The Canadian government issued a statement yesterday granting Apple permission to open a local iBookstore in Canada. Did you know that they applied for this back in July? No, seriously. It took 6 months just to get government approval (and I thought US regulations were bad). Now I understand why US ebookstores don’t include Canada. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ibookstore'
Apple granted license to open iBookstore in Canada
December 15th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Nearly 10,000 Smashwords Ebooks Go Live at Australian iBookstore
November 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Australian newspapers are reporting today the long-awaited launch of the Apple iBookstore in Australia. Nearly 10,000 Smashwords ebooks are included in the launch.
Australia’s iBookstore open for (paid) business
November 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Apart from a bland smattering of out-of-copyright offerings, the Australian iteration of Apple’s iBookstore has been a wasteland, but that all changes today, sort of. Apple is trumpeting that thousands of local titles are now available, from “both major and independent publishers, including Macmillan, Hachette, Hardie Grant, HarperCollins, Murdoch and Wiley”.
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First enhanced fiction ebook now in iBookstore (video)
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, video
I’ve just heard via Twitter and Liz Castro’s blog that the first fiction ebook with video has been uploaded to the iBookstore. The title is Awkward 2, and it was created by the indie publisher Awkward Press. It’s a collection of short stories, and the videos are rather odd. Here’s one:
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Nearly 800 O’Reilly and Microsoft titles now available in iBookstore, DRM free
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Nearly 800 O’Reilly Media and Microsoft Press titles are available for sale on Apple’s iBookstore starting today. The iBookstore is included in the free iBooks app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.The more than 600 titles in the iBookstore from O’Reilly include Jeff Potter’s Cooking for Geeks, David Pogue’s iPhone: [...]
47 Vooks now in iBookstore, more coming soon
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments · press release
My immediate thought when I read this was to wonder when they would have Vooks in the Kindle Store. I asked, and while I didn’t get a definite anwer it sounded like they were working in that direction. From the press release:
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“iBookstore vs Kindle Bookstore” & “Which Device Wins?”
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Here are two somewhat related questions I’m being asked a lot lately: #1: Which bookstore experience do you prefer, Apple’s iBookstore or Amazon’s Kindle bookstore? #2: Which e-reader device do you believe is going to “win”? My answers to both of these might surprise you.
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Canadian iBookstore opens today
July 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
Apple chose today, Canada Day, to announce the opening of the Canadian iBookstore.Three of the big 5 present at the launch of the US iBookstore will have titles ready to sell: Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins. Sigh. It’s good and all that we are seeing more competition, but I’d like to see an ebookstore [...]
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Apple now hiring iBookstore Managers for France, Germany
June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Apple, ebookstore news
Actualitte just tipped me to a couple job openings with Apple for iBookstore Managers in France and Germany. Curiously enough, the position in Germany has been open since April. There’s nothing surprising in the job listing: The role includes: working with management, regionally and in Cupertino to determine strategies and priorities for iBooks in Germany [...]
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