The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone

Re:The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone by derefr on Monday November 02, 2009 @12:26AM (#916228)

I can't believe Apple hasn't just built a standard "Books" app and added a Book Store alongside the App and Music stores. I suppose it's a licensing issue, but they already sell audiobooks, don't they?

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Re:The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone by lupin_sansei on Monday November 02, 2009 @03:36AM (#916432)

A few years back the iTunes store used to sell pamphlets on things like how-tos as PDFs, but they seem to have gone now.

http://www.mcelhearn.com/2004/12/17/organize-pdf-files-in-it...

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Re:The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone by derefr on Monday November 02, 2009 @04:11AM (#916466)

iTunes still has PDFs for download under iTunes U (mostly slides that come with video lectures and that sort of thing.) I believe they're all free, though.

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Re:The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone by tomjen2 on Monday November 02, 2009 @03:00AM (#916409)

I don't think it is a licensing issue, there are plenty of online book sellers who would have been happy to provide Apple with a way to sell ebooks on the Iphone, Apple properly just didn't believe it would be worth enough.

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