Book Publishers Offer Details on Apple's Tablet Plans?
9 to 5 Mac summarizes information it has received from contacts in the publishing industry in recent days, revealing that Apple has been pushing aggressively forward in discussions with publishers about bringing their content to Apple's tablet rumored for introduction on Wednesday.
According to the reports, Apple has been touting the tablet's software as a "game changer" for the e-reader market and positioning its distribution model in contrast to Amazon's Kindle by offering publishers greater control over content and pricing. Other tidbits include:
- Apple is expected to have general agreements with major publishers in place by Wednesday, allowing it to tout the partnerships while still leaving "nuts and bolts" details of the arrangements to further negotiations.
- Scrollmotion and other companies serving as middle-men to bring e-books to the iPhone are being cut out of the tablet, with Apple preferring to work directly with the publishers.
- A large library of e-book content for the tablet is not expected until "mid-2010 at the very earliest", although Apple will likely have something to show at the media event.
- Publishers have not been provided access to any tablet prototypes, although the device has reportedly been described to them as having a 10-inch glass screen and smaller than but roughly equal in weight to Amazon's Kindle DX.
- Apple's tablet will not be priced "anywhere near" the $1,000 mark that some have floated as a possible price point.
According to the reports, Apple has been touting the tablet's software as a "game changer" for the e-reader market and positioning its distribution model in contrast to Amazon's Kindle by offering publishers greater control over content and pricing. Other tidbits include:
- Apple is expected to have general agreements with major publishers in place by Wednesday, allowing it to tout the partnerships while still leaving "nuts and bolts" details of the arrangements to further negotiations.
- Scrollmotion and other companies serving as middle-men to bring e-books to the iPhone are being cut out of the tablet, with Apple preferring to work directly with the publishers.
- A large library of e-book content for the tablet is not expected until "mid-2010 at the very earliest", although Apple will likely have something to show at the media event.
- Publishers have not been provided access to any tablet prototypes, although the device has reportedly been described to them as having a 10-inch glass screen and smaller than but roughly equal in weight to Amazon's Kindle DX.
- Apple's tablet will not be priced "anywhere near" the $1,000 mark that some have floated as a possible price point.
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27 months ago
That last point is almost hope-inducing. Less than $1000 would be welcome news.
27 months ago
So we can safely assume that given Apple has been rumored to release 2 different products, one of them will be an E-Reader only? I don't see Apple devoting all of these years to "just" an E-reader, so I'm wondering if it will be one device that 'does it all' or there will be another tablet with more functionality to come in the near future.
27 months ago
"not be priced "anywhere near" the $1,000 mark "
Does that mean $500 or $1500?? :confused:
Does that mean $500 or $1500?? :confused:
27 months ago
"- Apple's tablet will not be priced "anywhere near" the $1,000 mark that some have floated as a possible price point."
So...... less? or more than that? :confused:
So...... less? or more than that? :confused:
27 months ago
If it's $500, you can pretty much count on it being nothing more than a "bigger iPhone."
27 months ago
But is it priced more or less!
Seriously hoping for less and Ill be at the Apple store with my wallet open unless of course its a $500 = £500 scenario!
Seriously hoping for less and Ill be at the Apple store with my wallet open unless of course its a $500 = £500 scenario!
27 months ago
If it's nowhere near that, it would make sense. Unless Apple plans to EOL the MB, then it wouldn't make much sense to offer two competing products.
Alas, if true it's slightly depressing. The cheaper it is, the less technology + features it will offer. I'm guessing it will come with a 32GB SSD and be fairly lacking in tech that all of the patents have been hinting at.
Alas, if true it's slightly depressing. The cheaper it is, the less technology + features it will offer. I'm guessing it will come with a 32GB SSD and be fairly lacking in tech that all of the patents have been hinting at.
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