Apple has built its iBooks platform on the back of an open standard. With last week's introduction of iBooks 2.0 and the free iBooks Author software for Mac OS X, Apple is deliberately locking out ...

In another instance where it would have been nice of Apple to publish more-complete release notes, we totally missed a significant change in the iBooks app until recently. Back in “Take Control’s ...

With Apple’s release of the iBooks app and the iBookstore, EPUB-formatted ebooks have become increasingly prevalent. Surprisingly, though, there aren’t many good ways to read an EPUB other than iBooks ...

In choosing open standards for iBooks content, Apple appears to be interested in allowing textbook developers to produce their own EPUB works they can then sell in the iBooks Store or through other ...

NEW YORK — In the world of e-books, you largely have a choice between Amazon’s Kindle and everyone else. Amazon.com distributes its e-books in a proprietary format that isn’t compatible with other ...