Apple Tweaking App Store, Makes Ebook Sections For iPad Launch
March 12th, 2010
According to Forbes, Apple has played around with the app store leading up to the iPad launch, adding more divisions in order to serve content in a more efficient manner. The biggest news is the addition of 20 top-level categories for books, including ”Fiction & Literature”, “Reference,” “Romance,” “Cookbooks” and “Comics & Graphic Novels”, which then tunnel down into another 150 sub categories. There are even two erotica sections, under “Romance” and ”Fiction & Literature”.
According to Forbes’ sources, Apple is also flagging apps for what versions of the iPad they will work with—if any. Apps will be tagged “iPad Wi-Fi” and “iPad 3G” depending on which version of the hardware they function with.
It’s surprising to see Apple be okay with adult books, given their pulling of an app for featuring the kama sutra, and the recent cull of adult applications. However, on the whole, this system seems a more efficient way of navigating the app store, and as such is sorely needed.
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