Apple reveals iBook Store and app for the iPad

Put this down as something else rumored that's come to fruition today. Apple's just announced iBooks, an e-reader app and bookstore (called iBookstore) for the iPad, using the ePub format. We're seeing prices around $12.99 to $14.99 so far... looks pretty slick! We're sure Jeff Bezos and Co. are none too pleased to see this one, but we'll have to see for ourselves what reading's like on a non-E Ink screen. There's a gallery after the break.

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Apple reveals iBooks Store and app for the iPad

[glawi Posted Jan 27th 2010 2:55PM]

If you want to watch video, but not the image of a live broadcast can be seen here: http://bit.ly/99N8cC

[barbtx Posted Jan 27th 2010 2:55PM]

Anyone use Aldiko? http://www.aldiko.com/

Doesn't the above graphic remind you of it?

[xconan Posted Jan 27th 2010 2:59PM]

@barbtx
Like everything else if Apple showed it in its product then Apple developed it first before everyone else even if was a prior art.

[diabulos Posted Jan 27th 2010 3:01PM]

They stole the bookshelf interface from Shelfari!!!!

[Wesscoast Posted Jan 27th 2010 10:33PM]

@diabulos

I got an app called Classics about 6 months ago, and it looks like Apple bought them, or something..

[jsk Posted Jan 27th 2010 3:03PM]

Yikes, did Apple just rip off Delicious-Monster, one of their award winning App developers?!?

They certainly ripped off Adobe (the Flash based PDF reader that's been out for over a year) with the "realistic" page curl/turn.

P.S. Love contortions the model in the usage demonstration had to go through to type on it with it on his lap. Looked painful.

[glawi Posted Jan 27th 2010 3:09PM]

If you want to watch video, but not the image of a live broadcast can be seen here: http://bit.ly/99N8cC

[treaty Posted Jan 27th 2010 3:43PM]

Stevie J: "Amazon has done a great job of pioneering this. we're going to stand on their shoulders" (so we can pound them into the ground - ouch)

[melatichance Posted Jan 27th 2010 4:39PM]

So.... Do I get a que, or an ipad? decisions, decisons

[spacemonkey086 Posted Jan 27th 2010 4:51PM]

13 to 15 dollars per book?? I hope they know kindle is $10 or less...

[Wesscoast Posted Jan 27th 2010 10:40PM]

@spacemonkey086

black and white, dude. its called price discrimination and its a good thing. you think apple is walmart?

[drakeshipway Posted Jan 28th 2010 3:26AM]

Just noticed.. On the Canadian Apple website, on the Features page for the iPad, it says NOTHING about iBooks. Not a single word about it on the whole Canadian Apple website.

What is this all about??

[Audeo Posted Jan 28th 2010 7:39PM]

The Ted Kennedy book they chose to showcase during the keynote showed as $14.99. The exact same book in the Kindle book store is $9.99. And guess what folks? There's already a Kindle app for the iPhone (and therefore the iPad)!

Why would anyone bother to go through this new iBookstore when they can pay $5 LESS and read it on their iPad, their iPhone, their PC, their Kindle, and (soon) their Mac as well? All for $9.99!

As a Netbook alternative? Sure!! As a Kindle or even Nook alternative? Um, no thanks.

[Magus1 Posted Jan 29th 2010 7:42PM]

Now two prominent ebook stores will be available, the ibook store just introduced and the existing Kindle book store app. Although I do question the long time read- ability of the non e-ink display

[Zhuzhu Posted Feb 19th 2010 2:14PM]

BOYCOTT!

I propose a boycott of the iPad until Apple allows Flash onto it and enables multitasking, which it seems to me are the most common & reasonable complaints that folks have been having about it. There lots of other changes that I'd like to see, but these could be done immediately and would sway me back to buying the machine.

If you agree, please help spread the word.