Comments on: ‘Books’ category added to the AppStore http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: greg http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 greg Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:20:56 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1103 Richard - there's no denying that the current mechanism for updating applications doesn't scale well when you've got hundreds of nearly identical applications in the AppStore. But I've got to believe the capabilities of the platform will improve over time and we'll see both more efficient updates and the ability for applications to charge for downloadable content. It'll be interesting to see how things evolve over the next few months. I've looked both at Bookshelf & AppEngine and they both definitely have their strong points. Richard – there’s no denying that the current mechanism for updating applications doesn’t scale well when you’ve got hundreds of nearly identical applications in the AppStore. But I’ve got to believe the capabilities of the platform will improve over time and we’ll see both more efficient updates and the ability for applications to charge for downloadable content. It’ll be interesting to see how things evolve over the next few months.

I’ve looked both at Bookshelf & AppEngine and they both definitely have their strong points.

]]> By: richardl http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 richardl Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:38:34 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1102 I suppose AppEngine's individual apps for individual books is an OK solution. It seems kind of silly for PD books. Zachary Bedell's Bookshelf app is closer to the right track when it comes to PD and CC books. The AppEngine style solution works better for non-PD and CC books since the App Store provides the DRM which many publishers will probably still insist on. One problem is customers won't be able to rely of a known feature set in the readers from different book app vendors and updating something like AppEngine's reader with a new version becomes a daunting proposition with hundreds of titles and thus hundreds of apps to update. Bookshelf http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284934036&mt=8 I suppose AppEngine’s individual apps for individual books is an OK solution. It seems kind of silly for PD books. Zachary Bedell’s Bookshelf app is closer to the right track when it comes to PD and CC books. The AppEngine style solution works better for non-PD and CC books since the App Store provides the DRM which many publishers will probably still insist on.

One problem is customers won’t be able to rely of a known feature set in the readers from different book app vendors and updating something like AppEngine’s reader with a new version becomes a daunting proposition with hundreds of titles and thus hundreds of apps to update.

Bookshelf
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284934036&mt=8

]]> By: Jesse Rohland http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Jesse Rohland Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:54:59 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1101 Books have now been filtered out of the new apps feed and I just threw up a new feed just for eBooks. You can subscribe to it here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RecentlyAddedIphoneEbooks-PinchMedia Books have now been filtered out of the new apps feed and I just threw up a new feed just for eBooks. You can subscribe to it here:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/RecentlyAddedIphoneEbooks-PinchMedia

]]> By: Phil.chung@gmail.com http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Phil.chung@gmail.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:38:46 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1100 Ditto to above. Ditto to above.

]]> By: Dave http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Dave Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:23:25 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1099 I agree with the first comment. I agree with the first comment.

]]> By: Alexis http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Alexis Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:37:39 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1098 I'd like to second what dance said. :) I’d like to second what dance said. :)

]]> By: dance http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/books-category-added-to-the-appstore/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 dance Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:32:04 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=41#comment-1097 Filter them out, but create a separate feed for Books, which would likely be useful to many people who aren't interested in new/updated applications. I'm not going to be interested in new apps once I've found my favorites and settled my workflow, but I will probably continue to be interested in new books. Though really, Apple needs to create a Books app that works just like music and movies in the iPod app. Filter them out, but create a separate feed for Books, which would likely be useful to many people who aren’t interested in new/updated applications. I’m not going to be interested in new apps once I’ve found my favorites and settled my workflow, but I will probably continue to be interested in new books.

Though really, Apple needs to create a Books app that works just like music and movies in the iPod app.

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