iTunes

iTunes v12.7.0.166 No Longer Supports iBooks

13 September, 2017 // 38 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 removed the iBooks section from the iTunes app [Read More ...]

Apple’s iBooks and iTunes Movies Go Dark in China

22 April, 2016 // 5 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. Attempts by [Read More ...]

Harry Potter Audiobooks Available Through Audible – Narrated by Stephen Fry

20 November, 2015 // 7 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 month enhanced Harry [Read More ...]

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

5 June, 2015 // 3 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 through, an app on the iPad or iPhone. That's the same vig Apple has [Read More ...]

Apple Adjusts iTunes Prices Following VAT, Exchange Rate Changes

12 January, 2015 // 1 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 dollar is worth more than it was last year, and [Read More ...]

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

21 March, 2014 // 2 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 to compete with Spotify. Citing declining music [Read More ...]

Ebook apps not leaving iTunes after all

9 May, 2011 // 22 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 to live with. I kept waiting for [Read More ...]