Apple brings iBooks to OS X, with 1.8 million titles and huge improvements for students

Today Apple announced that it will bring its ebook platform iBooks to OS X. This is somewhat surprising, in that Apple didn’t have iBooks support for OS X previously. It’s chief competitor, Amazon, has long had application support for desktop platforms.

All 1.8 million titles that comprise the iBooks marketplace will be available on OS X, and any books that you have previously purchased will available to you on OS X-based laptop or desktop.