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There's a heated turf war going on inside the New York Times over the iPad, pitting print die-hards against people focused on the Times' digital future. The outcome will determine pricing for some marquee content on Apple's tablet.

Technology research firm IDC makes forecasts for 2010. Also, a look at Apples new touchscreen tablet computer, or iPad, that will have an 8-10inch screen. The iPad will be ideal for watching movies, surfing the Web, playing games, and reading books. It will be general-purpose, unlike Amazon's single-pupose Kindle reader and may give the Kindle a run for its money.

Apple iPad owners will be able to buy electronic books from many places -- and Apple's iBookstore may not be the most appealing one.

Comment on the iPad from Tim O'Reilly, David Gelernter and others. Over 250,000 e-books downloaded on the first weeken!

Nice for the New York Times considering the iPad had zero users a week ago, but still immaterial.

Big publishers are flocking to the iPad, readying to publish electronic versions of their bestselling books on Apple's much-anticipated tablet ...

Apple has sold one million iPads just four weeks. Writing in an Apple press release, Steve Jobs compares this to the 74 days it took to achieve this

PayPal comments on Apple's pricing plans for iPad books.

'USA Today' Gets $50 iPad CPMs - 06/09/2010

Are Publishers Embracing The Post-iPad Age? - 06/17/2010

I saw this last spring at a meeting I was at, so this might be old news to everyone here, but I thought it's such a great illustration of what magazines can do with the iPad. Since I don't have an iPad, I am not even sure if this is what an actual SI iPad issue looks like. Anyone know?

H-P, Dell and others are plotting strategies and developing devices to rival Apple's attention-grabbing iPad, hoping to capitalize on new interest in a category of gadgets that was all but moribund." />

Excellent read from  book designer "I want to look at where printed books stand in respect to digital publishing, why we historically haven't read long-form text on screens and how the iPad is wedging itself in the middle of everything. In doing so I think we can find the line in the sand to define when content should be printed or digitized. This is a conversation for books-makers, web-heads, content-creators, authors and designers. For people who love beautifully made things. And for the storytellers who are willing to take risks and want to consider the most appropriate shape and media for their yarns."

Barnes & Noble will offer an e-book reader application for Apple's new iPad tablet computer, providing access to the electronic books it sells. " />

Publishers Plan New iPad Products - 03/11/2010

Study: More Will Buy iPad Than Kindle In Next Year - 03/31/2010

A laundry list of open questions about Apple's iPad isn't keeping magazine publishers and advertisers from lining up for the launch of the tablet computer next week." />

I thought a lot about the near-divinity ascribed to the iPad as I worked on the latest Ad Age Insights white paper, "Dumenco's State of the Media Report."

iPad Looking More Like Kindle-Killer - 04/01/2010