subject: Ipad Books And The Ibooks App [print this page] The iPad is a great gadget for reading booksThe iPad is a great gadget for reading books. It is light and thin, and therefore easy to lug around. It is also sized just right, bigger than a mobile phone and smaller than a laptop 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 your hands.
Having an iPad as an ebook reader is like having a library of your favorite books and reference materials ready for service anytime and everywhere. 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. On the iPad, reading published material is an easy, delightful experience. One flips through the pages with the flick of a finger. The screen is bright and the words are crisp and easy to read. If the book has pictures, these 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. Additionally, one can skip to a certain chapter or page by selecting it on the table of contents. 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. It is also possible to highlight certain words and make notes, a feature that is very helpful for students doing research.
There are tens of thousands of iPad iBooks downloads available. These include bestselling novels, comic books, classics, childrens books, and all sorts of published material under various genres. What is great is that many of these can be freely downloaded. One can browse through the vast selection of books by title, author or genre. Before actually downloading a book from the iBookstore, one can read a review of it or even a short sample from the book. Downloading generally takes mere seconds to finish, depending on the speed of the available Internet connection.
With these features, reading on the iPad through the iBooks app is truly a unique, delightful experience.
