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Breakout Books in the App Store highlights self-published e-books

Aggregated Content — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:00:51 +0000

By Arnold Zafra In a move to encourage more self-published authors to make their masterpieces available on the iBookstore, Apple has created an entirely new section, Breakout Books, where self-published e-books will be displayed prominently. According to Apple, Breakout Books is aimed at helping readers find the next reading sensation by way of this collection of [...]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:35:00 +0000

Microsoft Sued Because It Overloaded Tablets With Pre-Installed Apps (Techdirt) What Can Publishers Learn from Indie Rock? (Scholarly Kitchen) Many Core Features Lacking in Nook Windows 8 App (Good E-Reader) Flipboard to Pitch eBooks for the iBookstore (The Digital Reader) Kindle Daily Deal: The Past Came Hunting by Donnell Bell {and} Winnie’s War by Jenny Moss [...]

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Apple announces iBooks 3.0

Aggregated Content — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:11:13 +0000

by Jonathan Pena for Technology Tell As the widespread rumors wisely foretold, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage today at Apple’s media event to announce a new version of the iBooks app for Apple’s iOS devices. The updated app brings enhancements such as support for 3D imaging, embedded video and multi-touch gestures. Apple has also added a [...]

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‘The awkward feeling of mindless improvisation’ – The iBookstore comes to Latin America

Chris Meadows — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:15:00 +0000

Did you think that e-book vendors have a hard time with Apple here in the USA? Publishing Perspectives has a terrific (one might even say hilarious in some places) report on the frenetic activity engendered by Apple’s decision to launch its iBookstore in Latin America. Among other things, it asked Latin American publishers to redo [...]

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Apple rejects writing lesson for links to Amazon, then for mentioning Amazon

Chris Meadows — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 02:25:36 +0000

Fantasy author Holly Lisle (whose books I’ve read and enjoyed) has a series of writing lessons that she sells in e-book form. One of these, “Lesson 6: How to Discover (or Create) Your Story’s Market,” discussed techniques for using Amazon’s software and databases to place stories in alternate genres. It had links to Amazon in [...]

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DC Comics releases Batman graphic novel via iBooks

Chris Meadows — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:20:23 +0000

Less than a month after finally coming to Barnes & Noble e-books, DC Comics has just placed its first graphic novel with Apple’s iBooks store. The recent graphic novel Batman: Earth One, a revised retelling of Batman’s origin story, will cost $24.95 in print but $12.99 agency pricing on the iBooks store. This will be [...]

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Self-publishing via Apple and Google allows setting international prices individually

Chris Meadows — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:17:18 +0000

Self-publishing author Henry Melton has a post on his blog looking at the process of self-publishing his e-books internationally through Apple. Amazon and Barnes & Noble are relatively easy to publish through—once the e-book masters are ready, it only takes about an hour and he’s done. But things are trickier with Apple, partly because he [...]

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P.D. James now at iBookstore and others

Paul Biba — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:04:45 +0000

Got an email from Simon & Schuster that will make my mystery-loving wife very happy. Nine novels by P.D. James are now available in the iBookstore in a dedicated store. This includes six Adam Dalglies books, two novels from the Cordelia Gray series and one stand-alone. You can also find them at the Kindle bookstore, [...]

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Web Preview of Apple’s iBookstore, by Piotr Kowalczyk

a TeleRead Contributor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:16:25 +0000

If you want to buy anything from iBookstore, you have to do it either via iBooks or iTunes app. But you can actually use your web browser, without the need to switch to any of the Apple’s apps, to find ebooks there. Some time ago I shared tips on how to search iBookstore from a [...]

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Wish list: 5 improvements I’d love to see in the iBookstore, by Piotr Kowalczyk

a TeleRead Contributor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:23 +0000

Apple’s recent publishing event raised many complaints about restrictive publishing rules for books created with iBooks Author application. In my opinion people don’t complain about iBooks Author or iBooks 2. The weak part is somewhere else – it’s the iBookstore. I’m sure that if Amazon launched something similar to iBooks Author, not that many people [...]

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Why I Haven’t Bought a Single Book in the iBookstore [Opinion] | Ebook Friendly, by Piotr Kowalczyk

a TeleRead Contributor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:02:29 +0000

I’m a big fan of Apple products, and a happy owner of the iPhone and iPad. I was one of a couple of million iPhone users who downloaded Stanza ereading application – and proved that Steve Jobs was wrong saying that “people stop reading”. In view of today’s event, where Apple is going to declare [...]

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Apple’s iTunes Connect publishing platform closes for the holidays

Chris Meadows — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:15:00 +0000

One of the benefits of electronic media is that e-book stores are never closed for the holidays—at least for purchasers. But in some cases, for publishers, it’s another story. EbookNewser reports Apple’s iBookstore team sent an email to iBookstore sellers letting them know that the iTunes Connect app and e-book publishing platform is down from [...]

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Apple iBookstore live in Ireland, by Eoin Purcell

a TeleRead Contributor — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:36:35 +0000

Irish consumers can now purchase ebooks through Apple’s iBooks reading application. Irish readers can purchase Maeve Binchy (one of three features Bestselling Irish Authors) ebooks for as little as €1.99. Apple’s Irish customers can buy in Euro and directly through iBooks/iTunes Ireland rather than being forced to use the US store unlike the Amazon Kindle [...]

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BookWatch searched iBookstore for new works by favorite authors

Paul Biba — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:21:30 +0000

From the description. I wonder if there is a similar service for Amazon – as I won’t buy anything from the iBookstore and force myself to read on only Apple products. For those who don’t mind, though: BookWatch searches the iBookStore® for you and notifies you when there are new book releases from your favorite [...]

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Apple’s iBookstore support makes publisher’s “stomach hurt”

Paul Biba — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:00:57 +0000

Eolake Stobblehouse has interviewed publisher Adam Engst on the iPad and ereaders. Here is a snippet: Apple’s iBooks store still has many fewer titles than Amazon’s Kindle store. I think you also said that the process of getting books into iBooks is a hassle… can you explain? Not in a family publication. Seriously, I can’t [...]

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