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Apple says Department of Justice "sides with monopoly"

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 25th, 2012)

In Apple's eye, the U.S. government has cast its lot with monopolies. Apple's legal response to the Department of Justice lawsuit, which the company filed May 22, claims that the case against Apple and other publishers over ebook pricing is "is fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and ...

iBook Lessons: Book samples and rookie mistakes

by Erica Sadun (May 23rd, 2012)

iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing. Talk about rookie mistakes! We finally discovered the reason the iPad-only iBooks Author version of our Mountain Lion ebook got stuck on its way to release: we hadn't submitted a custom sample along with the full ...

iBook Lessons: Using Book Proofer to preview EPUB files

by Erica Sadun (May 16th, 2012)

iBooks Author is an amazing tool for laying out and publishing ebooks to iTunes. Unfortunately, the application creates books that are only readable on iPads. You trade off fantastic page design (via Apple's proprietary .iBooks format) for a much smaller potential reading audience. When you ...

Judge refuses request to dismiss ebook class action suit

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 15th, 2012)

Apple received a legal slap on Wednesday when U.S. District Judge Denise Cote rejected a request to dismiss a class action lawsuit against Apple and five publishers. Cote scoffed at the idea that Apple and the publishers acted independently in coming up with what's known as agency pricing, their ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Where should I buy my George R. R. Martin fix?

by Erica Sadun (May 15th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I want to buy "A Dance with Dragons" as an eBook and I am hesitating between buying it for Kindle or iBooks, the reason being the Kindle version will be available on my Mac, my iPhone and my iPad. Is it possible to do the same if I buy it for iBooks or will I be "stuck" with ...

You're the Pundit: Could Apple introduce iBooks Author print-on-demand?

by Erica Sadun (May 8th, 2012)

When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is print-on-demand. Everybody's doing it. Amazon does it. Lulu does it. Even Apple does it -- so long as what you're ...

15 suggestions for iOS 6

by Michael Grothaus (May 5th, 2012)

I've been writing these posts for the last couple of years, usually always before WWDC, as mini roundups of what I, my colleagues, and readers want to see in the next iOS release. However, as releases go on it gets harder and harder to put together lists of major features I'd like to see in the ...

iBorg: I have become them

by Erica Sadun (Apr 23rd, 2012)

The other evening, I cracked open a nearly 600-page book by Scott Sigler. (Summary: it was pretty bad, cannot recommend it, but that has nothing to do with this post.) And as I began to read, I soon realized that while the traditional print novel has not changed much in the last few decades, I ...

Daily Update for April 16, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 16th, 2012)

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 ...

Apple updates Cards and iBooks apps

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 16th, 2012)

Apple has released updates for its Cards and iBooks apps. The iBooks 2.1.1 update is relatively minor, only addressing some stability and performance improvements and fixing an issue which prompted users to sign-in with their Apple ID at unexpected times. In addition to stability and ...

Apple officially responds to DOJ's antitrust case

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 13th, 2012)

Apple has officially responded to the antitrust claim brought against the company by the US Department of Justice. In the claim the DOJ says that Apple worked with five major publishers to illegally fix eBook pricing. In response to the lawsuit Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told AllThingsD: The ...

Apple introduces VIP discounts for iBooks publishers

by Erica Sadun (Apr 12th, 2012)

Some sharp eyes have once again discovered something new and cool in Apple-land. Apple appears to be offering rather hefty discounts to some (possibly all) iBooks publishers as part of a new iTunes VIP program. Information is still developing on this front. Made available through iTunes ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me get user guides for iBooks

by Erica Sadun (Mar 13th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, While it is possible to track down Apple user manual .pdf files on their support site and then import them to iBooks, why doesn't Apple simply make them available for free in a special section of the iBooks app? Your loving nephew, Jeremy Dear Jeremy, They do. Just search for Apple ...

Department of Justice reportedly planning antitrust suit against Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 8th, 2012)

According to a Wall Street Journal Report, the Department of Justice is threatening to sue Apple and five book publishers for artificially inflating the price of ebooks. The five book publishers include Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Pearson PLC's Penguin Group, Macmillan and ...

Apple releases iBooks 2.1 and new Find My iPhone

by Mel Martin (Mar 7th, 2012)

There's been a flurry of software activity from the Apple mothership today, and just when we think things are settling down, some new software appears. If you're on an iOS device you'll see a new version of iBooks, now at version 2.1. It's a redesign to support the new iPad Retina Display and adds ...