By Mark Garcia-Prats
Today, while all Canadians joyously celebrate Canada Day– a day commemorating the birth of their nation– a specific group of Canadians, iPad owners, are celebrating a different sort of independence– the opening of the Canadian iBookstore.
Before the opening of the iBookstore, many Canadians iPad users were left without the ability to enjoy their new Apple devices to their fullest potential. According to Ipodnn.com, the app for the iBooks have been available in Canada since May, but was limited to downloading public domain works. With the opening of the iBookstore in Canada, Canadian can now buy recently published titles to enjoy on their iPads.
The opening of the store also means that American publishers are making their iBooks available to the Canadian market. Several publishing companies, including Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins, are planning on offering titles for sale up North.
Happy Canada Day!
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I think it’s American publishers who are doing most of the celebrating. Nearly all of the titles available in Canada are from the U.S., and according to a posting on the Apple forum on “iBooks-Canada” “iIBooks are $2 to $5 more than through the Amazon Kindle application books app for the iPad; even with exchange this equals FAIL for iBooks for Canadians. I’ll keep buying through Kindle thanks…” Another triumph for Canadian culture.
I can’t figure why kindle is so much cheaper than ibooks.I guess apple just doesn’t want to sell many books.
Try Kobo – even cheaper then Amazon Kindle for the same titles!
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