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Amazon eBook prices to rise as iPad launch looms

Amazon will allow publishers to decide the prices of new eBook releases, as it responds to renewed competition from Apple's iBooks store. The retail giant had previously imposed a $9.99 price cap on new releases, but this was challenged by Macmillan, which pulled both eBooks and hardbacks from the store in protest. via Amazon eBook [...]

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Lulu online books going on iPad

The distribution deal with Apple comes as the Raleigh-based company is preparing to go public in Canada as early as next month. Lulu will automatically convert books from its own format into the ePub format at no cost unless an author declines the service. The conversion does not guarantee that a book will be accepted [...]

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Amazon brews Kindleware for Apple’s iPad

Amazon said on Monday that it plans to introduce a new version of its Kindle software for the Apple iPad, going head-to-head with the iBooks ereader Apple intends to bundle with the much-discussed device. According to an Amazon web post, the company will also offer similar software for other tablet computers, but clearly, this announcement [...]

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Can the iPad make it as an e-textbook reader?

“Overall, I’m unimpressed with the value proposition for textbooks on e-readers,” Howe said. He explained his skepticism, noting that digital rights management rules mean that an e-textbook can’t be resold, even though college students are accustomed to reselling a used paper textbook for half or less of what they paid. Some e-texts have already hit [...]

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iBooks a download for iPad

The iBooks application won’t be shipped on the iPad—rather, it will be a free download from the App Store. Free ePub titles available from elsewhere can be synced to iBooks via iTunes. Apple also says iBooks will remember where you left off when you finish reading. And touching and holding any word lets users look [...]

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Latest details suggest iPad a more promising e-reader?

While the iBooks interface looks stunning, I don’t relish the notion of reading on those virtual white pages. Apple’s new marketing page for iBooks makes reference to an option to “adjust the backlight brightness to read in low light.” Now, that could simply mean “quit iBooks, launch the Settings app, tweak the brightness settings, go [...]

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Barnes & Noble to put e-books on iPad

Barnes & Noble will be releasing an app for the iPad, a device that will be competing with its own Nook e-reader. It’s a way for the reail giant to gain more exposure in the market of digital books. This week has shown that Barnes & Noble is more concerned with getting people to access [...]

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More iPad details emerge from ad scrutiny

Fan's of Apple’s iPad have, after pouring over the new commercial shown during the Oscars on Sunday, found a number of titbits for those not patient enough to wait until 3 April.  Gleaned from individual frames in the advert, those that care, have caught a glimpse of iBookstore pricing, that documents are possibly stored in [...]

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Will Books Be The Next To Go In Apple’s App Store Purge

But given the impending release of Apple’s own iBooks app alongside the iPad, and the recent App Store cleanup spree, I won’t be at all surprised if they do something to change the way books are treated on the platform. iBooks won’t come pre-installed on the iPad. You can be sure that Apple will give [...]

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Apple’s iPad set to rock e-reader market

Apple’s iPad could seriously disrupt the e-reader business of Amazon, Sony and others, according to a survey last month that queried American consumers on their purchase plans.”The iPad is all but certain to have a transformational impact on [the e-reader market] going forward,” said Paul Carton, director of research for ChangeWave Research, in a report [...]

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