Apple iBooks conspiracy theory, for readers, authors and content producers
Two years ago, Apple removed the i prefix from what is now just Apple Books. Learn my conspiracy theory about the reason.
As a reader of books, an author of 13+ book titles (7+ books in multiple languages) and someone who has assisted many people from diverse countries to edit, publish, transform and/or distribute their own books, I am curious about what’s happening in the book world. That’s true whether they are print books, audiobooks, standard reflowable ebooks as well as fixed layout ebooks, which can be — but aren’t always — multimedia books with embedded audio or video content. You may have noticed that almost two years ago in 2018, Apple removed the i prefix from the platform which used to be Apple iBooks and is now simply Apple Books. This week in June 2020, I received a mass email message from Apple indicating that its free application iBooks Author was going end-of-life, in favor of its core functions having been added to the free Apple Pages app, a process that began two years ago. Now it is time to share my conspiracy theory about how all of this may be a preparation for a pending, brand-new Apple product to be released this year. I have no inside information from Apple; I just read between the lines from the entire industry. READ MORE…
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