Apple In Business » tablet ipad itunes ebook http://www.appleinbusiness.com Using the OS X, the Mac and iPhone for Business Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:42:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Apple iTunes To Compete With Book Publishers http://www.appleinbusiness.com/2010/01/apple-itunes-to-compete-with-book-publishers/ http://www.appleinbusiness.com/2010/01/apple-itunes-to-compete-with-book-publishers/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:42:19 +0000 Mike Harding http://www.appleinbusiness.com/?p=24 Tomorrow is a big day for Apple.  the rumor site are buzzing about the potential of an unannounced tablet device that could be a Kindle killer or the next handheld television or this or that.

What if…

Apple does to the book publishing business what they did to the music business with iTunes and to some extent the application business with the iPhone.  What if Apple all anyone to publish the own ebook and put it on iTunes for purchase on a Mac through iTunes or downloadable on the new tablet device.  Now anyone can bypass the rejection process and stranglehold of the big publishers and go straight to Apple and publish.

Of course Apple will get their 30%, but the writer will now get more than they got before from a publisher with the hassle of the contract or rejection.

Today anyone could write an e-book and market it on their website, but they could also have written an app for the Blackberry or Palm device too.  Few did until the iPhone came along.  The promise and simplicity of the iTunes clearinghouse could change the publishing business and completely upset the publishing apple cart.

What do you think?

]]> http://www.appleinbusiness.com/2010/01/apple-itunes-to-compete-with-book-publishers/feed/ 0