nice i hope i can buy a non-audio book now for my MBP

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Sounds good. The read-along feature, combined with text highlighting could be a great teaching tool.

Wow, nice features! I won't be using them much at all (if ever), but it's good to see Apple casting as wide a net as possible with the iBookstore. Way to go!

I have not been able to find any e-books cheaper on iBooks than on Amazon (Kindle for iPhone app). This may make it a little more worthwhile but for instance when a Kindle book is $26.39 and the same iBook is $47.99 it is going to have to offer a lot more to make up the difference.

Yes, if an identical e-book product is available on both platforms, I'll go with the cheaper one.

So, any idea which books this works with?

I'm guessing this is the same as the Read to Me books in the B&N Nook app? I think Mel Gross had mentioned he used that app on his iPad, so he (or someone else) might know if the read aloud feature only works on Android or on iOS devices too.

This is a terrific feature addition! Does anyone know what is required to produce read-aloud titles for iBooks? (PS this feature isn't only suitable for children's books) Do I need to buy into the Mac developer program?

I'll do a check to see if there any API for this in the iOS SDK.

We, as a family, read together 2-3 times a week -- we each have an iPad and can follow along as each takes a turn reading aloud.

Sunday, we read "The Shooting of Dan McGrew".

Instead of taking turns, I found a narration by Jean Shepherd -- he read aloud to us (from the AppleTV) while we followed along on our iPads.

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

This was a great experience -- but it made me wonder if it could be improved by somehow synchronizing the audio with the book.

We often pause during a reading to discuss the meaning, emphasis, etc. It was a little tricky juggling the ATV remote and an iPad.

In this story, we each took turns trying to say "Dangerous Dan McGrew" as snarky as possible -- kinda' like Jerry Seinfeld saying "Hello, Newman".

Depends. I buy books that are a part of a series. It's too much of a pain to keep track of them if they're spread amongst three book sellers apps. Once I start to buy them from one store, I stay with it, usually for all that author's books.