The link below is to an article that takes a look at Apple’s iBooks and concludes that it is a mess.
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http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/11/16/apples-ibooks-mess/
Tag Archives: Apple Books/iBooks
Article: iBookstore Publishing Tips
The link below is to an article that takes a look at iBookstore publishing tips.
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http://nerdgap.com/ibookstore-publishing-tips/
Article: iBooks Update
The link below is to an article that takes a look at recent updates to iBooks.
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http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/09/27/apple-gives-ibooks-behind-scenes-update-new-toll-free-support-numbers-larger-image-sizes/
Apple and the Ebooks Lawsuit
The link below is to an article that takes a look at why Apple is still fighting the suit brought against it.
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http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323689204578573874030205966-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwODEyNDgyWj.html
At close of ebook trial, Apple gains ground: what lies ahead
Article: DOJ Completes Case Against Apple
The link below is to an article that looks at the DOJ case against Apple.
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http://www.teleread.com/legal/doj-wraps-up-case-against-apple/
The best slides from the closing arguments in the Apple ebooks case
iTunes users spend a lot on apps and music, not so much on ebooks (chart)
On Wednesday morning Apple revealed the latest stats on iTunes video: users have downloaded 1 billion TV episodes and 380 million movies total, at the rate of 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day. Combined with the company’s recent revelation that it has 575 million active iTunes(s AAPL) accounts now, one interesting takeaway is that, while the number of iTunes accounts has grown substantially in the last five years, the amount users are spending on video hasn’t changed very much.
Horace Dediu made some calculations and plotted all of the data on a chart over at his Asymco blog:
Based on these latest numbers, Dediu calculated how much iTunes users spend per year on different types of media. He says it’s “about $9/yr on Software, $2/yr on books, $16/yr on apps $12/yr on music and $4/yr on video.”
On one hand, this chart backs up something we already…
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Soon you’ll be able to read iBooks on your Mac
Starting this fall, Apple’s iBooks are no longer limited to reading on iPhones and iPads. The iBookstore is getting its own dedicated Mac app with the launch of the new OSX Mavericks operating system, Apple (s AAPL) announced at its WWDC conference in San Francisco Monday.
Users will be able to purchase and read books directly from the Mac app. (There are now 1.8 million titles in the iBookstore, Apple said, up from 1.5 million in October 2012.) The app could be particularly useful for students, who could have a textbook open on their computer while they take notes.
Amazon (s AMZN) has Kindle reading apps for PC and Mac, though you can’t purchase ebooks through the apps. Nook (s BKS) has a Windows (s MSFT) 8 app that allows purchasing and reading, but doesn’t have a Mac app.
Apple wins trademark case over ‘iBooks’
A small New York publisher that uses the label “ibooks” has struck out in its lawsuit against Apple,(s AAPL) after a New York court on Wednesday held that the publisher’s mark was not distinct and that consumers would not confuse the two companies’ products.
The case began in 2011 after Black Tower Press, a publisher of sci-fi and fantasy titles, filed a trademark suit in response to Apple’s announcement that it would use the word “iBooks” to describe software that allows users to purchase online books. Here’s a look at the two marks:
Black Tower came into possession of the “ibooks” mark in 2006 by purchasing the assets of another publishing company that had used the word for an imprint that sold millions of sci-fi and horror books in the early 2000’s. Neither Black Tower nor its predecessor, however, obtained a registered trademark for the word.
Apple, on the other hand…
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