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APPLE NEWS

May 10, 2017

Apple is Switching to Local Currencies in Some European and South American iBooks Store

Evan Selleck

Apple is making a key change for some iBooks Store shoppers and sellers in a variety of different markets in South America and Europe. As first noted in a report by MacRumors, Apple is switching

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Aug 1, 2016

Apple iBooks Gets Official Instagram Account

Killian Bell

Apple has opened up an official Instagram account for iBooks, just in time to promote the new Harry Potter book that first hit shelves on July 31. Launched over the weekend, the new iBooks account

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Jun 30, 2015

Apple loses appeal for ruling in ebooks case, will shell out $450 million in damages

Evan Selleck

Since 2013, Apple has been embroiled in litigation surrounding the price fixing of ebooks found within its iBooks Store. Now, after three years of court hearings and everything in between, Apple's lost its appeal.

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Apr 14, 2015

New in iOS 8.4: Audiobooks moved to iBooks from Music app

Gautam Prabhu

Apple seeded the first iOS 8.4 beta to developers earlier today, which includes an all-new Music app. A MacRumors forum member has discovered that Apple has made changes to the way iOS handles

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Jan 15, 2015

Apple’s iBooks adding ‘about 1 million’ new customers a week thanks to iOS 8 and Family Sharing

Evan Selleck

Apple's been making a push to being one of the most popular sources for digital content for several years now, including books with its iBooks platform. Now, according to Keith Moerer, Director of iBooks

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Oct 24, 2014

Apple modifies iBooks review period while offering more promo codes for authors

Evan Selleck

On Friday, October 24, Apple sent out emails to authors who publish books through iBooks notifying them of some noteworthy changes coming to the platform. The email was sent out on Friday, and in it

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Dec 28, 2013

Day 3 of Apple’s 12 Days of Gifts offers Lonely Planet’s ‘Best in Travel 2014’ iBook for free

Jason

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Dec 17, 2013

Apple adds gifting option to the iBookstore

Kelly Hodgkins

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Nov 14, 2013

Apple finally gives iBooks and iTunes U an iOS 7 makeover

Jason

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Sep 18, 2013

Apple releases free iOS 7 User Guide on iBookstore

Jason

APPLE NEWS

Sep 6, 2013

Judge issues injunction against Apple in e-Book Antitrust case

Jason

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Sep 5, 2013

Updated iBookstore text hints at imminent Mavericks launch, iPhone support for iBooks Author

Jason

AMAZON

Sep 2, 2013

You could get a $3 refund per eBook as part of the eBook price fixing settlement

Jason

APPLE NEWS

Aug 12, 2013

Apple now offering free book in Apple Store app

Jason

APPLE NEWS

Mar 5, 2013

iBooks 3.1 Brings Japanese Books To iBookstore

Jason

Apple has released an update for iBooks. iBooks 3.1 brings hundreds of thousands of Japanese books to the iBookstore. Previously, Japanese users could only download free or public domain content from the iBookstore. According

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Jan 1, 2013

iBookstore Coming to Japan in January

Tris Hussey

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Nov 8, 2012

DC Comics Come to the iBookStore

Tris Hussey

Today DC Comics became the first comic book publisher to make its weekly comic catalog available on the iBookstore as well as Kindle and Nook stores. We've had graphic novels before, and both DC

APPLE NEWS

Nov 6, 2012

Apple and Book Publishers Set to Settle Antitrust Suit with EU

Tris Hussey

The EU is poised to accept and offer by Apple and four publishers embroiled in an ebooks antitrust lawsuit which checks one antitrust lawsuit off the list leaving just the DOJ to contend with.

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Oct 23, 2012

Apple Announces New Version Of iBooks And iBooks Author

Rounak Jain

At today’s media event, Tim Cook announced a new version of Apple’s iBooks iOS app as well as a new version of its companion tool, iBooks Author. The updates were timed to coincide

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Oct 23, 2012

Apple’s October 23 iPad Mini Event Preview

Jason

Last week, Apple sent out invites for the media event to be held later today with the tag line "We've got a little more to show you". With just over 8 hours to go,

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Oct 20, 2012

iTunes Listing Hints At iBooks 3.0 Launch At iPad Mini Event

Rounak Jain

We’ve already heard that Apple’s October 23rd media event would have a strong focus on iBooks, and an iTunes book listing seems to confirm this piece of information. French blog iGen.fr spotted

APPLE NEWS

Apr 24, 2012

Apple on Agency Pricing Model: We Can’t Treat Publishers Any Differently Than We Treat App Developers

Nikhil

Apple's 30% revenue share policy is universal, which may be their first line of defense in their ongoing settlement with the Department of Justice regarding controversial iBook pricing. If you're not yet familiar

APPLE NEWS

Apr 13, 2012

Apple Responds to DOJ: Accusation of Collusion is Simply Not True

Jason

Apple has responded to U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit, which has accused Apple and publishers for fixing prices of e-books on the iBookstore. Apple has issued the following statement to AllThingsD: The