The iBooks app has been updated, as promised at Apple’s recent WWDC 2010 keynote address. The new version number for the app is 1.1 and the major new features added include:
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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 not familiar with the Gutenberg Project, it’s a free online digital library supported by volunteers. This library already includes over 30,000 free eBooks from the public domain; it is an amazing popular resource.
Well, when checking out Apple’s iBookstore, I noticed that Apple has decided to include these directly. I obviously haven’t had the chance to count them, but it appears that the entire catalog is available for free download.
iBooks is sounding more and more like a killer app the more we learn about it.
Via: AppAdvice
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Amazon has unveiled its Kindle app for the iPad (and other tablet computers). In the shots I’ve seen so far it looks pretty much as you’d expect if you’ve ever used the Kindle app for the iPhone. The company’s description for the app talks of its beautiful user interface that includes:
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