Apple have announced sales figures for the iPad’s first day of availability, and as you might expect they’re glowing. Pre-orders, Apple Store sales and iPads sold through Apple’s channel partners amounted to over 300,000 units in the period from 9am EST to midnight on Saturday April 3rd.
Amazon have announced that the Kindle for iPad app has made it through Apple’s approval process and is now in the App Store. The free app automatically syncs with ebooks bought through Amazon’s service, and synchronizes your reading position with other Kindle hardware and software.
To be honest, we’d been a little curious as to whether [...]
You know, there’s got to be some perks about going to college. Sure, the knowledge that you’re (one step) closer to getting a good job and living the life you’ve always wanted should be good enough, but, let’s be realistic. We need a reason in the here and now, right? Thanks to the Seton Hill [...]
Remember that post we had a few days back, where we talked about the iBooks getting their prices officially (by unofficial means) shown off? Well, it looks like we’ve got some bad news, for all those folks out there who thought everything was going to be hunky-dory (meaning, that $9.99 sweet spot). We’ve now got [...]
As we get closer to April 3rd, the iBookstore seems to be the source of a lot of detailed leaks. We’re hoping that this one, along with the previous leak of the iBook prices, comes to bear, because so far we’re liking what we hear. This time around, AppAdvice is releasing a bit more information [...]
So, how many of you are going to use the iPad as an eReader? The debate on whether or not it’s the best on the market has been resounding through the market since January 27th, and it’s probably not going to die down any time soon. There’s a lot of fronts to fight the war [...]
Apple have used their Apple Store refresh to update some of the iPad information, most notably further information on their iBooks app. Available in the App Store for US customers only, we now know that iBooks will support non-DRM ePUB ebooks, which can be loaded via iTunes.
Previously, while we’d known that Apple was using the [...]
Another week gone by, and talk about Apple’s tablet hasn’t died down. No surprise there, as people start counting down the days until the iPad can officially be in their hands, and a lot of the questions can start being answered. Over the last week, we’ve seen all sorts of things come out of the [...]
Textbook content was a relatively quiet announcement back at the iPad launch last week, but it seems to be a key drive in Apple’s ebook strategy. According to the WSJ, software company ScrollMotion Inc. have been enlisted by various publishers – including McGraw-Hill Cos. and Pearson Education – to create iBooks-friendly digital versions of their [...]
Amazon have retaliated in the ongoing ebook pricing war with Macmillan, after the publisher released a statement this weekend pushing their reasons for raising ebook bestsellers to $14.99. Describing Macmillan as having “a monopoly over their own titles”, Amazon hammer home the point that they reckon $14.99 is “needlessly high” for an ebook, but also [...]
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