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Apple eyes dominance in e-readers, launches more color E-Books
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 16 December 2010, 15:03 IST
Bangalore: Apple has announced that it will launch more than 100 color e-books in its iBookstore, an assortment of children's books, photography books and cookbooks.
A The New York Times article by Julie Bosman revealed that some of the most popular children's picture books of all time will be available, including some of the 'Olivia' picture books, published by Simon & Schuster. Apart from this, other popular books from different categories such as Ad Hoc at Home by chef Thomas Keller, Beginnings by photographer Anne Geddes and In the National Parks, a collection of photos by Ansel Adams will be available.
Apple plans on a bigger expansion of the iBookstore with these titles and more. Apple has struck deals with many major publishers such as Disney and Macmillan, HarperCollins and others.
Simon & Schuster stated that many of its children's picture books are on the Apple list such as 'And Tango Makes Three' by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, 'Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide!' by Candace Fleming and 'When Dinosaurs Came With Everything' by Elise Broach.
Apple is all set to take the lead in e-reader market with expansion of e-books in its iBookstore while the rival Amazon seems to be lagging behind as it features E-ink screen and therefore cannot handle color. The iPad and the Nook Color provide an option for publishers to convert their illustrated books into e-books.
iBookstore will be featuring more books from publishers including HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Disney Publishing, Macmillan and Workman Publishing. Some of the books released for Apple devices like the iPad are exclusive to the iBookstore, while others are available through other digital book retailers. But viewing two consecutive pages as one uninterrupted image is only possible on the iPad and not available through reading applications from Kindle and Nook for Apple devices.
