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Originally Posted by leebase
Wow...horses for courses. Apple was the savior for the publishers, not the bully. Amazon was the antagonist (from the publishers POV).
I hadn’t looked at the book store in a long time due to the DRM not having been broken. So I went and looked - it’s nice. Very nice and very customer friendly. Looks like the same kind of improvements that went into the App Store. Lots of human curation. I’ve always preferred the iBooks/Books app to the Kindle app.
Alas, I have become a cross platform reader and so I don’t think I’ll change my buying habits. At least, though, I have a new place to look for book recommendations.
Apple is frequently criticized as ignoring this or that product or service. Clearly the books just got a revamp indicating Apple hasn’t completely lost interest. And the iPad remains, far and away, the best reading platform for those not married to eInk
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The DRM for the Apple bookstore has been broken, however the de-DRM programs don't work with High Sierra or later. I keep an old mac mini at Sierra for this reason.
I had already picked up the Grant book when it came out, but yes, there are some very nice deals (free first book in various series is good). I think the first of Shelby Foote's Civil War series was similarly priced when I picked up a copy. I picked up a copy of The Moon is A Harsh Mistress for $4.
It's very much like the Music and App stores. I do really like the curated lists. Just wish there was more depth in certain areas and wish that the history category was a bit more finely grained.
I like to reward places that I browse by buying from them. I've bought around 20 books from the Apple store, including the Special editions of the first Harry Potter book and the first GOT book. As long as I can remove the DRM, I will continue to buy some books from them.