WSJ: Apple and HarperCollins negotiating e-book deal for tablet

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/harper-collins-apple-rm-eng-1263860880.jpg (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004575011092145509872.html?m od=djemalertTECH)Here's the skinny from The Wall Street Journal: major publishing company HarperCollins (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/harpercollins-now-also-thumbing-nose-at-e-book-industry-with-dig/) is in talks with Apple about bringing e-books to the oft-rumored, still-unconfirmed tablet that's expected to be the focus of its January 27th event (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/its-on-apple-holding-january-27th-event-to-show-off-its-lates/). The article also states that other publishing companies have been in talks with Cupertino HQ. That jibes with what we've heard through the grapevine, specifically with Time Inc. property Sports Illustrated, and fits comfortably well with the New York Times (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/new-york-times-to-begin-charging-for-access-something-somethi/) conjecture (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/new-york-times-to-begin-charging-for-access-something-somethi/) from earlier today.E-book readers are all the rage these days, but like we said just after CES (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/the-e-reader-story-of-ces-2010/), we'd wager the future of the medium integrated into slates to provide rich, color multimedia presentations. Seems someone might be sharing in our perspective, but of course, this is just one of many (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/apple-launching-22-inch-touchscreen-imac-this-year/), many (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/next-weeks-apple-event-to-be-ilife-iphone-os-4-0-tablet-tri/), many Apple rumors (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/apple-rumor-roundup-iphone-patent-4-0-edition/) we expect to see in the buildup to next week.WSJ: Apple and HarperCollins negotiating e-book deal for tablet (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/wsj-apple-and-harpercollins-negotiating-e-book-deal-for-tablet/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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