Chapter 12

Reading Books

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Discover e-reading

Bullet Find books

Bullet Navigate and search a book

Bullet Make it easier to read your e-books

Bullet Set reading goals

A traditional e-reader is a device that’s used primarily to read the electronic version of books, magazines, and newspapers. Apple has touted the iPad as a great e-reader, and although it isn’t a traditional e-reader device like the Kindle Paperwhite, you don’t want to miss this cool functionality.

Apple’s free app that turns your iPad into an e-reader is Apple Books (formerly known as iBooks), which also enables you to buy and download books (and audiobooks) from the Apple Books Store, which offers millions of books and is growing by the day. You can also use one of several other free e-reader apps — for example, Kindle or Nook. Then you can download books to your iPad from a variety of online sources, such as Amazon and Google, so that you can read to your heart’s content.

In this chapter, you discover the options available for ...

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