Getting that out of the way, let's take a look at the app. As Engst points out in the Introduction of the "Take Control of Bookle (1.0)" ebook that ships with the app, the main goal of this version of the app was to "get a program out quickly that can help you read our ebooks in the here and now." He admits that they may not be able to add support for reading DRM-encrypted ebooks, since "Neither Apple nor Amazon will license their DRM systems, and while Adobe will license Adobe Digital Editions, it's a six-figure cost.". This is one of my few concerns about the app at this point, as many iBooks are copy-protected by digital rights management encryption. Bookle (US$9.99) is a collaboration of Take Control Books publisher Adam Engst and Australian developer Peter Lewis of Stairways Software.īookle, which is available in the Mac App Store, reads non-DRM versions of EPUB books from the iBookstore. While that was a surprising omission, at least there's a new and well-implemented Mac book reader app that handles the EPUB format of most iBooks with ease and grace. During Apple's January education event, one thing that many Apple bloggers were waiting for never appeared - a version of iBooks for Mac.
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