and the iBook Store is probably much large now than the kindle store Maybe it is, but the iBook store is sorely lacking in programming books compared to Amazon

and the iBook Store is probably much large now than the kindle store Maybe it is, but the iBook store is sorely lacking in programming books compared to Amazon (from my experience). I'm guessing there's a lot of other technical books they're missing, too. Perhaps they're targeting the kinds of books "the masses" would purchase. Also, iBooks is not available outside of iOS. Those two points are keeping me away from iBooks. (I want to at least read my books on my Macbook Air. Come on, Apple!)