Installing the iBooks App
In this chapter, I concentrate on iBooks, which is Apple’s e-reader app. However, it’s important to stress right off the bat that you’re not restricted to using iBooks for reading e-books on your iPhone. Tons of great e-book apps are available (l mention a few of them at the end of this chapter; see the section on reading other e-books on your iPhone), so feel free to use any or all of them in addition to (or even instead of) iBooks.
Unlike most of the other apps I talk about in this book, iBooks isn’t part of the default iPhone app collection. Instead, you have to install it (it’s free) from the App Store. When you first launch the App Store, it might ask if you want to download iBooks automatically. If so, go ahead and download it, and then feel free to skip the steps that follow. If not, or if you earlier chose not to download iBooks, then follow these steps to get the app onto your iPhone:
1. On the Home screen, tap App Store. Your iPhone opens the App Store.
2. Tap Search to open the Search page.
3. Tap inside the Search box to display the keyboard, type iBooks, and then tap Search. The search results appear.
4. Tap the iBooks app. The app’s Info screen appears.
5. Tap the Free icon. The Free icon changes to the Install icon.
6. Tap Install. The App Store asks for your iTunes account password.
7. Type your password, and tap OK. The App Store downloads and installs the app, and an iBooks icon appears on the Home screen.
8. When the installation ...
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