{"id":740517,"date":"2013-03-05T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=616905"},"modified":"2013-03-05T11:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T16:04:05","slug":"apple-opens-ibooks-purchases-in-japan-with-software-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/740517","title":{"rendered":"Apple opens iBooks purchases in Japan with software update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small update to iBooks on Tuesday has some pretty big implications for Apple customers in Japan: with iBooks 3.1 they can now purchase ebooks rather than just download free or public domain content.<\/p> <p>The update notes for 3.1 say, &#8220;The iBookstore in Japan now has hundreds of thousands of books available for purchase, including fiction,\u00a0manga, light novels\u00a0and more.&#8221; In addition, the update says there are reading improvements for &#8220;a number of Asian languages,&#8221; though the specific languages are not specified.<\/p> <div>This move was<a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/2013\/01\/02\/apple-will-sell-ebooks-in-japan\/\"> foreshadowed earlier this year<\/a>. 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