eBooks 
34 posts and columns on eBooks
The Apple iBooks Origin Story
In the beginning, Steve Jobs wasn’t even interested.
DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft
And it was never sent.
Apple Accuses DOJ of Unfairly Twisting Steve Jobs’s Words
“There’s something inherently unfair and uncomfortable about placing such reliance on the out-of-court statements of someone who’s not here to explain them or place them into context.”
Apple Says DOJ Is Trying to “Reverse Engineer a Conspiracy” in E-Books Case
“Sometimes the government just gets it wrong.”
Amazon Shines Light on Kindle Paperwhite
Four years in the making, Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite features an illuminated screen and eight weeks of battery life.
The Apple/Amazon Conspiracy That Never Happened
Apple competes ferociously with Amazon. But the feds say Cupertino considered a different strategy, where Apple would rule music and movies, and Amazon would rule e-books. Really?
Incendio! Pottermore E-Book Sales on Fire.
$1.5 million worth of Harry Potter books sold in Pottermore’s first three days online.
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Apple Tweaks iBook Language: Your Content Is Your Content
A couple weeks after introducing its new iBooks Author app, Apple has clarified legal language about what happens to the books users create with the software. Apple continues to insist that users can only sell electronic books in the iBook format via its iTunes store. But it makes it clear that the content of those books can be sold in any other format, without Apple’s approval.Apple’s New Math. Or: Why a $15 E-Book Equals a $75 Paper Book.
It’s like the old “make it up on volume” joke. Except this time it might work, if students and school districts play along.
Apple Unveils iPad Textbook Plan
At a special event in New York City, Apple rolls out a new textbook initiative and the partnerships to support it.
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