Keith Moerer, Director of Apple’s iBookstore, revealed that Apple’s iBookstore is growing at a million users per month and has seen 1 billion downloads.
Will Apple Have a First Mover Advantage in Latin America?
Apple may end up being the first of the big international e-book players to launch in Latin America, but will high prices stop it from taking full advantage?
Apple Races to Open iBookstore in Latin America, Causing Headaches
The iBookstore is about to open in Latin America, using the Falkland Islands and Guyana to originate sales, but Apple and its suppliers aren’t making it easy.
Canadian Government Approves Apple iBookstore
By Helen Gregg The Canadian government has approved Apple’s iBookstore Canada with some stipulations for the media giant, CBC reported on Tuesday. The iBookstore launched internationally on May 28 of this year, but only select US and public domain works were available to Canadian consumers while the government examined the cultural impact of the iBookstore. The iBookstore was approved after …
Simba Releases Statistics on iPad E-book Reading
By Hannah Johnson Simba Information estimates that 35% of iPad owners don’t use their iPads for reading e-books. In a press release, Michael Norris, senior trade book analyst at Simba Information said, “The fact that over a million iPad buyers haven’t used the gadget for e-books shows that not all new gadgets equate to a new e-reader.” I don’t think …
ISBNs and E-books: The Ongoing Dilemma
• Should publishers assign a unique ISBN for each e-book format of each title they publish, and what are the implications either way? • There is no consensus of what is the best practice, but one thing is clear: you need to make the decision yourself and not leave it up to someone else. By Erik Christopher ST. CLOUD, MN: …
Self-Publish with Apple, Call Free Using Google, Discover the Internet of Things
By Hannah Johnson Welcome to our Tech Digest with cool updates from the world of digital innovation. Self-Publish iBooks with Apple iWork Update On Thursday this week, Apple released its iWork update (iWork is basically Apple’s version of Microsoft Office) which includes a new feature in its word-processing program, Pages, that allows users to create ePub files compatible with Apple’s …
Happy Canada Day! Apple opens Canadian iBookstore, Eh!
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 …
Some European Publishers Embrace iPad, But Adoption Still Slow
By Siobhan O’Leary Apple may have announced that more than 3 million iPads have been sold worldwide since the US launch in April, but just a few weeks after the international launch of the iPad, it appears that many publishers in Europe are still choosing to exercise caution when it comes to the iBookstore. According to Apple spokesman Adam Howorth, …
Apple Reports 2 Million iPads Sold in 60 Days
By Hannah Johnson As reported in the New York Times on Monday, Apple has sold 2 million iPads over the course of 60 days. First available only in the United States only, iPads were shipped over the weekend to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. It’s hard to believe that the iPad has only been …
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