iBooks Archive

  • **** Updated 1/15/12 **** Most of you are coming into this post with the latest 5.0.1 jailbreak because it broke your iBooks app just like the 4.2.1 jailbreak in 2011. Thankfully, there’s a fix for you too. Just today, @saurik put out an update to Corona in Cydia. Version 1.0-4...

    Apple cripples iBooks for jailbreakers – Updated

    Posted on February 15, 2011 | 22 Comments
    **** Updated 1/15/12 **** Most of you are coming into this post with the latest 5.0.1 jailbreak because it broke your iBooks app just like the 4.2.1 jailbreak in 2011. Thankfully, there’s a fix for you too. Just today, @saurik put out an update to Corona in Cydia. Version 1.0-4...

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  • In a surprising chain of tweets this morning, we heard news that Apple rejected the Sony Reader app from the App Store due to the process which customers purchase eBooks. We did a little searching and found this MacRumors article detailing the issue. Apple denied the Sony app because it...

    The Kindle app’s days are numbered

    Posted on February 1, 2011 | No Comments
    In a surprising chain of tweets this morning, we heard news that Apple rejected the Sony Reader app from the App Store due to the process which customers purchase eBooks. We did a little searching and found this MacRumors article detailing the issue. Apple denied the Sony app because it...

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  • This holiday season, I faced an unexpected, challenging dilemma: I had a few books to buy but I didn’t know where — or how — to buy them. First there was the argument of digital or old-fashioned paper. On the paper side, you have to choose between hardcover and paperback…...

    Paper books should come with digital copies

    Posted on December 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
    This holiday season, I faced an unexpected, challenging dilemma: I had a few books to buy but I didn’t know where — or how — to buy them. First there was the argument of digital or old-fashioned paper. On the paper side, you have to choose between hardcover and paperback…...

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  • It’s no secret that we’re a fan of Oceanhouse Media‘s work here at CTA. They do a great job bringing classic children’s books to life through the App Store (they do much more than that, here’s a link). They recently added the Berestain Bears books to their collection but their...

    Spookly the Square pumpkin comes to the App Store

    Posted on October 28, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s no secret that we’re a fan of Oceanhouse Media‘s work here at CTA. They do a great job bringing classic children’s books to life through the App Store (they do much more than that, here’s a link). They recently added the Berestain Bears books to their collection but their...

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  • Yes, we spelled it that way on purpose. (T)Seussday, March 2nd, is the birthday of the wizard of words and to celebrate, all of the applications will be on sale for a cheap $0.99! Each of the eBooks sell for $3.99 on a daily basis, and the camera apps go...

    Dr. Seuss apps on sale this Suessday

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Yes, we spelled it that way on purpose. (T)Seussday, March 2nd, is the birthday of the wizard of words and to celebrate, all of the applications will be on sale for a cheap $0.99! Each of the eBooks sell for $3.99 on a daily basis, and the camera apps go...

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  • But that’s only if the publishers choose to go that route. Apple will be allowing partnered publishers access to FairPlay DRM for the books that make it into the iBooks Store. This means that Apple’s surprising use of the ePub format amounts to very little. Publishers could literally choose to...

    iBooks may be non-transferable

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    But that’s only if the publishers choose to go that route. Apple will be allowing partnered publishers access to FairPlay DRM for the books that make it into the iBooks Store. This means that Apple’s surprising use of the ePub format amounts to very little. Publishers could literally choose to...

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  • Yesterday, a publisher (one) said they had no desire to switch to the iTunes Books Store “Agency model.” This model actually gives the publisher more control over their pricing and returns them 70% of the sale price while the distributor (Apple) keeps 30%. This one company says that they’ll make...

    Publishers think they have a choice…

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Yesterday, a publisher (one) said they had no desire to switch to the iTunes Books Store “Agency model.” This model actually gives the publisher more control over their pricing and returns them 70% of the sale price while the distributor (Apple) keeps 30%. This one company says that they’ll make...

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  • Many sources are reporting that Apple (Steve Jobs, himself) has wined and dined with the biggest publishers of books, magazines and newspapers since the iPad announcement on the 27th of January. That’s great for us in a few ways… but there’s one big glaring issue with these conversations. Price. Apple...

    Apple working to further iPad reading, eBooks to get more expensive

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Many sources are reporting that Apple (Steve Jobs, himself) has wined and dined with the biggest publishers of books, magazines and newspapers since the iPad announcement on the 27th of January. That’s great for us in a few ways… but there’s one big glaring issue with these conversations. Price. Apple...

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  • In fact, they’ve broken through the flood barrier. According to the Wall Street Journal, McGraw-Hill Education, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education, and Kaplan have all reached iBook deals with Apple this week. Some are also in negotiations with ScrollMotion to develop their interactive textbooks. We predicted that the introduction...

    Textbooks are definitely coming to the iPad

    Posted on February 3, 2010 | No Comments
    In fact, they’ve broken through the flood barrier. According to the Wall Street Journal, McGraw-Hill Education, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education, and Kaplan have all reached iBook deals with Apple this week. Some are also in negotiations with ScrollMotion to develop their interactive textbooks. We predicted that the introduction...

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