You likely won't use iBooks on your Mac for much pleasure reading, but for research projects or other school work it can be a useful tool. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on ...

iBook redesigned Apple has introduced new iBooks. Weighing just 4.9 pounds, the new iBooks feature a 1024-by-768 resolution display (even at millions of colors) and up to 5 hours of battery life.

I banged the drums for OS X iBooks for years. Now, finally, Apple delivered. OS X Mavericks includes a desktop version of Apple's signature e-book-reading app. And after finally getting the iBooks I ...

Apple has just announced the availability of iBooks, Apple’s 1.8 million title online bookstore, on their new version of OS X, Mavericks. The new app will allow you to read purchased books and ...

Apple has been quietly growing its share of the U.S. e-book market according to its testimony during the current e-book price-fixing court case against it, and now accounts for 20 percent of e-book ...

Apple’s latest OS X Mavericks Developer Preview includes iBooks for Mac, according to tips from developers who have installed the new beta. The new iBooks app looks in line with what Apple showcased ...

With Mavericks, Apple's next major version of OS X, users will be able to access the company's Maps and iBooks platforms, as well as new cloud-synced passwords and logins. With support for Maps, users ...

A small change in the listing for iBooks textbooks in iTunes points to a fast OS X Mavericks release that could come as an announcement at the September 10th iPhone event Apple scheduled for next week ...

Apple has released an update to iBooks Author, its iBooks design, layout, and creation software for OS X. The iBooks Author 2.1 update addresses a number of stability issues and bug fixes, as well as ...

[Update: I was wrong. Apple announced at WWDC '13 that iBooks will be coming to OS X Mavericks, a.k.a. 10.9, in the fall of 2013.] Back in September 2011, I chose Amazon's Kindle app over iBooks for ...