’s books on the iPad, through the new iBookstore. Perseus Books Group is the world’s largest distributor of independent publishers, and supplies content from 330 other smaller presses, including Grove Atlantic, Harvard Busine... |
23 March 2010
06:05 GMT |
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The multi-announced Apple iPad is on its way and the last-minute preparations are blazing. Apple is organizing its book-selling categories and its process of certifying iPhone applications to work on the new, larger device, as mobile media research firm Busted Loop relates. The iBookstore will be divided into more th... |
12 March 2010
04:42 GMT |
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The LA Times has gained knowledge that Apple will employ the FairPlay digital rights management system to protect iBookstore content from being pirated. Alongside the iPad announcement last month, Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes its new iBookstore. Apple hopes it will turn out to be t... |
16 February 2010
02:39 GMT |
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