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Do you like the way Ibooks is set up?

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sircool2008

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I personally don't like that there is an extra app for it. I would much rather have it just be a new portion of the itunes store. Also if apple could work out a way to be able to read them on a computer that would be fantastic too.

what is everyone else's opinion on the matter?
 
I like it though the voice over is a complete joke. Couldn't get through a whole page let alone a book. Plus it doesnt read the last line on each page, WTF is that?
 
I don't mind using the app, other than the library screen is hokey looking.

The book pricing is retarded, but that is the publishers, not Apple's fault... Well kinda...
 
I like iBooks a lot. I hate the iBook store. It sure doesn't feel like there are 60,000 books in there. I go to the Fiction and Literature category, and all I can see is recent releases (one page worth) and short stories. No way to browse any further than that, no way to drill down by genre. Then, if I click on a book, I have about a 50/50 chance there will actually be a description. I've left and gone to Amazon a few times just to find out what a book was about. The store is fine if I already know exactly what I want (so I can do a search), but if I'm casually browsing for something new to read, it kinda sucks.

But reading in iBooks, that's pretty nice.
 
I hate the store part of it. Is there anyway to actually browse all the books? Like you can go to a genre but can only see the featured books. You have to know a book exists to find it by searching.
 
ngenerator said:
I'd like to be able to add books via iTunes on my computer. It's less than fun having to go into the app to get books
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That's how I do it, I'm not sure what you're doing. I have automatic syncing turned off, and just drag stuff that I actually want synced onto my iPad. There's a "Books" icon in addition to the "Music", "Movies" etc. So far I've just gotten free books though, and add them to my desktop initially. Are there some quirks with the DRM that I don't know about? Doesn't work for GoodReader though.

And yes, I'm lovin' iBooks.
 
kes601 said:
I hate the store part of it. Is there anyway to actually browse all the books? Like you can go to a genre but can only see the featured books. You have to know a book exists to find it by searching.
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It reminds me of Netflix on PS3, I can't wait until that experience is optimized.
 
ScrewTheDaisies said:
I like iBooks a lot. I hate the iBook store. It sure doesn't feel like there are 60,000 books in there. I go to the Fiction and Literature category, and all I can see is recent releases (one page worth) and short stories. No way to browse any further than that, no way to drill down by genre. Then, if I click on a book, I have about a 50/50 chance there will actually be a description. I've left and gone to Amazon a few times just to find out what a book was about. The store is fine if I already know exactly what I want (so I can do a search), but if I'm casually browsing for something new to read, it kinda sucks.

But reading in iBooks, that's pretty nice.
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Agree completely with this.I feel like there are maybe 600 books in the store while I am browsing, certainly not 60,000
 
aerospace said:
I like it though the voice over is a complete joke. Couldn't get through a whole page let alone a book. Plus it doesnt read the last line on each page, WTF is that?
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This has to do with the publishers, who want you to buy expensive audio books. This is why there is no text-to-speech feature in the Kindle. Publishers don't allow it.
 
drjsway said:
This has to do with the publishers, who want you to buy expensive audio books. This is why there is no text-to-speech feature in the Kindle. Publishers don't allow it.
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That wasn't the publishers' doing:

The Authors Guild, a trade group representing 9,000 authors, began criticizing Amazon shortly after the Kindle 2 debuted earlier this month. The guild's president, Paul Aiken, told CNET this week that Amazon was taking a hard-line position in discussions between the guild and the company. He also said there was a possibility that the guild could sue over the issue.
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They authors guild complained that this would make people stop buying audiobooks (for which they get a cut) because people would just listen to the text-to-speech. Um. Yeah.
 
iBooks vs Kindle

I've played around with iBooks and the kindle reader. Found kindle to be a much better experience. Everything just sorta looks better... Text seems crisper at any size, sepia vs white or black is a nice option.. Not to mention whispersync so I can keep reading from my iPhone on the go.

iBooks is definitely useable, but I personally have taken a liking to the kindle app. :rolleyes:
 
qtx43 said:
That's how I do it, I'm not sure what you're doing. I have automatic syncing turned off, and just drag stuff that I actually want synced onto my iPad. There's a "Books" icon in addition to the "Music", "Movies" etc. So far I've just gotten free books though, and add them to my desktop initially. Are there some quirks with the DRM that I don't know about? Doesn't work for GoodReader though.

And yes, I'm lovin' iBooks.
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I meant shopping for them in the iBookstore
 
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