iBooks Author is here
Apple has only just finished announcing iBooks Author, its ultra-simple drag & drop interactive book creation tool, and already it’s up for download. A 136MB OS X application, you can download...
View ArticleiBooks 2 Hands-On
Apple’s original iBooks app tried to do to ebooks what iTunes has done for music; now, with iBooks 2, Apple is throwing textbooks into the mix. We’ve just headed out from the Apple keynote in NYC this...
View ArticleiBooks Author Hands-on
It’s taken a special kind of ebook to make headlines over the past year or so: anyone can throw together a basic document, but a rarified breed of immersive, interactive app/ebook hybrids has also...
View ArticleApple’s education revolution roundup
Apple’s education-driven press event took place earlier today in NYC and unveiled the company’s plans to revolutionize textbooks and the entire learning experience. The news announced almost made us...
View ArticleApple Education Event video now online
Apple put the cat among the publishing pigeons yesterday at its education-themed event, with the launch of iBooks 2 with textbooks, iBooks Author to create interactive digital books, and iTunes U for...
View ArticleNew iPad Retina Display looking more likely from iBooks 2 icons
Further evidence of a next-gen iPad with a 2048 x 1536 “Retina Display” has been unearthed, this time from iconography and graphics included in Apple’s new iBooks 2 app released yesterday. A new...
View Article350,000 iBooks textbooks downloaded in three days
Apple’s iBooks 2 digital textbook launch last week may not have convinced everyone that the classroom is the best place for the iPad, but over 350,000 downloads of textbooks in the first three days of...
View ArticleApple updates iBooks Author EULA terms to address content ownership concerns
Apple today updated its new e-book publishing app, iBooks Author, to version 1.0.1, but the only change was in the End User License Agreement. The update clarifies a controversial portion of the EULA...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 3, 2012
Another week has come to a close, but not before we had a chance to catch up on the big news of the day, like this one – the Android@Home prototype as an entertainment device for the home. In addition,...
View ArticleUS sues Apple and publishers over ebook price fixing [Update: Full details]
Apple, along with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Penguin, is the target of a price- fixing antitrust lawsuit filed by the US government, alleging the companies colluded on the price...
View ArticleChoose Your Own Adventure books coming to iPad
With the explosion of e-books lately, there is increasing dialogue about the emergence of books that users can interact with. There’s an entire new class of digital books that contain links to...
View ArticleiBooks app updated with Continuous Scrolling
With the update of the Apple universe comes the push for apps that keep the Apple ecosystem strong, thus the event today came running with 1.5 million books on the iBooks book store. This update from...
View ArticleApple announces new version of iBooks Author
Apple has announced a brand new version of iBooks Author, and there’s a few very important things to note. Starting today, iBooks Author comes with a bunch of new Apple templates, making textbook...
View ArticleApple avoids antitrust investigation by allowing Amazon to lower ebook prices
Apple has negotiated a deal with European Union regulators that will result in the company avoiding a potential investigation on antitrust violations. However, in return, Apple is letting Amazon set...
View ArticleDC digital comic books now available for iOS, Kindle, and NOOK devices
DC Comics has announced that it will be offering its comic books on a variety of digital platforms, including Apple’s iBooks, Amazon’s Kindle, and Barnes & Noble’s NOOK ereaders and tablets. Of...
View ArticleApple granted patent for page-turn animation
If you’ve been a long-time iOS user and also read your fair share of ebooks, then you’ll know that Apple implemented a pretty cool page-turning animation when reading ebooks, meaning that sliding your...
View ArticleApple launches Breakout Books to promote indie authors
Today Apple unveiled a new section to its iBookstore called “Breakout Books,” which features books published to the iBookstore by indie authors. The curated collection highlights titles that have...
View ArticleApple likely to lose ebook price-fix case hints judge before trial even starts
Apple is unlikely to be able to counter evidence that it conspired with publishers to inflate ebook prices, the federal judge overseeing the case has said in a surprise pre-trial comment, though the...
View ArticleApple: We’re publishing’s saviors not ebook price-fixers
Apple has vehemently denied conspiring with publishing industry heavyweights to artificially inflate ebook pricing, countering Department of Justice claims that Steve Jobs attempted price fixing with...
View ArticleApple reveals actual Steve Jobs ebook email (and it’s not what the DoJ used)
The “smoking gun” email the Department of Justice has cited as evidence of Apple’s conspiracy with publishers to artificially hike ebook pricing was, in fact, only an unsent draft by Steve Jobs, the...
