Apple today announced that its Books app now offers a “Year in Review” recap in select countries, including the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, France, and Germany. The feature requires an iPhone or iPad on iOS 17.1 or iPadOS 17.1 or later, and it can be found within the Read Now tab under Top Picks, for […]
Read MoreApple has now launched Apple Books digital narration, offering a new way for publishers to automatically generate high-quality AI-narrated audio from written text. The feature, first announced in December via the Apple Books for Authors webpage, allows publishers on the Apple Books platform to opt-in to have their written books converted into a narrated audio […]
Read MoreApple has a partnership with Oprah for “Oprah’s Book Club,” a follow along reading experience available in the Apple Books app and the Apple TV+ app. Starting today, there’s a new Oprah Siri integration that allows you to ask Siri what book Oprah is currently reading for her book club. In response, Oprah herself reads […]
Read MoreAt the end of each year, Apple shares its picks for the best App Store apps, podcasts, Apple Music songs, books, and more, and today the company is highlighting the top books, audiobooks, and podcasts of 2020. Code Switch by NPR was named the Apple Podcasts: Show of the Year, which is a new category […]
Read MoreLast year, Apple and Oprah Winfrey launched Oprah’s Book Club in the Apple Books app, providing readers with a curated selection of “stories that truly matter by today’s most thought-provoking authors.” Oprah today announced that her latest selection is “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author. The […]
Read MoreInternal Apple emails, made public by the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust inquiry, have revealed information about why Apple blocked in-app purchases of Kindle books on iOS devices, reports The Verge. Two sets of emails between Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller, Eddy Cue, and various other senior Apple executives, disclose the exact thinking behind how Apple approached […]
Read MoreApple Books today sent out a push notification highlighting free books and audiobooks available to users for a limited time only. The push notification reads: Enjoy a good book, on usExplore free books, read-alongs for kids, cozy mysteries, and audiobooks for the whole family. Upon tapping on the notification, users are brought to the Free […]
Read MoreApple and esteemed talk show host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey today announced the launch of Oprah’s Book Club in the Apple Books app. Oprah’s Book Club can be accessed in the Apple Books app under Book Store > Browse Sections on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Winfrey’s first book selection is “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi […]
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