O'Reilly publishing has opened a window into writing games for iPhones and iPads (+/- ?) to jumpstart game production. These are the books that Safari is allowing free reading on:
1) Real World Flash Game Development
2) Fundamentals of Game Design
3) Game Programming with Silverlight
4) iPhone Game Development
5) Learning iPhone Game Programming
The first 3 on the list are probably a bit of a problem to point at for iPad programming; but I'll bit the last 2 are probably "right on" for the iPhone at least. This is the website for the book offer:
http://www.safaribooksonline.com/boingboin...y-bbnet-gamedevWarning: They want a fresh EUA and credit card if you put in free offer so it's really free as in beer or a bear!