If you like reading books on a screen, then e-books are one of the best inventions of this century. Carrying a library in your purse or pocket is an amazing freedom for avid readers, and display and annotation tools make reading more useful and educational. But outside of DRM-mandated apps like Apple’s iBooks and Amazon’s […]
The Best Mac E-book Reader Apps in 2018
Lovers of digital literature are used to reading on a hand-sized interface. E-book readers for iPhone, iPad, and Android abound, as well as dedicated reading devices like the Kindle and Nook. For those looking to read an ePub on a larger screen, we’ll look at the best Mac e-book reader apps available in 2018. Kitabu […]
How To Get Free Books On An iPad or iPhone
Though a lot of bibliophiles have sworn off iPads, Kindles and Nooks, there are also a lot of avid readers who are constantly searching for the best ways to get free books on the iPad. We want to tackle the idea of getting free .PDF books on your iPad or iPhone. You can run .PDFs […]
Harry Potter and the iBooks Snub?
In case you haven’t heard, all seven Harry Potter novels were released today as ebooks, for the first time ever. At first blush, it looks as though all of the ebook retailers are selling the Potter ebooks — except for iBooks. But take a closer look: who’s snubbing who?
Apple Reinvents Textbooks
Today’s big announcement from New York City is out, and it’s exactly what everyone was expecting: a new kind of textbook. But the real news comes from the big-name textbook publishers already on board, and the free and simple new book creation tool for OS X.
Why You Should Be Outraged by iPad Subscription Model
A few months back, Apple unveiled its subscription service for content distribution on the iPad. The model first used by The Daily news app is now available to all app content makers, such as magazines, newspapers, and even video and music. Anything that’s published can be delivered automatically to your iPad without the need for […]
Reading on Ibis
I don’t have a Kindle, and while I save up for an iPad, I still need my reading fix. Lately, I’ve been doing it mostly at Ibis Reader, an “e-book reading system” that works on desktops, laptops and smartphones. Now, public domain books are not a new thing online- remember when you first discovered Project […]
