You can get the Kindle4Mac app in the App Store but you can’t get iBooks. Does that make any sense to you? Okay, I know this means they don’t have the app ready for distribution, but don’t you think this is the one app that had to be in the app store on launch day? [...]
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Apple post 6 iOS developer docs in iBooks
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
In a rather meaningless gesture, Apple uploaded a set of 6 iOS reference manuals to iBooks yesterday. The titles range from Cocoa Fundamentals Guide to iOS Technology Overview. If you’d like to read a manual on the device you’re developing for (the tautology is amusing), open iBooks and search for “apple developer”. That should help [...]
iBooks 1.2 now available in iTunes
December 15th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Apple have released iBooks 1.2 for iOS. New abilities include improved image support, collections, hyphenation, and printing. That last is the one feature that makes me drool. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time then you know that I’m obsessed with exporting notes from e-readers. It’s good that Apple gave us this [...]
Shmoop released 1000 new titles for iBooks, Android apps
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I’ve used their ebooks on one occasion. I got mine through the Kindle Store, and it was a pretty good study guide. From the press release:
Why would someone want “Easier EPUB Experimenting and Updating in iBooks”
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · ebook tools
I’m going to take a contrarian position on this post. Please do not interpret that to mean that I don’t respect Keith Fahlgren or anyone else at ThreePress Consulting. There’s an interesting post over at the ThreePress Consulting blog in whch Keith describes a better way to develop ePub for iBooks.If you want to get [...]
iBooks: how to add books without connecting to iTunes
July 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · software news, tips and tricks
by nizejpodpisany of Password Incorrect Adding third-party books to iBooks is painful. You need to cable your device (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) with a computer to sync books between iTunes “Books” folder and the application. I personally feel stressed every time I connect a device to iTunes. Syncing is slow and when it’s finished [...]
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iBooks v1.1.1 out now
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Apple, iPhone app, software news
I don’t have it, so I can’t give a first hand account, but this is what Apple reported as improvements: Double-tap an image within a book to view it in greater detail. Experience books that include audio and video. Enjoy substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs. Look-up definitions to English words inside books without a [...]
iBooks 1.1 out now, breaks dictionary
June 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Apple, ipad app
iLounge is reporting that the new version of iBooks brekas the dictionary look up feature. This problem appears to only be affecting ebooks that weren’t purchased from the iBookstore. If you’ve converted ebooks using calibre (or bought ebooks elsewhere) then you might encounter this bug. iLounge also has instructions on how to fix it. Unfortunately [...]
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46k titles in iBooks, 24% from Penguin
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
O’Reilly Radar has crunched the numbers on the iBookstore. Click on the chart for a better view So there’s only 46k ebooks in the iBookstore? And this is supposed to be threat to Amazon how, exactly?
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