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Apple Reaches UK iBooks Distribution Deals

Is there someone who seriously believed that Apple wouldn’t manage to reach distribution deals for iBooks in the end? Of course it happened, and what Apple achieved in the UK is pretty impressive: publishers Hachette UK, Penguin, HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan are available on the iPad with their titles.

As the BookSeller reports though, books comes at a higher price than Amazon’s hardback versions:

“Prices are in the main more expensive than the equivalent print versions available on Amazon.co.u. For example, the paperback of Wolf Hall is £3.60 on Amazon, but £6.99 on the iBookStore. Thousand Autumns… is £11.99 via Apple, but Amazon is charging £9.41 for the hardback.

However, readers can download more than 100 pages of Wolf Hall for free, with an option to buy it while reading the sample. Nearly 100 pages of Mitchell’s novel can also be downloaded for free.”

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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