WSJ: Harper Collins Looking for E-Book Deal for Apple Tablet
WSJ: Harper Collins Looking for E-Book Deal for Apple Tablet
Posted 01/19/2010 at 6:32am
| by Paul Lilly
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Hey, have you heard the news? Apple's making a tablet, and it's going to be awesome. It's going to have a touchscreen, and it's gonna be a tablet. And it's going to be awesome!
Confused? Then you haven't been listening to the Maximum PC podcast. But Gordon's rant notwithstanding, Apple really is making a tablet (we think), and according to the Wall Street Journal, HarperCollins Publishers is currently hammering out a contract with Apple to provide electronic books for the upcoming tablet.
Like everything else surrounding the Apple tablet, details are fuzzy. It looks as though HarperCollins will set the prices of the e-books, and that they'll come with some additional features, but it's anyone's guess whether they'll be sold in a new e-book store or via the iTunes Store.
Either way, HarperCollins is turning the heat up on Amazon, which currently rules the e-book kingdom, at least until Apple finally starts shipping its long rumored tablet.
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Phoebe
January 20, 2010 at 12:38am
I think publishers (and consumers) are better off in an environment of healthy competition among e-book sellers. I'm as curious as anyone to see what Apple comes up with, though I doubt they'll be able to corner the e-book market as they did with music on iTunes.
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