A couple weeks ago , Richard Stevens motionless to emanate a giveaway ebook of with a month’s value of his webcomic series, Diesel Sweeties , using iBooks Author . We reported on the examination then, but Stevens not long ago disclosed only how large of a success it was: More than 10,000 downloads in 3 days of the iPad book. Stevens has propelled that success in to a Kickstarter promotion ,    .. more …

I’m an writer , but thankfully I’m not a associate of the Authors Guild, that “not-for-profit American group of and for authors”, who a couple of days ago released a matter that initial lauded publishers for not signing on to Amazon’s new Kindle book-lending module for Amazon Prime members, and then cursed those couple of publishers who did agree, citing a weird and involved evidence that authors    .. more …

I’m still in a tizzy running around carrying out sixteen things at once, so we wasn’t able to obtain a guest lined up for today’s TUAW TV Live . So, what’s a live streaming video horde to do? Easy — only speak about a lot of new and superb things for Apple devices, chat with viewers about the news, hurl in a small Apple anything insubstantial and confer the differences between edition a book on    .. more …

It’s reward period at Apple.A flurry of new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission uncover Apple’s tip management team getting bonuses with large payouts that hinge on them staying with the firm by the finish of 2016.The firm on Wednesday doled out 150,000 shares any to many of its comparison clamp presidents, partial of recently-minted SVP Eddy Cue , who received a somewhat not as    .. more …

Walter Isaacson’s autobiography of Steve Jobs has been expelled a couple hours early on the Kindle Store , and its let go in the US iBookstore is approaching at midnight. The US iBookstore is still display the book as existing for pre-order as of this writing, but it should be existing for download inside of the next couple of hours.Multiple sum of the autobiography have leaked out over the past    .. more …

Back in January Apple combined an authorized Twitter account for its App Store. @AppStore allows users who follow it to obtain the ultimate on App Store headlines and deals. 745 tweets later, Apple has motionless to open up other Twitter account. @iBookstore offers supporters “official updates from the U.S. iBookstore from Apple, inclusive featured books, disdainful offers, and more.” The account    .. more …

Microsoft is live-streaming their BUILD Conference keynote live tomorrow sunrise (expect a great peek at Windows 8), enable explanation on your Google Documents, and watch full episodes of TNT and TBS shows on iOS. Watch the Windows 8 Keynote Webcast : Get a great look at the new Windows when Microsoft streams the keynote from their BUILD discussion tomorrow at 9am PT on the discussion website .    .. more …

( WIRED ) — We all knew that once Apple starting enforcing new manners for in-app purchases, it would change how media companies do business on the iPhone and iPad. Now, we’re commencement to see only what that looks similar to for companies perplexing to prevent giving a 30% cut to Cupertino. Amazon, Kobo and Barnes Noble all private the stores from their iOS applications on Monday, together    .. more …

Did you blossom up with the Harry Potter series? What do you regard of Pottermore? Share your story. London (CNN) — Harry Potter’s last well read section might have advance to an end, but millions of fans can right away go on subsequent to the child wizard’s adventures online with the launch Thursday of an interactive e-book series.The website — Pottermore.com — promises storylines that will    .. more …

iBookstore Now Features More than 2,500 Publishers, Including All Six Major Trade PublishersSAN FRANCISCO-March 2, 2011-Apple currently voiced that Random House, Inc., the largest traffic book publishing house in the US, has done its full catalogue of 17,000 ebooks existing on Apple’s iBookstore, inclusive bestsellers by Stieg Larsson, John Grisham, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Laura Hillenbrand,    .. more …