Apple Books celebrates 2024 with collections and Year in Review
If you're an Apple Books user, the 2024 Year in Review is now available, which aggregates all of your reading data into a fun slideshow akin to Spotify Wrapped.
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Wesley Hilliard
Apple Books, Mac App Store outages have been resolved
Apple has resolved its outages affecting the Mac App Store and Apple Books, with all of its online stores and services working normally.
Malcolm Owen
Apple lays off about 100 services employees across Apple Books, News
A priority shift in Apple Services has led to about 100 layoffs across a few teams, with the biggest hitting Apple Books — though the app isn't going anywhere.
Limited outages are affecting Apple Books and Mac App Store
An outage has hit Apple's services, affecting some users trying to access the Mac App Store and Apple Books.
Amber Neely
Apple warns of February store changes for EU developers, authors
Apple is giving App Store developers and booksellers a heads-up that they have to update their details with a trader status by February, to meet EU Digital Services Act rules.
Apple Books now offers Reese's Book Club audiobook recommendations
Apple Books users can now discover the top audiobook picks from Reese Witherspoon, with the service now the preferred home for her eponymous Book Club.
Apple releases 2023 top charts for Podcasts, Apple Books
Apple has revealed the top books and podcasts users of Apple Books and the Apple Podcasts apps have consumed, as part of its introduction of charts covering all of 2023.
You can now get Manga webtoons in Apple Books — but only in Japan
Readers in Japan can now buy vertical reading Manga, or webtoons, from a new Apple Books section which includes titles exclusive to Apple.
William Gallagher
Audiobook narrators complain Apple may have used them to train AI voices
Customers of Spotify's audiobook narration firm say that they were not adequately informed of a contract clause that they agreed to, that ultimately allowed Apple to use their voices in its AI training.
