The Egatz Epitaph

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Tag: iBookstore

Admitting is the First Step to Recovery

The publishing world continues to be as shaken as the Pope on his recent trip to England. The difference between that situation and the publishing world is that in the United Kingdom, citizens are avoiding the pews, and they don’t look likely to return to their former numbers in our lifetimes. With publishing, illicit sex […]

1.5 Million

Apple has released sales figures for the first month of the iPad, and publishers are taking note. Publishers Marketplace (no, I don’t understand where the apostrophe went) has reported significant sales of e-books during the initial 28 days of iPad. More significantly, Apple reported 1.5 million e-books were sold in the initial period. This isn’t […]

Doubting the iBookstore?

If you’re doubting the way consumers are pushing the publishing industry, witness the numbers released by Apple. In just a few days since the release of the iPad, the facts are: 450,000 iPads sold 600,000 iBooks downloaded That’s a weekend and perhaps a couple of days. The dollars are speaking. The trees are rejoicing.

iBooks Application Available

Weighing in at 18.1 megabytes, Apple’s iBooks application is now available for download to use on the iPad. It’s users’ gateway to the iBookstore, where readers can purchase books and periodicals. Aside from most Americans essentially being unable to read anything longer than what can fit on a milk carton, can anyone explain why iBooks […]