Audible.com is eliminating the ability for customers to make in-app purchases via its free iPhone/iPod touch app. Instead, customers will have to order new items via the company’s website.

With the November 15 debut of Amazon’s Kindle Fire now official, attention turns to what this means to Apple and the iPad and to the tablet industry as a whole. The answers might surprise you.

Apple has added a new section to its iBookstore called “Quick Reads,” which features short stories and manuals for $5 or less. Sound familiar?

We’ve heard a lot of rumors in recent months that Amazon is about to release a device that will compete against Apple’s iPad. Now, that device could have a name according to The Android Authority.

Still king of the hill when it comes to e-books despite the competition, Amazon and its Kindle brand of readers are making some new moves today on iOS with a brand new amazing Web app.

Confused by Apple's new subscription rules for e-book developers? Don't be. Here we give you a step-by-step look at what the new rules mean and how you can continue buying your favorite e-books from the popular Kindle app.

Apple's new subscription rules makes it the biggest loser. Here's why.

The Google Books app is once again available in the App Store. And it is now fully compliant with Apple’s new subscription policy.

Moments ago, Amazon updated its Kindle iOS application, making a variety of changes. First, Amazon removed the Kindle Store from the app, falling in-line with Apple's in-app policy (which the company appears to be enforcing now). Second, the Kindle app now supports newspapers and magazines (which obviously have to be purchased outside of the application). And third, users of the application can now share quotations from texts with friends, via Facebook and Twitter.

Apple’s new subscription rules are beginning to have an effect on iPad owners who use the iDevice to read books. While one e-book app has now been eliminated from the App Store, others have been radically changed to comply with the new rules. What’s the status of your favorite e-book reader app? Read on.

This weekend, it was announced that The Wall Street Journal's iPhone and iPad apps and the universal Kobo e-book app would soon support Apple's in-app subscription policy, suggesting that the Cupertino, CA company is beginning to clamp down on those resisting the change. Following the announcement, Kobo updated its universal app, removing the Kobo Store from within the application. As of this moment, The Wall Street Journal's iOS apps have not been updated.

The free Google Books app is no longer available in the App Store. This news, which was first uncovered by 9 To 5 Mac, could suggest Apple is beginning to pull apps that violate the company’s new in-app purchase terms of service. Or perhaps Google pulled the app itself.

New iPhone rumors, CNN is now streaming live 24/7 right from their app, and a way for students to get major discounts on eTextbooks.

Amazon announced today its new Kindle Textbook Rental business, which allows students to save up to 80 percent off textbook list prices by renting those books for use on the Kindle and/or Kindle app. This news comes at a time when students are getting ready to begin their fall semesters in a few weeks.

Apple's rumored in-app subscription deadline has passed, but Netflix and Amazon have refused to "amend" their apps via an update. As a result of this, Apple could refuse to accept future updates for both the Netflix and Kindle iOS applications.

The App Store could be without one of its most popular residents as soon as tonight. Amazon’s Kindle app could soon go away thanks to Apple’s new rules for in-app payment and subscriptions links, according to CNNMoney.

Harry Potter conjures up own online playground and doesn't invite Apple or Amazon to the party. What will Pottermore mean to Apple?

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

Another week, another Apple lawsuit. New York publisher John T. Colby is suing Apple over the use of the word “iBooks,” according to news first reported by Tuaw.

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Amazon is close to revealing a multipurpose tablet of its own, according to Consumer Reports. The new device would complement its current line of Kindle e-books. The venerable publication came away with this assessment after speaking recently to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos about the prospect.

Amazon.com is likely to release a touchscreen tablet to take on the iPad, according to Taiwan-based DigiTimes. The unnamed device, which would include a full color LCD screen is likely to debut later this year.