According to an item on electronista, Apple is this week in talks with US publishers to sort out deals for bringing books to its much-rumoured tabled. Publishers are said to want to control access to files (as Amazon does with the Kindle). Other rumours include Apple-book prices going to be 20 % lower than physical, and books "are also expected to integrate with advanced features like text-to-speech".
It will be interesting to see when the first "book" with an "in-book-purchase" feature will reach the market … (remember you've read it here).

