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iPad effects in the Amazon
Feb 2nd
Although Macmillan is selling its electronic books for iPad at 12.99 dollars or 14.99 dollars, the same copies are sold on Amazon for the price competitive 9.99 dollars. In a statement, Amazon says they have no choice: “In the end we capitulate and accept the conditions of Macmillan, as the publisher holds the monopoly on some titles and we would have had to offer at a price too high for an ebook” .
For this reason, Amazon has decided to remove the titles published by Macmillan, as a sign of disagreement. And ‘interesting to note that the sale of books through Amazon will prove more convenient for the publishing house, but the moment remains firm on his decisions. With the commercialization proposal to 12.99 and 14.99 euros, Apple has managed to win at least five of the six largest publishers: Macmillan, Hachette, Penguin, Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster.
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Apple iPad in the end of March
Jan 28th
Apple introduced iPad, the tablet PC much awaited and talked. It is a multifunctional device that allows you to play games, read books in EPUB format with iBooks (between the partner publishers as Penguin, Macmillion, Hachette, Simon & Shuster), surfing with Safari (but no flash) and read email. ITunes obviously does not fail nor Google Maps with Stret View.
Apple has also created a version of iWork for iPad, which is controlled – of course – with your fingers. Iwork iPad is priced for $ 9.99 per application – or Keynote, Pages and Numbers.
Another interesting news is that all applications developed for iPhone and iPod Touch compatible with iPad. Not only that, when you purchase one for your iPhone, the application will be downloaded even on iPad, without additional cost.
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