Apple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac is an impressive piece of work, even more so when you consider that it costs nothing. Although easy to use compared to many other page layout apps, it’s still quite a lengthy and complicated process to produce...If iBooks Author Is Overkill For Your Simple eBook Project, Try Book Creator For iOS Instead [Review]
Apple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac is an impressive piece of work, even more so when you consider that it costs nothing. Although easy to use compared to many other page layout apps, it’s still quite a lengthy and complicated process to produce...Software Concept Makes E-Books Behave More Like Real Books [Video Demo]
Here’s a cool concept video for page-turning techniques in ebooks, which rather puts the current offerings to shame. It shows an e-book behaving much more like a paper book, thanks to new ways of recognizing finger taps and swipes. With this system, you can...iBooks Author: You Can Sell Your “Work” Elsewhere, Just Not In The Format Created By iBooks Author [Opinion]
There’s been a lot of fuss overnight about what exactly Apple is claiming ownership of in the Terms and Conditions associated with its new iBooks Author application for Mac. The fuss is understandable, because the wording of the license agreement gets a little bit...Apple’s Education Event To Focus on iPad, K-12, “Teaching Tools” for Self-Publishers
Less than 24 hours away from Apple’s “education announcement” in New York City, Bloomberg weighs in reporting that the event, set to begin at 10 AM EST at the Guggenheim Museum, will be focused on iPad, digital textbooks for students from kindergarten to 12th grade (K-12) and self-publishers. Initially rumored to be about “textbooks” as...
What to expect from Apple’s education event: Digital textbooks, ‘GarageBand for ebooks’
The Wall Street Journal and Ars Technica have weighed in with information about Apple's upcoming education event. Both outlets cite the usual "people familiar with the matter" for their information, and their sources have generally given accurate ...
Apple to announce tools, platform to "digitally destroy" textbook publishing
Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks,...
How does Apple fit into digital education?
Apple is holding an event in New York next week, in which the company is planning to make "an education announcement." Many are connecting the event with comments Steve Jobs made to his biographer and expecting Apple to announce a digital textbook initiative through the iBookstore.
Amazon Launches Kindle Store Web App For The iPad
Today Amazon launched an iPad-optimized Kindle Store web app. Visiting amazon.com/iPadKindleStore on the iPad will now take you to Amazon’s new web portal for buying ebooks from Apple’s tablet. Once you’ve logged into your Amazon account, you’ll be able to browse...U.S. Department of Justice joins Apple ebook pricing investigation
Just a couple days after European antitrust regulators launched an investigation into allegations of ebook price fixing among Apple and several major book publishers, the US Department of Justice is now joining the fray. Computerworld reports that...
