Chapter 7
Using Your iPad as an E-reader
In This Chapter
Discovering how iPad differs from other e-readers
Finding and buying books at iBooks
Navigating a book
Working with bookmarks, highlights, and the dictionary
Organizing books in collections
Experiencing periodicals with Newsstand
Apple has touted the iPad as a great e-reader, so though it isn’t a traditional dedicated e-reader device like the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, you won’t want to miss out on this cool functionality.
Apple’s preinstalled iBooks app is what turns your iPad into an e-reader. iBooks is an application that enables you to buy and download books from Apple’s iBooks Store and other e-book sources, as well as to read PDF files. You can also use several other free e-reader apps, for example Kindle or Stanza, to download books to your iPad from a variety of online sources, such as Amazon and Google, so you can read ...
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