David W. Martin / Mac|Life:
Apple Reveals New Service for Authors to Sell Their Books Directly in the iBookstore  —  Are you a budding author?  The next Stephen King?  Or an author currently looking to cut out the middle man as you rollout your own books?  It looks like your time has come — Apple has released information on self-publishing for the iBookstore!

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Marvel will be using a new app from a New York startup named Panelfly … Marvel’s big rival, Time Warner’s DC Comics , said it’s currently assessing the iPad, but hasn’t yet announced an effort targeted at the device. A key question for Marvel and …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Self-published electronic books to make it to Apple’s iPad for almost no cost  —  Big publishers are flocking to the iPad, readying to publish electronic versions of their bestselling books on Apple’s much-anticipated tablet device due to launch April 3.  But smaller publishing houses are making the move …

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Tim Carmody / Snarkmarket:
Why books on the iPad just might work … In the past month or so, since Apple’s iPad was announced, there’s been an increasing pushback against the idea that the tablet will be a meaningful stand-in for a dedicated e-reader.  In particular, it seems to have really disappointed folks …

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Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Apple’s iPad Will Read Books Out Loud, Support Free E-Books  —  When it began taking preorders for the iPad this morning, Apple also published some new details about how the tablet device will function as an e-book reader.  —  It turns out the iPad will read books out loud to you with audio dictation …

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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
FastPencil lets thought leaders publish books without the hassle of writing them  —  Self-publishing site FastPencil has launched a new program aimed at helping aspiring thought leaders publish the books in their heads.  —  It’s been years since Amazon began allowing authors to sell their self-published books.

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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
App Store Now Has 150,000 Apps.  Great News For The iPad: Paid Books Rule.  —  During Apple’s iPad event in January, CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple now had over 140,000 apps in the App Store (along with over 3 billion downloads).  If the numbers by app analytics company Distimo are correct, that number is now past 150,000.

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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
As books go beyond printed page to multisensory experience, what about reading?  —  The mysterious man looks completely wrong to me.  —  In the text of conspiracy thriller “Embassy,” an online novel by Richard Doetsch, the character is described as “a starkly thin fellow with a protruding Adam’s apple.”

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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Kindle Milestone: Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books On Xmas (AMZN)  —  Amazon’s Kindle hit an important and startling milestone yesterday: On Christmas, the company sold more Kindle books than physical books.  —  Yes, this is obviously the result of everyone who got a Kindle for Christmas …

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