This week on Shelf Control, we're going to take a look at a recently published Apple patent filing that details a method whereby users can gift iBooks e-books.

This week, I'll be featuring some titles to add to your iBooks shelf. These titles have one thing in common: they have all inspired major motion pictures.

Apple has recently made a number of significant changes to the iBooks Store.

Readers can now snag “Away in My Airplane” by Margaret Wise Brown for no charge via the app.

Breaking Bad: Alchemy is a must-have for any "Breaking Bad" fan with an iPad.

Apple is giving free iBooks to its employees in an attempt to familiarize staff with the e-book reading software.

This week's Shelf Control is about a rather amusing development in the Apple approval process of a rather unusual iBookstore submission.

Information on Steve Jobs' involvement with iBooks' development has surfaced.

Apple has remained mum on what will happen to its non-native apps in iOS 7.

Apple's iBooks is finally coming to Mac with the launch of OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Sneak peek at new OS X apps yet to be announced in the keynote.

It looks like Apple's use of the "iBooks" name is safe ... for the time being.

Author Walter Isaacson has been dropped from the antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Apple and its partner publishers, reports PaidContent.

Following its "soft" announcement in the release notes for the latest update to iBooks, Apple has officially announced the expansion of iBookstore in Japan.

Apple has just made its entry into Japan's thriving e-book market with the expansion of its Japanese iBookstore, effective as of several minutes ago.

Apple is about to say "konnichiwa" to the thriving e-book market in Japan.

This week's installment of Shelf Control invites you to have a great time at the movies … without having to leave iBooks.

Wouldn't it be great if you could download your favorite articles as e-books and read them in your favorite e-book reading app?

Apple has recently been awarded a patent for its digital page-turn animations, which can be found in the iBooks app on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

URL2PDF has launched in the App Store. The app converts webpages to PDF on the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad.

DC Entertainment is finally placing digital copies in the major e-bookstores, including the iBookstore.

As promised in the recently concluded event held by Apple today, version 3.0 of iBooks has been released in the App Store.

The iBookstore has launched in 18 new countries ahead of Apple's scheduled special event.

Did Apple just accidentally announce the upcoming launch of iBooks 3.0?