The new Apple Books for Authors website offers rich resources for writers
Apple has a new website at authors.apple.com that is packed to the gills with useful resources aimed at writers looking to publish their content on the Apple Books platform.
Audiobooks
Apple Books offers free stay-at-home read-alongs for kids, cozy mysteries and audiobooks
Apple’s collection offers a wide-ranging selection of free titles in various genres that may make staying at home during the coronavirus crisis more bearable for you and your family.
How to stop Audiobooks from automatically downloading to Apple Watch
You can download an audiobook to Apple Watch easily, but some books will download automatically while charging. Here’s how to disable those.
How to set a sleep timer for an audiobook in the Apple Books app
Make sure you don’t miss a part of your audiobook when you nod off. Here’s how to set a sleep timer in Apple Books on iOS and Mac.
watchOS 6 introduces Audiobooks, Calculator, and other apps to Apple Watch
The Apple Watch has skyrocketed in popularity for a variety of reasons, part of which is app availability. And now Apple is finally filling in some major blanks with watchOS 6 from its own first-party offerings.
macOS 10.15 will bring standalone Marzipan-built apps for Music, Podcasts, TV & Books
Apple might be finally splitting up iTunes into distinct applications, with freshly discovered evidence strongly suggesting standalone apps for Music, Podcasts and TV in the next major update to macOS, plus an overhaul of the Books app with support for audiobooks.
How to change the skip seconds for Podcasts and Books on iOS
Make sure you’re not skipping too much when listening to podcasts or audiobooks. Here’s how to change the skip seconds in Podcasts and Books.
Our first look at the Apple Books app on iOS 12
Apple Books is the new name for the iBooks app for iOS. First announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the update includes a number of improvements that should make buying and reading books more fun and yes, easier too. Here’s a first look at Apple Books on iOS 12.
Apple reportedly redesigning iBooks with App Store styling, Reading Now, audiobooks & more
The new iBooks app should have a simpler Interface with App Store-like design and feature an overhauled store, a brand new Reading Now section, support for audiobooks and more.
Google is now selling audiobooks on Play Store, available on iOS as well
In addition to apps, movies, music, TV shows and electronic books, Google’s Play Store is now carrying audiobooks that customers can enjoy on their iPhone or iPad, Android devices and on the web.
Speed up or slow down iTunes playback for podcasts, audiobooks, and music with Speed-Up
Still enjoying iTunes despite the beautiful mess it has become on macOS? If the answer is yes, perhaps listen up for this one. Every once in a while, seemingly low-key and low-price apps pop up in the market, claiming to have identified an imperfection or gap in Apple’s software, and in the next breath promising the fix for it. Some of these apps are superfluous to the user for the simple reason that the touted feature is already in place in Apple’s mothership software (in some shape or form), other apps are gimmicky or overly flawed.
Speed-Up for Mac firmly sits in the opposite camp, the one where ostensibly small apps are extremely wholesome and deliver on the promised goods. So what does it promise you ask? Put simply, to speed up or slow down your iTunes playback, an option otherwise notably absent on macOS. If this sounds surprisingly succinct or sober to you, that’s because it is.
Speed-Up treasures simplicity over bells & whistles, and is probably worth a look if you have ever caught yourself wishing for a speed lever in the thick of an Audiobook or Podcast session on your MacBook.
Amazon and Apple end Audible exclusivity deal to avoid antitrust probe by German government
Quietly announced two weeks ago following discussions with both the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, Apple and Amazon have decided to end their deal which made Amazon-owned Audible an exclusive provider of audiobooks for iTunes.
According to a Reuters report Thursday, the move puts an end to antitrust complaints by the German government and is likely to boost competition.
The agreement had been in place for over a decade, since 2003.
