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Apple Names “Connecting to the iTunes Store” as the Best Book of 2020 (so Far)

26 June, 202026 June, 2020iBooks, iTunes4 Comments

As you saw earlier this week, I like to report on Best Books, lists, so when I saw that the Apple Books twitter account had tweeted...

Apple is Killing iTunes – When’s the Parade?

3 June, 20193 June, 2019e-Reading Software, iTunes7 Comments

Right up until Apple started screwing up the Macbook, iTunes was everyone’s favorite go-to example of how Apple makes terrible product decisions. That app was a...

Apple News+! Was “Made By Someone Who Doesn’t Read”

25 April, 201916 July, 2019Apple, iTunes3 Comments

Digital magazines are not a new concept. They have been around since the first tech bubble (if not longer). Furthermore, Apple’s recently acquired subsidiary Texture has...

How to Add Books to Your iPad and iPhone Without Connecting to iTunes

3 March, 20194 March, 2019iBooks, iDevice, iTunes, Kindle (platform), Tips and Tricks5 Comments

Adding third-party ebooks to Apple Books or one of the other ebook apps on your iDevice used to be quite painful. You had to use one...

iTunes v12.7.0.166 No Longer Supports iBooks

13 September, 201726 September, 2017e-Reading Software, iBooks, iDevice, iTunes44 Comments

Apple rolled out a new version of i Tunes today, and something is missing. Early downloaders reported on MobileRead, and I can confirm, that Apple has...

Apple’s iBooks and iTunes Movies Go Dark in China

22 April, 201628 April, 2016iBooks, iTunes5 Comments

Apple’s online book and film services have gone dark in China, after Beijing introduced regulations in March imposing strict curbs on online publishing, particularly for foreign firms....

Harry Potter Audiobooks Available Through Audible – Narrated by Stephen Fry

20 November, 201521 November, 2015Amazon, Audiobook, iTunes7 Comments

For the longest time Pottermore has been the sole source of Harry Potter audiobooks and ebooks, but lately financial interests have started to outweigh other factors. Last...

Apple Reportedly Planning to Reduce Vig to 15% – Will It Impact eBooks?

5 June, 201519 August, 2015Apple, iTunes, Retail3 Comments

For the past four and a half years Apple has been strangling its ebook competitors by requiring a 30% cut of any sales made in, or...

Apple Adjusts iTunes Prices Following VAT, Exchange Rate Changes

12 January, 201512 January, 2015Apple, iTunesOne Comment

Late last week Apple changed the default prices in the iTunes app store to reflect the new monetary landscape. With a steadily weakening Euro, the US...

Is Apple Planning to Launch an iTunes App for Android? I Doubt it

21 March, 201421 March, 2014Apple, iTunes2 Comments

There’s a new rumor going around today that Apple is mulling expanding their music store on to Android, and that they are planning a streaming service...

Ebook apps not leaving iTunes after all

9 May, 201115 November, 2019Apple, iTunes22 Comments

Last week’s story about Yudu and their payment service dredged up some rather interesting details about Apple, ITunes, and the rules that app makers are forced...