The iPad TV ads that appear in Sunday night’s Oscars ceremonial showed off more than the iPad’s functionality. It exposed some book pricing, too.

Numerous of the books had prices clearly displayed ranging from US$8 to $15. For example, Sen. Edward Kennedy’s “True scope: A Memoir” is planned for $14.99, as “3 Cups of Tea: One Man’s trip to modify the World… one kid at a time. ” by Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is priced at $7.99.

By disparity, Apple insider reports, that title vend for $19.25 and $7.19 on encourage, in that order.

We tale on a leaked list of likely initial iBookstore titles and costs in delayed February, but this is the 1st authorized hint of pricing from Apple — for the evidence, all the costs above competition up with the file we saw. It’s prominent that the list emerges to comprise New York Times epics as a divide category, which alls with the sharp-eyed comments of booklover Alejandro; he observed the characteristic Times symbol in the iBooks app at the base of the display.

Based on the leaked catalog, other labels we might suppose to see at launch are “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks for $9.99, “The Wrecker” by Clive for $12.99 and U is for Undertow by Sue for $12.99.

The iBooks claim represents Apple’s 1st raid into the ebook souk, currently conquered by the Kindle and Nook. The war is heating up prior to the iPad even hits stores, as HarperCollins and Macmillan have compulsory Amazon to re-visit their pricing rules. In January of this year, earlier than the iPad’s opening, Amazon adopted the 70/30 income tear that the App Store utilizes. A heroic combat is about to explode which can simply mean one obsession: Better choices and crops for us, the clients!

TUAWiPad ad reveals book pricing and NYT button initially emerged on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon.