Apple iPad eBook App is called 'iBooks' [Apple Ipad]

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http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_appletabletb423.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/appletabletb423.jpg)Amazon Kindle, meet your Voldemort. iPad has an ebook store and it's called "iBooks". Picture of the store interface after the jump. Publishers include Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette—the big boys. [Apple iPad (http://i.gizmodo.com/5458292/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know)]
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Doesn't look like books will be cheap, but there should be a healthy price war soon. The example book was $15.
On the plus side, Apple is using ePub, which means books from other stores could work.


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