Once upon a time, at the launch of the original iPad, Apple decided that one of the things people would most want to do on a tablet is read. That’s why the company launched the iBooks Store, which eventually became Apple Books — and landed the company in hot water, forced to pay out hundreds of millions for conspiring with publishers to undermine Amazon. Never mind that the first-generation iPad weighed a pound and a half, and cost $500 at a minimum, which meant that no one in their right mind would’ve bought one with reading as the primary focus.
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