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

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

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

The largest brick and mortar book retailer in the U.S. announces the release of Nook for Web. Now you can read your e-books everywhere.

A lot was announced at WWDC today, but this is something Apple may have left out.

In a new court filing, Apple is again defending itself over alleged e-book price fixing. In doing so they put the blame on Amazon.

News yesterday that the U.S. Department of Justice was going after Apple and two major publishers over alleged e-book price fixing must have been like Christmas day at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Washington. In fact, after the DOJ announced its plans, Amazon celebrated by announcing that their e-book prices would soon begin to fall.

The U.S. Justice Department today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five of the nation’s largest publishers. The government alleges that the parties conspired to limit competition for the pricing of e-books, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In a new court filing, Apple says that it just wants to sell eBooks in the company’s iBookstore and has absolutely no incentive to drive up prices. The claim comes as Apple hopes to have a class action lawsuit over eBook price fixing thrown out, according to iPaidContent.org.

Author Seth Godin has an interesting article detailing how Apple rejected one of his works because (horror) there are links in the bibliography for books on sale at Amazon.com.

Apple is reworking its iTunes and App Store approach, focusing on accessibility, discovery, and interactivity.

Adam Lashinsky’s “Inside Apple” is now available to purchase in the iBookstore. The e-book, which provides users with a detailed insight into the management strategies employed by Apple, can be purchased for $12.99, and is also available in a Kindle Edition.

Apple posted an educational video, in order to tell us more about this partnership with education.

Live from New York City, Apple announced their plans to "reinvent the textbook."

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Apple has started emailing customers who bought the Steve Jobs biography e-book from the iBookstore, asking them to delete their copy and redownload a new version. Since the launch of the highly anticipated biography, customers who purchased an e-book version from Apple's iBookstore have been complaining of formatting issues, forcing Apple to update the digital book and contact customers.

Today, Walter Isaacson's highly anticipated biography of the late Steve Jobs is available to purchase from both bookstores and e-bookstores around the world. The book, which is based on more than forty interviews with the Apple co-founder, can be purchased from the iBookstore ($16.99) and Amazon ($17.88), along with many other retailers.

Starbucks is now offering customers free iBook downloads as part of its "pick of the week" program.

Apple's digital e-book store, the iBookstore, now has its own Twitter account. The account, @iBookstore, is verified as belonging to Apple, and promises to tweet information on "featured books, exclusive offers and more" on a regular basis.

An upcoming jailbreak tweak has the ability to save users' iTunes password, making App Store purchases all the more speedier.

A new report by one analyst with Global Equities Research claims Apple's iTunes platform (which includes the iTunes Store, App Store and iBookstore) will generate $13 billion in 2013.

Leatherbound is a new, free universal application that allows users to compare e-book prices across the iBookstore, Kindle Store and NOOK Book Store.

If you are one of the few who enjoy Apple's iBookstore on the iPad and iPhone, you'll be glad to know that it is now available in iTunes.