Random House US to bring 17K books to iBookstore

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 02/03/2011 - 18:05 Random House US is introducing 17,000 books to the iBookstore, several days after it announced it had moved to agency pricing. At this afternoon's Apple iPad event in San Francisco, Apple c.e.o. Steve Jobs said users have downloaded more than 100m ebooks since the iPad went on sale last year. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]

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