iBooks App for iPhone Review
Now that internet and smart phones are available at each and every fingertips across the world, online reading and e-books have found great acceptance among the users. The highly portable and read anywhere feature has given the e-books a new dimension of its own. With respect to the growing demand for the online literature, the Apple has come up with a very much functional application called the iBooks for iPhone, giving access to almost all the famous books across the globe. With its latest version coming at a size of around 31 MB, iBooks app for iPhone is available completely free in the iTunes App Store.
Features
The most striking feature of iBooks iPhone app is its bookshelf like interface, with the downloaded books arranged in a virtual shelf within the app. Also called as the library, the bookshelf lists and displays the thumbnails of all the books you own or buy in an orderly fashion. The arrangement in the library can be altered according to the user’s wish. The books can be bought from the Apple’s bookstore through the in-app purchases. A small excerpt from can downloaded and viewed for free from the book you wish. There are options for viewing the chapter list, changing the size and font of characters, setting up bookmarks and so on. The brightness can be adjusted with an additional option for the same. A search engine is also available within the app providing quick and accurate results in finding any character, keyword or phrase.
The page numbers including the remaining pages of the book are displayed at the bottom. There are also a variety of six fonts, eleven font sizes and three colors to choose from. Another important feature is that any word or phrase can be highlighted during the read and just a single tap and hold on the highlighted portion enables it to be checked using the inbuilt dictionary or the Google. The highlighted portion can also be shared via Facebook, Twitter and other similar platforms. The application also supports PDF viewing. The only drawback is that the books can only be bought and downloaded through the bookstore. The application neither supports the use of any other books outside the iBooks store nor does it allow the downloaded books to be used in any other platform other than that of the Apple. For using the books outside iBooks store, they have to be synced using iTunes 10.5.3 or later.
Conclusion
For all the avid readers, the iBooks app for iPhone offers a pleasant reading experience with an attractive interface and various stunning features. You can now easily take all your favourite books and journals with you and read them whenever and wherever you wish to.
Category: Free iPhone Apps
