11. iBooks

In This Chapter

Stocking Your Library

Viewing and Organizing Your Library

Reading Books

Using the iBooks Controls

Image iBooks is Apple’s free e-book reader for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Like the Amazon Kindle and other e-readers, iBooks lets you download books and read them onscreen. iBooks isn’t a built-in app; to install it, tap App Store, search for ibooks, and then download the app. (For App Store details, see Chapter 5.)

Stocking Your Library

You can stock your library by downloading books from the iBookstore (Apple’s online bookstore) or adding books that you’ve downloaded from the Internet. After you’ve added books to your ...

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