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Originally Posted by linereader
Keith Moerer, the director of iBooks at Apple, revealed that statistic in a rare public appearance at the Digital Book World conference in New York City on Thursday. It’s startling to anyone who dismisses Apple as an also-ran in the ebook market and might encourage publishers and authors who haven’t focused on the platform to begin doing so. (And that was probably one of the main reasons that Apple agreed to appear at the conference.)
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filed under "deceptive PR exercises"
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I've read a couple of articles about iBooks & Apple and how some smaller publishers find Apple better to deal with from the stand point of being willing to do the sort of things that smaller publishers find valuable. My impression is that Apple is currently laying the ground work for what they plan to do once they are out from under Cote's thumb.
The primary thing that keeps me from buying from the iBook store is DRM. Until I can easily format switch the eBooks that I purchase, I'll go with a store where I can. The iBookStore does have some issues, but it has gotten better since the last time I looked at it. It still doesn't have the selection that Amazon has of books that I might legitimately be interested in. On the other hand, it also doesn't have the pages and pages of drek that I have to wade through with Amazon.
The two bookstores have very different approaches to selling ebooks. That's a good thing. Competition is what forces people to re-evaluate and improve.