subject: Ipad Ibooks Are Great - Find Out Why [print this page] There is no doubt, Apple's iPad is perfect for reading ibooks. It is extremely light and thin and you can carry it with you wherever you go without problems. Also the size is perfect. It is not too small and not as big as a regular notebook. In fact, it is just about as big as a paperback novel, and holding the iPad feels similar to holding an actual book in one's hands.
Owning an iPad is like owning a huge library which you can carry around with you, no matter where you go. It is very convenient for people who travel frequently and want their books with them all the time. It is in fact convenient for anyone who loves books and enjoys spending most of his free time reading.
iBooks is a free application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It is the app used to search for books in an online bookstore called iBookstore, download them, and read them on the iPad.
Reading published material on the iPad is truely an enjoyable experience. With the flick of a finger you can flip through the pages and chapters. The screen is bright and the words are crisp and easy to read. Pictures appear in full color on the bright LED screen. One can choose to read one page in portrait view, or in landscape view where two pages are shown at once. Furthermore you can skip to a particular chapter or page by choosing it on the table of content. One can also make bookmarks, and search for a particular word or phrase within the book. It is even possible to change the size and fonts of letters to one's liking. If you are a student you will love the fact that you can highlight words and phrases and make notes.
You can choose from ten thousands of ibooks that can be downloaded from the internet. These include bestselling novels, comic books, classics, children's books, and all sorts of published material under various genres. The great thing is that a lot of these books can be downloaded absolutely free. Inside the iBookstore or any other iPad download site you can search for books by author name or title. Before actually downloading a book, one can read a review of it or even a short sample from the book. Downloading an ebook usually does not take longer than some minutes. Of course this fully depends on the speed of your internet connection.
