Ebook Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Daily iPhone App: Steve Jackson's Sorcery is interactive e-book bliss

by Mike Schramm (May 15th, 2013)

I have to say -- the iPad is a terrific platform for interactive e-books, but so far, I haven't been very impressed by the options out there. I do use my iPad for reading a lot, but the vast majority of my reading is done in either iBooks or a comic book reader. It's very rare that I will pick ...

Daily Update for April 19, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 19th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson needn't testify in e-book case

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 6th, 2013)

Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson has been dropped from the upcoming Apple e-books price-fixing case, according to Paid Content. Class-action lawyers had originally subpoenaed Isaacson to submit his notes from interviews with Jobs regarding the iBookstore. However, Isaacson refused to do ...

Review: Antarctica - Standing on the Bottom of the World

by Mel Martin (Feb 28th, 2013)

Antarctica - Standing at the Bottom of the World (US$2.99, universal) is a unique book app for iOS that documents the travels of a writer in his 80s and his grandson. The pair went on a quest to visit the desolate continent and now they're sharing the trip with readers in a unique voice and with ...

Apple highlights self-published iBooks with new Breakout Books section

by Randy Nelson (Feb 5th, 2013)

In a move intended to make discovering independent authors easier on the iBookstore, Apple has launched a new sub-section of the US iTunes Store called Breakout Books. Previously rolled out in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK, the section is meant to promote titles from writers who've ...

TUAW Bookshelf: iPod Evolution

by Steven Sande (Jan 26th, 2013)

The iPod is the member of the Apple family that is overshadowed by the newer, more popular kids on the block. Yet it was the iPod that was the "gateway drug" for many of today's Apple fans, opening the eyes of a generation to how consumer electronics should be built and used. Author, blogger ...

Apple settles with EU over e-book pricing, hands Amazon a victory

by Steven Sande (Dec 13th, 2012)

Apple's long battle with European Union regulators over e-book pricing has ended with Apple and four publishers offering to let retailers set prices or discounts for the next two years and suspend "most-favored nation" contracts for five years. The EU responded positively to the news. ...

Reuters: Apple, Amazon e-book battle in EU nearing a conclusion

by Steven Sande (Nov 6th, 2012)

Source have told Reuters that EU regulators are going to accept an offer by Apple and four publishers to end antitrust investigations into their e-book pricing schemes. This result essentially cedes a victory to Amazon, which will be able to sell online books for less than its ...

Paid iBookstore content now live in New Zealand, 17 other countries

by Mike Wehner (Oct 22nd, 2012)

It looks like e-book lovers around the world can definitely look forward to tomorrow's expected iPad mini reveal, as paid iBookstore content has just gone live in 17 new countries. If a smaller iPad is indeed in the cards -- and we're pretty sure it is -- it will compete directly with Amazon's ...

The Silent History e-book requires iPhone, iPad users to travel

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 5th, 2012)

The Silent History is not your typical science fiction e-book. It's a serial narrative from Eli Horowitz and Russell Quinn that uses geocaching to add to the story line. The ability to discover additional information about the plot from clues in your local environment sets The Silent History ...

iBook Lessons: Traditional publishers react to new trends

by Erica Sadun (Oct 3rd, 2012)

iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing. A year ago, traditional publishers seemed hopelessly left behind as a new world of instant-pub media emerged. Self-publishing, specifically via services and tools like those provided by Apple's iBookstore/iBooks Author and ...

iPhone User Guide for iOS 6 now available as an eBook

by Mel Martin (Sep 23rd, 2012)

Always nice to see something free from Apple, and the timing couldn't be better. The iBooks version of the iPhone User Guide for iOS 6 is available on the iBookstore. Apple isn't much on paper manuals these days; most Apple products come with a thin little guide, so many users get their tips ...

Library increases attendance with iPhone, iPad apps and classes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 7th, 2012)

In this day and age of digital books, library attendance is falling as people pick up their Kindles instead of paperbacks. One library in Illinois decided to win back patrons by embracing this technology instead of fighting it, says a report in Winnetka Talk. To become more ...

$69 million ebook settlement reached with three publishers, Apple remains in suit

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 30th, 2012)

Three of the publishers involved in the antitrust suit levied by the U.S. Department of Justice against Apple and others have officially reached a settlement, with $69 million going to consumers as a result, Baltimore's ABC 2 reported on Thursday. Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster ...

Convert an old iPad into a dedicated e-reader

by Steven Sande (Jul 10th, 2012)

When iOS 6 arrives later this year, iPad pioneers who are still using their first-generation devices will find that they can't upgrade to the new operating system. If you're not handing that iPad over to your kids (or parents), you might wonder what you can do with the device. Sure, you could ...