great ibooks update

holterzoff · 12-15-2010, 02:33 PM

Hi there,

fresh out now

ibooks update:
- Experience fully illustrated books, from children's picture books to beautifully designed art books, available for download in the iBookstore.
- Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections.
- Print PDF documents and notes you've written in iBooks using AirPrint.
- iBooks now fits more words per page by automatically hyphenating text, available only on iOS 4.2 or later.

really nice update, i like at most the hyphenating....
i know, about time
regards

JSWolf · 12-15-2010, 02:35 PM

But does this iBooks update fix all the bugs and other wonky things Apple put in?

holterzoff · 12-15-2010, 03:54 PM

If you could be precise...

tyche · 12-15-2010, 03:55 PM

I don't know if this is new but I notice a search on the bookshelf (you can scroll the view and the search shows at the top).

The new collection option is great. This should be a awesome for people trying to organize large collections in iBooks. I've moved my books to 4 collections already.

Dylrob · 12-16-2010, 03:28 AM

Collections are quite nifty. Especially since you can create and manage them right on the device (wish I could do the same with photo albums).

arcadata · 12-16-2010, 07:32 AM

Wish that update had included library book support. I'll go back to using iBooks once it can read ADE ePubs (thankfully, Overdrive & Bluefire have covered that need).

sachinwalia · 12-16-2010, 07:11 PM

I have same books on my iPad and iPhone 4 and noticed that iBooks also syncs collections across multiple devices meaning it'll automatically create collections for you on another device if you havent done it.

DixieGal · 12-16-2010, 07:26 PM

I like the lighter color wood for the bookshelf. And on a less shallow note, it seems to load books much faster.

pwalker8 · 12-16-2010, 08:08 PM

A very, very nice update. It would be nice if I could create and move books into collections from iTunes, but I can live with doing it on the iPad.

mjhudston · 12-21-2010, 08:10 AM

I like the collections bit. means I have a more manageable bookshelf, and can mix pubs and PDF on the same shelf now.

GntlmnBndt · 12-21-2010, 10:38 AM

Anyone else notice that you can now download an ePUP and have it open in iBooks. Or did I miss that detail in the previous update? I knew you could download PDFs and have them open in iBooks, but I thought ePUBs still had to be sideloaded. I was downloading a book this morning to try out in Bluefire Reader when I noticed that iBooks was one of the apps that Safari offered as an option.

I really like the interface and dictionary support in iBooks, but the lack of a night mode, and the inability to download my eBooks directly from other sources (since I very rarely sync my iPad), have kept me from switching away from Stanza. So, now I guess I have to decide if night mode is really all that important.

The Bandit

artemisblossom · 12-25-2010, 03:00 AM

when you create a collection and move books into it is ther eany way to move them to the order you want them in?

athlonkmf · 12-25-2010, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GntlmnBndt

Anyone else notice that you can now download an ePUP and have it open in iBooks. Or did I miss that detail in the previous update? I knew you could download PDFs and have them open in iBooks, but I thought ePUBs still had to be sideloaded. I was downloading a book this morning to try out in Bluefire Reader when I noticed that iBooks was one of the apps that Safari offered as an option.

no, that's something new. I remember being frustrated because I couldn't open a downloaded ePub newspaper. This is quite handy now.

Quote:

I really like the interface and dictionary support in iBooks, but the lack of a night mode, and the inability to download my eBooks directly from other sources (since I very rarely sync my iPad), have kept me from switching away from Stanza. So, now I guess I have to decide if night mode is really all that important.

The Bandit

Have you tried negative mode?

januaryman · 12-29-2010, 09:49 AM

I like the iBook interface; I agree it's very good. But trying to use the dictionary? 75% of the time or more the word I am unfamiliar with will not pop up in the dictionary. I then forces me to search in Google, thereby losing the whole natural-reading experience. I almost never have this issue with the Kindle app. I'll keep using them both, but my reader of choice app is the Kindle. Simple and elegant.

valb2953 · 01-18-2011, 06:16 PM

No ebook I added to my ipad after updating to the new ibooks app shows up, so I cannot read any new book.I know they are there because if I connect to calibre I can read the list of books available on the ipad.
Valentin Bazavan

12-15-2010, 02:33 PM	#1
holterzoff Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 3052 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: cologne Device: kindle3w, Ipad, iphone4	great ibooks update Hi there, fresh out now ibooks update: - Experience fully illustrated books, from children's picture books to beautifully designed art books, available for download in the iBookstore. - Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections. - Print PDF documents and notes you've written in iBooks using AirPrint. - iBooks now fits more words per page by automatically hyphenating text, available only on iOS 4.2 or later. really nice update, i like at most the hyphenating.... i know, about time regards

12-15-2010, 03:54 PM	#3
holterzoff Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 3052 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: cologne Device: kindle3w, Ipad, iphone4	Which bugs? If you could be precise... Last edited by holterzoff; 12-15-2010 at 06:08 PM.

12-21-2010, 10:38 AM	#11
GntlmnBndt Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 142 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: iPod Touch, iPad	Downloading into iBooks Anyone else notice that you can now download an ePUP and have it open in iBooks. Or did I miss that detail in the previous update? I knew you could download PDFs and have them open in iBooks, but I thought ePUBs still had to be sideloaded. I was downloading a book this morning to try out in Bluefire Reader when I noticed that iBooks was one of the apps that Safari offered as an option. I really like the interface and dictionary support in iBooks, but the lack of a night mode, and the inability to download my eBooks directly from other sources (since I very rarely sync my iPad), have kept me from switching away from Stanza. So, now I guess I have to decide if night mode is really all that important. The Bandit

01-18-2011, 06:16 PM	#15
valb2953 Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 34 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: ipad,kindle	it seems broken to me! No ebook I added to my ipad after updating to the new ibooks app shows up, so I cannot read any new book.I know they are there because if I connect to calibre I can read the list of books available on the ipad. Valentin Bazavan

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