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New information from TechCrunch suggests Apple’s rumored NYC event will focus on iBooks and publishing. Sources told the blog that Apple will reveal several “improvements to the iBooks platform.” They didn’t say what these changes were, but they will be minor.
Currently, iBooks is available for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad. It lets iOS owners purchase books from the iBookStore as well as transfer their own PDF and ePub documents. It’s a relatively new service that has yet to take off for Apple. iBooks are more expensive than their Amazon counterparts and the iBookStore just doesn’t have the name recognition of the Amazon Kindle. This event may be Apple’s way of slowly turning this around. We won’t have to wait too much longer to find out what Apple has up its sleeve as the event is expected to take place at the end of this month.
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Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
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