Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Ipad Ebooks

By Orion Lincoln


iPad ebooks are electronic books dedicated to be read on Apple's newest computer tablet, iPad. iPad reader ranks among competitions which include Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Sony Reader Touch and BeBook Neo.

For people who purchase iPad with the idea of reading ebooks with it, the iPad does not disappoint. The device is easy to carry, as well as being not heavier than the average hardcover. The iPad ebooks reader is also pleasurable on the eye, it supplies you the visual of books with shadows at the spine of books and dimension visual at the edges of the display to supply the illusion of looking at a real book, instead of studying a Word doc. The font is clear and the images are in colors - making it children book friendly, as well as being accommodating to graphic novels, comic and other books coming with illustrative support.

If you don't fancy the font of the word you look at, the iPad can change it. Same goes with the size of the font you are looking at. This is particularly effective to those whose eye-sight are no longer at its best. The options for font type (5), size (10) and brightness are on the top right. You need to present the screen a tap. This will also open the lookup box. As you read one of your iPad ebooks, buttons for library and table of contents can be observed in the upper left. In the event you click to view the table of contents, a red 'Resume' flag appears on the right to give you a quick way to go back where you are studying.

At the bottom of the screen are the page number, the total number of pages displayed, as well as a slider bar which you can use to quickly browse the parts of the book. Turning the page is as simple as sliding your finger over the display from left to right or vice versa. Highlighting (tap, hold and slide on the words) give you the choices to translate, bookmark or lookup. Another highlight from the iPad reader is its backlight which makes for a convenient studying at night or in relative darkness.

There is no need to worry about troubles in accessing ebooks for your iPad. Both Apple and Amazon sell iPad ebooks. Companies which publish iPad ebooks include HarperCollins, Penguin, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette. Prices range from $9.99 to $12.99. Apple and Amazon also present access to free ebooks on public domain, a bit like electronic library. Using the iPad, you can also access free ebooks from OpenCulture.com, Stanza and Eucalyptus.

Still, no bookstore app come preloaded on your iPad. Even the iBookstore needs to be downloaded from Application store. The app is free but still, having to download it first may prove a nuisance to some people. Before you go on an iPad eBooks shopping rampage yet, make sure that you truly enjoy studying using the iPad. The iBookstore ties its ebooks to the application and once you have purchased and downloaded your ebooks, you can only read them on the iPad. Unlike your Amazon Kindle files which can be transferred to other appliances.




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