There is a new product that is going to be released next year that you can read and look through while drinking your morning coffee.
Apple is releasing a new Apple Music coffee table book on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The book itself is all about the 100 best albums of all-time.
The book itself is titled “Apple Music: 100 Best Albums.” It is being sold through Assouline and the starting price for the book is $450.
Here is the description of the book:
“A celebration of Apple Music’s inaugural list of the greatest records ever made, Apple Music: 100 Best Albums is a lasting companion piece to the digital initiative, which launched on Apple Music in 2024. With a release limited to 1,500 copies, the books are housed in sleek, transparent acrylic slipcases, each individually etched with its edition number. Inside, readers will find the featured albums, selected by Apple Music’s team of experts alongside an exclusive group of artists including Maren Morris, Pharrell Williams, J Balvin, Charli XCX, Mark Hoppus, Honey Dijon, and Nia Archives, as well as songwriters, producers, and industry professionals. The list is a wholly editorial statement that does not fit any neatly defined criteria—and is fully independent of any streaming numbers. In effect, it’s a love letter to the records that have shaped the world music lovers live and listen in.”
The book is said to feature more than 65 years of music over the span of multiple genres. It starts in 1959 and goes to 2024.
It also says for the description of the product that, “Every book comes in a custom-designed translucent acrylic slipcase etched with the Apple Music logo, while the linen hardcover is debossed with the same logo to perfectly line up behind the etching. The back of the case is engraved with the edition number, and inside the book there is a hand-numbered ex libris to further highlight the limited nature of this release. The edges of the book’s pages are gilded with a sparkling gold that mirrors the title on the spine.”
Popular YouTube content creator iJustine posted on X (formerly Twitter) a video of an unboxing of this book and her thoughts on it.
The new $450 Apple Music Coffee table book! Is it.. worth it? pic.twitter.com/IabD1KwHtl
— iJustine (@ijustine) December 16, 2024
This is not the first time that Apple has released a coffee table book. The company originally released a coffee table book in 2016 called “Designed by Apple in California” that included history of Apple and its products over the course of the life of the company. Pictures included the original iPhone, Apple Watch, 1998 iMac, the pretty much every Apple product released up to the 2015 Apple Pencil.
Of course, iJustine does have a video on the original coffee table book. There is another video about the book with a narration from former Apple Chief Design Officer, Jony Ive.
With that said, Apple no longer sells that original coffee table book. When it was first released, it sold for $199 for the small version and $299 for the large version.
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