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Just in time for the July 4th weekend, Eucalyptus 1.3 is out! This is not a major feature update (hence the only-0.1 version number bump), but it does provide full support for iOS 4 features, and iPhone 4. We're excited about it - and delighted to be using it!

On all devices running the iOS 4 update that are also capable of multitasking Eucalyptus will stay 'alive' in the background, allowing you to get back to your book from other apps even faster (and we thought we were fast before!) It will also download books in the background, so you ...

The short story is that Eucalyptus is back on sale, and you'll be pleased to hear that it's almost exactly the same as it was. You can get it from the App Store here. It now blocks, in some regions, the download of a small number of books - six in total at this time - that we've been notified are not freely distributable in those regions. For the vast majority of users, there are no noticeable changes in behaviour. If you'd like to hear more background on the saga we've been through in the last few weeks from ...

Eucalyptus has currently been withdrawn from sale on the App Store by Apple. A more explanatory blog post will accompany its return - we're hard at work on the problem right now.

Just to avoid speculation, the situation is in no way connected to the problems we originally had when submitting Eucalyptus to Apple, and we're certain it will quickly be resolved. Don't worry, Eucalyptus will be back soon!

Thanks for your patience.

Update:
If you would like to be notified when Eucalyptus is available again, just send an email to eucalyptus@th.ingsmadeoutofotherthin.gs and we'll let you know as soon as ...

Well, it's just gone midnight PST, so that's our participation in Indie Relief over. A big thank-you to everyone who bought Justin Williams of Second Gear Software and Garrett Murray for organising the whole thing.

We don't yet know how much Eucalyptus raised - sales reports from Apple don't come in until the middle of the next day - and we don't plan to talk specifically about it (we don't generally release sales figures), but we ...

We're very pleased to announce that Things Made Out Of Other Things is supporting Indie Relief, by donating all our proceeds from sales of Eucalyptus today (January 20th) to Oxfam, in support of their ongoing relief efforts in Haiti.

What is Indie Relief? A huge number of independent Mac and iPhone developers have banded together to donate an entire day's proceeds from sales of their apps to charities supporting relief efforts in Haiti. It's a great idea, and it's really heartwarming to see the massive number of companies and individuals taking part. Alongside Eucalyptus, almost 150 ...