Apple & Mac Daily News Digest

With Apple’s eBook-capable iPad looming ominously in the face Amazon’s fledgeling electronic book business, the online bookseller on Thursday released a new application for Mac users as part of its ongoing bid to promote its proprietary Kindle platform and prevent defection of its existing user base to a emerging array of alternatives.

While most who currently own an e-reader have a Kindle from Amazon, a new survey found that a majority of consumers who intend to buy an e-reader in the near future will opt instead for the Apple iPad.

A new report claims Apple has attempted to push music publishers away from participating in Amazon’s MP3 Daily Deal promotion, which features timed exclusives for popular tracks.

After the introduction of the iPad gave publishers leverage to raise e-book prices on the Amazon Kindle, a new report states that consumers have “unrealistic expectations” about how low e-book prices should be.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs was still standing on stage addressing an auditorium full of media reps last month when higher-ups at Amazon began phoning publishers in an effort to extract details on the deals they were given to supply content on the new iPad device he was touting.

While the announcement of the iPad convinced numerous publishers to strong-arm Amazon into allowing them to sell e-books for the Kindle for more than $9.99, a new report says not every new bestseller on the iPad will carry a premium price.

Even though the manufacturers of PC tablets gesticulate a lot since the announcement of the iPad, the most anxious to see arrival of this competitor is without doubt Amazon. The company has put a lot into its Kindle which is successful in the incipient market of the eBook and fears enormously that they will be swept by Apple; [...]

Amazon is being forced to rethink many of the design decisions of its Kindle e-book reader after the introduction of Apple’s iPad.

Amazon is being forced to rethink many of the design decisions of its Kindle e-book reader after the introduction of Apple’s iPad.

On January 20, a major speech took place: No, it was not the State of the Union address, but Steve Jobs’ announcement of the release of the iPad. The iPad has already started to change the landscape of digital publishing: After a few days of a public battle, Amazon was forced to capitulate to a [...]

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