iBooks

iPad iBooks App Has Free Project Gutenberg Titles Built Right In

by Patrick Jordan March 27, 2010

  More good news on the iPad iBooks app and reading free ePub titles from Project Gutenberg in it.  It looks like many (or perhaps all) these free – and classic – titles are included in the iBookstore catalog.  And of course they’re still free. AppAdvice has got the scoop on this one: If you’re [...]

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iBooks App on iPad – Some New Things We’ve Learned About It

by Patrick Jordan March 13, 2010

As pre-orders for the iPad went live yesterday, Apple also revealed a lot more information about the ‘magical, revolutionary’ device, from more tech specs to more details about the not quite built-in (but available free in the App Store) iBooks app. iBooks will double as an ebook reader app and bookstore for acquiring ebooks.  One [...]

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A Good Reason Why iBooks Is Not a Built-in iPad App?

by Patrick Jordan February 11, 2010

I noticed some time back that the (very pretty looking) iBooks app is not a built-in app on the iPad, even though it was demo-ed and talked about quite a bit at the iPad launch event.  It’s a free download from the App Store instead, and like others I’d been wondering why. I think the [...]

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