NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
Apple are expected to hold an iBooks related media event in New York City, home to the US’s biggest publishers, later this month. Reports suggest the event is not connected to the expected launch of the new iPad 3 or any other hardware. Available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, the iBookstore has so far … [Read more...]
'Great Books for £2.99’ proclaims a banner in Apple’s iBookstore and iTunes (see image). That’s pretty tempting, I have some iTunes vouchers and feel like a few new books. Perhaps some of these seasonal bargains are the sort of books I like to read? Except, as the image below shows, the books … [Read more...]
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction has teamed up with Apple’s iBookstore to offer samples of each of the prize’s shortlisted titles in both book and audio format. Three of this year’s shortlisted authors – Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt and A.D. Miller – will also be appearing at the Apple Store, Covent Garden … [Read more...]
I and others have have previously commented on the underwhelming nature of Apple’s iBooks app yet, something like 16 months after it launched, it remains the least exciting of Apple’s stores. None of the usual Apple innovation seems present and the app still lacks basic features such as a ‘night mode’ or … [Read more...]
BBC Magazines have become the latest big name to sign up to Apple’s subscription rules for magazines, offering their Good Food title both through the BBC subscriptions website and within the app store. iPad owners can take advantage of an introductory offer of 3 issues for £1 when paying by direct debit through … [Read more...]
