Apple Incorporation has just released the updated version of iBooks app for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, that is iBooks version 1.1. It brings some new features, improvements, and fixes the bugs which was found in the older release. This latest release also includes the support for newly released iOS 4.
The iBooks app allows you to download and read all your favorite books on your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. If you have already purchased any book from the iBookstore, then you can easily download it again on your any of your iDevice for free. You can read the full list of features and enhancements posted below.
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According to the description posted in iTunes by Apple Inc.:
“iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.”
iBooks 1.1 App – Features
- Enjoy a complimentary copy of the beautifully illustrated classic, Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
- Download many of your favorite books from the included iBookstore
- Read a free sample of any book on the iBookstore before making it a part of your collection
- Reorder your books on your bookshelf or browse them in a list sorted by title, author, or category
- Easily adjust your screen brightness to find the perfect lighting for any environment
- Change the font size and pick from six included type faces to make your books more comfortable to read
- Find a word, character, or phrase anywhere in your book with the built-in search feature
- Keep your bookmarks, notes, and your current page wirelessly in sync between iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with the new automatic bookmark syncing feature
- Quickly find a specific page using the page navigator at the bottom of every page
- Read your books on white or sepia colored pages
- Choose left or fully justified text layout from Settings
- Highlight your favorite passages and add notes with the built-in bookmarking features
- Add books in the industry-standard ePub electronic book format to iTunes and sync them to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Add PDF documents to iBooks from Mail, or add them to iTunes and sync them to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Use iBooks with the amazing accessibility features in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – such as speaking the words on a given page
iBooks 1.1 App – What’s New
- In addition to iPad, iBooks is now available on any iPhone or iPod with iOS 4
- Open and read PDF documents from Mail. PDF documents will be added to your library and appear on the PDF bookshelf. You can even search PDFs for words or phrases and bookmark your favorite pages
- Take advantage of new ways to bookmark. In addition to highlighting a word or a passage, you can now also add notes or bookmark an entire page with the new page ribbon
- Keep your bookmarks, notes, and your current page wirelessly in sync between iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with the new automatic bookmark syncing feature
- See your book pages in a new font, called Georgia
- Read your books on white or sepia colored pages
- Choose left or fully justified text layout from Settings
- Read pages with greater ease by increasing to even larger font sizes
- Enjoy greater stability and better performance
iBooks 1.1 App – Download
You can download this app for free from the Apple iTunes App Store by searching for “iBooks” or by going to the link given below. This app is compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPod touch (2nd generation), and iPod touch (3rd generation). iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad running iOS 3.2 or above.