Apple gave the publishing world the kick-start it needed today by announcing the iBooks app store for its brand-new Apple iPad.
Already there are five publishers who have signed up to offer content to the iBooks store – including Penguin, Macmillion and Simon & Shuster.
The books will be available in ePub form - a free and open e-book standard, by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF).
iTunes-like store
As it did with the iPod and iTunes, Apple has blown apart a burgeoning sector of the market – ebooks and created something which is accessible to all.
With the iPad, you will be able to change the font on ebooks,
The store is very similar in the way iTunes looks. And pricing is reasonable enough - $9.99 to $15.99 as far as we can tell.
The great thing about it though is that the way the books are displayed is lovely. With some fantastic animation, you can turn pages as slowly as you want.
Talk about being a game-changer. The Amazon Kindle now looks like Tron, while the e-reader side for the iPad looks like Avatar.
Just like Steve Jobs said at the keynote: "So iBooks again, a great reader, a great online bookstore. All in one really great app… we're very excited by this."
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dee
January 28th 2010
3. Plus the Kindle DX is pretty much around the same price when converted from USD and I know I would much prefer an iPad to a device which can only read books and end of..what happens when you get bored of books?
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dee
January 28th 2010
2. @tech89 as the iPad has more capabilities and not just one sole function
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tech89
January 27th 2010
1. I think amazon kindle can still go strong. If one needs to read books in an electronic format only on the go, then why buy an ipad device at the higher price. The ipad is more for gaming anyway.
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