View ArticleSteve Jobs an ebooks doubter Eddy Cue tells iBooks price fix court
Apple‘s Steve Jobs had to be convinced of the potential for ebooks on the iPad, Eddy Cue has revealed, describing how he needed to petition for iBooks support during testimony at the ebook price fixing...
View ArticleApple: Expect a “chilling effect” on digital if we’re found guilty over ebooks
Apple has prophesied an “chilling effect” on digital media negotiations should it be castigated over iBooks pricing allegations, though the DoJ has dismissed the claims as egotistical. Speaking during...
View ArticleApple guilty in ebook price-fix trial
Apple has been found guilty of ebook price fixing, with a New York federal judge ruling today that the Cupertino firm conspired with publishers to drive up the cost in its iBookstore. The ruling will...
View ArticleApple: We’ll appeal ebook price fix ruling
Apple will fight the ebook price fixing ruling, the company has said today, promising to appeal the court’s decision and accusing Amazon of having a “monopolistic grip on the publishing industry.” The...
View ArticleBreaking Bad: Alchemy hits iBooks as exclusive with series finale promise
With the release of the final set of episodes in the controversial multi-season television series Breaking Bad comes an Apple iBooks-exclusive piece of media: Alchemy. This title is appearing this week...
View ArticleApple must allow Kindle store links DoJ insists over ebook antitrust
Apple must allow Amazon, B&N, and other ebook sellers to link directly to their stores from their ereading apps, a proposed DoJ ebook antitrust settlement has suggested, as well as forcing Apple to...
View ArticleApple: “Draconian” DoJ antitrust remedies are “wildly out of proportion”
Apple has blasted Department of Justice suggestions for how it should remedy the ebook price fixing issue, describing the fixes as a “draconian and punitive intrusion” into its business. The DoJ filed...
View ArticleApple faces renewed DoJ ebook price-fix punishments
A new set of proposed remedies suggested by the DoJ in the Apple ebook price-fixing case has tempered some of the issues the Cupertino firm complained about, but the agency maintains Apple should face...
View ArticleiBooks price-fix settlement hits $162.25m but Apple appeal delays payout
The iBookstore lawsuit promising partial refunds for ebook buyers who paid over-the-odds for their downloads is another step closer to making payouts, with cash from Penguin and Macmillan swelling the...
View ArticleApple files ebook price-fix appeal
Apple has officially filed its appeal against the ebook trial verdict that saw it found guilty of colluding with publishers to artificially price-fix downloads. The filing, made to the US District...
View ArticleApple iBooks Textbooks and iTunes U Course Manager expands into new regions
Apple has announced the expansion of iBooks Textbooks and iTunes U Course Manager into additional countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe, and more. With the expansion comes the availability of …...
View ArticleApple ebooks monitor escape plan foiled
Apple has lost its latest attempt to soften the impact of its ebook price-fixing punishment, with a court rejecting its appeal to stay the work of the mandated antitrust monitor … Continue reading
View ArticleApple’s iOS Human Interface Guidelines hits iBookstore
Earlier today, Apple's senior writer Dave Addey fired off a tweet announcing the company's "iOS Human Interface Guidelines" is now available to grab from the iBookstore. The download is free and...
View ArticleIdea to App book review; first base for iOS app creation
Building an app starts with a concept, and idea, a vision. If you don’t have a guiding light in mind, you’re just doing. That isn’t necessarily creating. Idea to App: The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to...
View ArticleHarry Potter books come to Apple iBooks as enhanced editions
All seven books in the incredibly popular Harry Potter series have come to iBooks Store, Apple announced today. Available exclusively on Apple's digital marketplace, the books come as enhanced editions...
View ArticleiTunes and App Store are down again, this time with iBooks, Apple TV
For the fourth time within the week, several of Apple's online marketplaces for iOS and OS X are dealing with outages. The services that are down as of Thursday morning are more widespread than the...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ novels get iBooks-exclusive enhanced editions
George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series has become a huge hit worldwide thanks to the HBO drama, but the original books are just as popular in their own right. To help celebrate the 20th...
View ArticleiBooks StoryTime app brings children’s books to Apple TV
With no previous announcement, Apple has debuted a new tvOS app for the latest fourth-gen Apple TV that helps kids read along to some of their favorite books. Called iBooks StoryTime, the app,...
View ArticleApple Books makeover has Amazon in its sights
By now, Amazon’s stranglehold on the ebooks market is fairly obvious. By and large, when people are looking for an ebook, they’re going to Amazon, and while that obviously isn’t true for everyone, it...
View ArticleLow-cost iPad said to be the star of Apple’s education event
From the second invitations were sent out, we knew that Apple’s incoming March 27 event will be focused on education. Today, however, we might be getting a clearer idea of what Apple will debut at the...
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