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Apple introduces iBooks: iTunes for eBooks
Basically iBooks is like iTunes for eBooks. Apple has reached deals with 5 major book publishers and starting today there should be a ton of books available for download including New York Times bestellers.
We don't have details on the price yet. And I'm a bit skeptical that Apple's 1.5 pound, 10 inch tablet with a full color display is going to provide the same kind of reading experience as a thin, light, and high-contrast grayscale eBook reader such as a 10 ounce Amazon Kindle. But it should be interesting to see how Apple's new eBook marketplace affects the digital book space. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other eBook distributors are about to get some serious competition. And that should be a good thing for innovation both in the software and hardware for digital book readers.
As cool as Ray Kurzweil's Blio looks, you have to wonder if it has a snowball's chance against iBooks.
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Subscribe to commentsMrMojoJan 27th 2010 3:03PM
The main reasons to buy the iPad:
1. Don't already own an iPod product
2. Planning on buying an eReader
This product beats the Kindle and any other eReader since it has a color screen, the eReader software looks MUCH simpler to use AND it offers other features found in the iTouch such as Wifi, music, video, email, etc... that is NOT available on other eReaders!
People should wait a year for version 2 when the price drops and all refinements are made to make the iPad "better", similar to what happens to ALL of Apple's products!
Miraculo FantastiqueFeb 4th 2010 8:07AM
"beats the Kindle and any other eReader since it has a color screen, the eReader software looks MUCH simpler to use AND it offers other features found in the iTouch such as Wifi, music, video, email, etc... that is NOT available on other eReaders!"
What an erratic reasoning. Do you complain to book publishers, cause their paperbacks don't come with sound, wifi, and are printed in b&w? Do you read books? Do you know the advantages of eInk? How can you say it beats the kindle or any other eReader? Granted, at the moment they all stink cause of DRM-troubles, but it's not like the iPad is any more open, _and_ it'll offer the same shitty reading experience as your average laptop. Just cause el jobso said it is, doesn't make it magical. Fanbois! Pha.
Gardiner WestboundJan 27th 2010 3:31PM
At US$499, the reported list price, it's pricey for an eReader.
Charles RiserJan 27th 2010 5:33PM
I'm not sure what you think that price point should be since the KindleDX is $489.
And this can do much more than just read books (and I own a KindleDX and am aware it has a basic web browser in it.
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enerGIJan 27th 2010 4:19PM
The phone companys must be rubbing their hands together in glee thinking about the network use the iPad will generate, but i think its a dismal failure. Its what a Newton would of been years ago if Apple stuck at it.
Im not interested in a eReader, let alone one at US$499 with too much built in Apple Spin Doctoring.
Plus the name.... iPad.... does it mean we use it once a month for a week?
CynonJan 28th 2010 8:03AM
The problem with iTunes for eBooks, is that the publishers are happy that it puts pricing power back into their hands. This sucks for the consumer. Plus, I'm not sure I need a multimedia experience for my eBooks. And I'm not interested in a heavy, expensive, crippled by design, backlit reader.
medgecombeJan 29th 2010 2:45PM
Does anyone know if Marvel or DC is jumping on this?