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Eddy Cue: Steve Jobs picked ‘Winnie the Pooh’ as the iBooks freebie, also came up with the idea for ‘page curls’
While testifying in court last week, Apple executive Eddy Cue had a number of interesting tidbits regarding the origins of the iBookstore, namely that Jobs was initially opposed to the
Read More »Penguin settles iBooks price fixing lawsuit for $75 million
Penguin Group today agreed to a US$ 75 million settlement deal with the US State Attorneys General and a group of private plaintiffs. The settlement stems from allegations that Penguin,
Read More »Apple wins “iBooks” trademark case
Have you ever heard of Black Tower Press? Back in 2011, the small New York publisher of sci-fi and fantasy books filed a trademark suit claiming that it had the
Read More »Siri trick turns iBooks into audiobooks
Have you ever purchased an iBook and then wished that you had an audiobook version of it? Macworld UK’s Mark Hattersley wrote a wonderful post today on how to use
Read More »iBooks 3.1 brings paid content to iBookstore in Japan
Version 3.1 of iBooks is out today and while it might not bring much in the way of new features for Western users, it’s a pretty big deal for book
Read More »Apple highlights self-published iBooks with new Breakout Books section
In a move intended to make discovering independent authors easier on the iBookstore, Apple has launched a new sub-section of the US iTunes Store called Breakout Books. Previously rolled out
Read More »Harvard Medical School content to be part of HeartDecide
Orca Health's HeartDecide app is now powered by data from Harvard Medical School, thanks to a newly formed partnership. As AllThingsD reports, the new union has already yielded a wealth of new content for
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Apple releases iBooks Author, iBooks 2, iTunes 10.5.3 and revamped iTunes U
Apple has announced and released many great, new innovative tools and software today. Apple has announced iBooks 2. iBooks 2 allows iPad owners to read interactive books create by the
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Steve Jobs biography available now in iBooks
The official Steve Jobs biography has been released into Apple’s iBooks. Description: Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than
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Apple releases iBooks 1.3 update, reads books aloud for kids
Apple has released iBooks 1.3 and adds some interesting features and improvements: Help your children learn to read with the new read-aloud feature included in select children’s books from the
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