Well, it’s been far too long since we heard about Apple making a decision that made them look like control freaks, hasn’t it? Fortunately, the New York Times comes to the rescue. According Steve Haber, president of the digital reading division at Sony, Apple has informed them that app makers can no longer sell in-app content purchases. This, of course, directly affects ebook apps like Sony’s, but also the Barnes and Nobel Nook app and Amazon’s Kindle app, but could also affect Downloadable Content (DLC) purchases from other app makers, like, say, the Mighty Eagle from Angry Birds.

Our new friends over at TeleRead.org have been catching up on their reading, it seems, but not via iBooks. Apple may be making a push into the eBook distribution market, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some solid alternatives out there. Which one is best for you? Check out their reviews of the various reader apps available to iPhone and iPad readers and see if maybe iBooks is not the way to go.

Earlier this week, I wrote about what roles the iPhone and Amazon Kindle play in allowing us to access our favorite content. Well, now it seems as if Amazon has decided to turn your iPhone into an actual Kindle 2. If their new Kindle iPhone application is any hint at what they have in mind, then it’s going to be good. Although this application doesn’t allow you to buy content straight from it (yet), you are able to use Safari to actually purchase the content. However, don’t let that sway you, this app is pretty awesome.

Amazon’s announcement of their new Kindle 2 offered some interesting concepts in the publishing market, and is starting to reinvent the way we consume our books, newspapers, and magazines. By the same token, the iPhone has reinvented the way we listen to our music, connect with others, and use our mobile devices. However, the iPhone also does, to some extent, what the Kindle was built around, and that is reading books.

Steve Jobs told John Markoff for the New York Times that “American’s don’t read.”, when he was asked what he thought of the Amazon Kindle, a device that lets you read books and buy them on a large portable device. Apple design could easily do a much better job of creating this device, but this more »

Steve Jobs is one of those people that has no in-betweens. Either the whole world loves something, or the whole world hates something. He talks in extremes. And he was no different when he asked what he thought about the Amazon Kindle. Let’s just say I don’t think he;s the kind of guy you would more »