Comic creator’s iBooks Author experiment nets 10,000 downloads in 3 days
Apple's iBooks Author impressed Diesel Sweeties creator and artist R Stevens so much that he created an e-book with it during the course of a weekend and distributed it free to readers. On Thursday, Stevens shared some interesting details about that experiment.
‘Inside Apple’ book on how Apple ‘really works’ is now available in iBookstore
Apple just emailed customers who pre-ordered the book “Inside Apple” from the iBookstore to let them know the book is now available to download and read. Those interested in downloading the book can do so from this direct link. The Amazon Kindle version should be available in less than an hour. Related articles Steve Jobs bio...
State of the Union guestlist likely indicates that Steve Jobs will be discussed
Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, is among the attendees of the State of the Union address scheduled for 9pm tonight (live stream here). According to the official guestlist, the White House invited Powell Jobs along with other distinguished individuals to attend the State of the Union address, including billionaire Warren...
Webcomic artist experiments with iBooks Author-created monthly archive
R Stevens, an independent web comic creator who pens Diesel Sweeties, has already created an iBooks edition of his most recent monthly archive that's available free to read on the iPad. It shows a side of the tool that could catch on with independent artists and creators.
Apple’s textbooks see 350,000 downloads in 3 days: Will it last?
Apple's new iBooks digital textbooks initiative has seen 350,000 downloads in just three days, according to new info. That's a strong start for Apple's expanded educational offerings, but the real question will be whether that can translate into long-term success.
Global Equities Research: iBooks Textbooks downloaded 350,000 times in three days
According to Global Equities Research (via AllThingsD), the new inexpensive digital textbooks Apple launched last Thursday at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City have been downloaded over 350,000 times in just three days. iBooks Author, a new free of charge Mac tool to author iBooks Textbooks, has seen 90,000 downloads in the same time frame. This...
Hands on with iBooks Author: The desktop publisher grows up
iBooks Author is like a candy land for aspiring, adventurous writers; it's easily as intuitive as something like Keynote, iPhoto or iMovie, and it integrates smoothly with all those programs to allow you to use content from each in creating your e-books.
Apple unveils iBooks Author, a Mac app for easy interactive e-book authoring
Apple's Roger Rosner, Apple VP of productivity software, showed off Apple's new iBooks Author on Thursday at Apple's special media event in NYC. iBooks author is a Mac app that provides tools to help anyone publish interactive digital books, complete with rich media features.
Apple announces new iPad textbook experience with iBooks 2
On Thursday Apple's SVP of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, took the stage to talk about education and announced Apple's ambitious plan to reinvent the textbook. That plan includes iBooks 2, which Schiller called a "new textbook experience for the iPad."
Apple’s textbook announcement later today, new iOS/Mac software rumored
Apple’s Education announcement is later today at the Guggenheim in New York City and we will be covering it live. We have so far heard that it is education related and Apple’s iWork lead Roger Rosner is involved in what seems to be textbook creation and distribution tools. Moreover, leading textbook publisher McGraw Hill will be involved, according to various reports....
Apple invites media for ‘education announcement’ in New York, next Thursday, Jan. 19
Invitation image via @thepeterha As first reported by The Loop, Apple sent out invites today for a special media event held in New York City next Thursday, Jan. 19. The invitation’s graphic shows the familiar New York skyscraper motif, adorned with the Apple logo silhouette and the tagline: Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple. The...
