iBooks - A Giant Failure?

That's the question posed by Publisher's Weekly.

From the story...

Lots of excitement surrounded the launch of Apple’s iBook this past April–it was Apple, after all, so how could the iBookstore be anything but awesome? Well, over at TUAW, blogger David Winograd says that after six months, he’s convinced iBooks is “a dismal failure.” He cites a bunch of reasons, including iBooks’ extremely poor selection when compared with Amazon’s sprawling catalog, and gaping holes in Apple’s offerings, including the fact that the entire Random House catalog is missing. He also price shops for a few books and finds that iBooks is often more expensive.

He also goes on to point out that authors are selling far less in iBooks than elsewhere.