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Struik Nature and Zebra Press launch e-book library apps for iPad

Published: 15 May 2012

Two Random House Struik imprints have just launched e-book library apps for the iPad. The apps, Earth & Nature (Struik Nature) and South Africa in Print (Zebra Press), will house a wide selection of natural history and current events e-books at discounted prices.

Struik Nature and Zebra Press launch e-book library apps for iPad

Titles available at the initial launch include Guide to Night Skies of Southern Africa, Basic Bird ID in Southern Africa, Filmer's Spiders, Winnie Mandela: A Life, Herschelle Gibbs’ biography To the Point and e-book bestseller 32 Battalion. Additional titles will be added to the libraries on an ongoing basis and will immediately be available for purchase when the customer next opens the app.

The Apple iBookstore is currently not available in South Africa, but South Africans can purchase apps from iTunes. These library applications enable local and international iPad users to purchase South African e-books. The apps can be downloaded for free from iTunes and customers can then purchase e-books seamlessly from within the app.

The apps can be downloaded from:
itunes.apple.com/za/app/earth-and-nature/id514304868?mt=8
itunes.apple.com/za/app/south-africa-in-print/id513925702?mt=8

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