Thread: Apple iBook/iTablet Coming in Q1?
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Old 10-07-2009, 06:20 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by bbusybookworm View Post
While eBooks may be supported, It's probably going to be a minor point as opposed to the primary focus. Keep in mind that the majority of people only read a couple of books a year, while about 10% of the population buy 80% of books.
It doesn't matter if ebooks are Apple's focus or not, to an extent, because we would have a number of ebook applications available for it through the appstore (stanza and so on). So it would be capable of doing ebooks very very well and app developers would constantly be improving their applications for it.

However if Apple don't push that aspect, it means less publisher integration with the itunes store and that means a missed opportunity to provide a lot more competition in the marketplace. Once you have a B&N vs Amazon vs iTunes standoff in the ebook marketplace you can expect prices to come down much faster.
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