The Chinese market has been very appealing towards companies heavily involved in selling digital content, such as e-books. Amazon has been the only mainstream company to successfully enter the market and encourage adoption of their Kindle bookstore. The Seattle company is poised to have some real competition as Apple has announced that they brought their iBooks system to … [Read more...] about Apple iBooks Launches in China
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Apple Ordered to Pay $450 Million for e-Book Refunds
Apple has been fighting the US courts and Justice department for the last three years trying to convince them that a more competitive landscape for e-book sales is best for business. Sadly, Apple has just lost a landmark case that will see the company process over $450 million in e-book refunds from anyone that purchased something from iBooks from April 1, 2010 to May 21, 2012. … [Read more...] about Apple Ordered to Pay $450 Million for e-Book Refunds
iBooks Receives New Features on iOS 8.4
Apple is the only major online bookseller that actually sells content on the iPhone and iPad. Amazon, B&N and Kobo all make readers visit their websites and sync the content, which is a barrier for mainstream adoption. This summer a new version of iOS will be released and it will add a bunch of new content to iBooks.The publishing industry has been embracing audiobooks … [Read more...] about iBooks Receives New Features on iOS 8.4
Apple says One Million New iBooks Users Signing Up Per Week
When iOS 8 came out last year one of the many enhancements and changes included making iBooks becoming preloaded on all existing and new Apple devices. In the past, it was a recommended download from the App Store, and was able to be uninstalled. Now, it is impossible to uninstall the e-Book service and it seems to be paying off big, Apple has claimed over one million new users … [Read more...] about Apple says One Million New iBooks Users Signing Up Per Week
Europeans Have Two Weeks To Return Apple iBooks
Apple has quietly amended their return policy for iBooks purchased in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and many other EU countries. Readers now have up to two weeks to get a full refund, no questions asked through an automated feature.Apple has maintained a policy that users in European countries did have the right to cancel purchases that were defective or before digital … [Read more...] about Europeans Have Two Weeks To Return Apple iBooks
Apple Decreases Review Times on New eBooks
Apple has dispatched an email to authors who publish through iBooks, informing them on a number of new policy changes. The first, is to decrease the amount of time that the editorial staff approves for new titles for inclusion into the Apple Bookstore, it went from ten days to one business change. The second should really help authors in giving out  free copies of their digital … [Read more...] about Apple Decreases Review Times on New eBooks
Apple Buys BookLamp, Creators of Book Genome Project
In a move that industry watchers are already calling a direct competition to Amazon's purchase of book discovery platform Goodreads, TechCrunch has reported through an anonymous tip that Apple has bought Boise, Idaho-based BookLamp, creators of the Book Genome Project discovery site. The site, which pairs readers with books based on the "DNA" of books, meaning an in-depth … [Read more...] about Apple Buys BookLamp, Creators of Book Genome Project
Apple Gives Away an eBook a Day
While readers struggle to find new content in the wake of the Amazon-Hachette dispute, Apple has been faithfully supplying those titles at a discount to its customers. Now, Apple is taking it a step further by highlighting new titles with a daily ebook giveaway which will run from now through June 29th. The titles, which are debut authors' works spanning a variety of genres, … [Read more...] about Apple Gives Away an eBook a Day
Apple Heavily Discounts Upcoming Hachette eBook Titles
Apple is capitalizing on the media circus surrounding Amazon suspending pre-orders on all of Hachettes upcoming titles. iBooks users will find 26 eBooks have been discounted to $9.99 or less, including JK Rowling’s new book The Silkworm and a book from bestselling American author James Patterson.Pre-orders are very important to publishers as they are a major factor in … [Read more...] about Apple Heavily Discounts Upcoming Hachette eBook Titles
iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors
Apple's fall release of iOS 8 was unveiled in a press conference yesterday, and for people who are used to big things from Apple, there's bad news: this is no iPhone launch. It wasn't world-changing stuff, just a run down of new features and enhancements that will make everything consumers love about Apple run a little better.If you're a self-published author, though, your … [Read more...] about iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for February 18 2014
We're a day late with the digital comics best-sellers due to some technical difficulties, but here's what's topping the digital charts on Monday evening.ComiXology1. The Walking Dead #121 2. Injustice: Year Two #3 3. Batman #28 4. All-New X-Men #23 5. Superior Spider-Man #27.NOW 6. Justice League of America #12 7. Avengers, vol. 5 #26 8. Superman/Wonder Woman … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for February 18 2014
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for February 9, 2014
Three of the four charts are oddly skewed this week, with Hawkeye, DC comics, and The Walking Dead each taking over a different top ten. ComiXology1. Forever Evil #5 2. Ms. Marvel #1 3. Earth 2 #20 4. New Avengers, vol. 3 #14 5. Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 6. Hawkeye #11 7. Hawkeye #6 8. Hawkeye #9 9. Hawkeye #10 10. Hawkeye #8Marvel dominates the comiXology top … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for February 9, 2014
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for January 26, 2014
The Walking Dead hits three of the four charts we're looking at this week, and so does Injustice: Year Two, but the Nook chart remains solidly impervious to these trends and continues with remarkable consistency from week to week.ComiXology1. The Walking Dead #120 2. Injustice: Year Two #2 3. Batman #27 4. Justice League #27 5. All-New X-Men #22.NOW 6. Hawkeye … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for January 26, 2014
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for January 12, 2014
It's time again to take a look at what comics are topping the digital best-seller lists.ComiXology1. The Walking Dead #119 2. Injustice: Year Two #1 3. Avengers World #1 4. Earth 2 #19 5. Detective Comics #27 6. All-New X-Factor #1 7. Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #3 8. Punisher: War Zone #1 9. Young Avengers, vol. 2 #15 10. Batman/Superman #7The … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for January 12, 2014