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Is there ANY reason to use iBooks over the Kindle App?

I have both and ran across a word I didn't know. In the Kindle app there is no dictionary, but there is in iBooks.

Overall I prefer iBooks, but reality has me purchasing most things in Kindle store as the iBooks library just isn't that deep yet.

I always start a search on iBooks, come up empty, and end up purchasing on Kindle.

(I do not own an 'actual' Kindle)
 
Both work fine. Kindle has far and away the biggest content catalog right now, and better pricing in some cases. The benefit of using Kindle over iBooks is that you aren't tied to an Apple device in the future. E-Books are likely to become device agnostic, which interestingly is actually a model Amazon seems to be embracing. When that happens then the only differences will be selection and price.

An interesting contrast in strategies.
Amazon is saying "you can read your books on anything, you just have to do it with our reader" (proprietary book format, open device).
Apple is saying you can read anything from anywhere if it's formatted correctly, but you have to do it one one of our devices" (open book format, closed device).

Personally, I find the former more flexible.
 
vw195 said:
Kindle DRM has been broken so it is the free'er of the two if that matters.
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Anyone interested in breaking Kindle DRM should google "unswindle." It's somewhat complicated to set up, and I'm not sure if it works on the Mac or not -- I'm using Windows at the moment. Anyway, I've been using unswindle to break Kindle DRM, then using Calibre to convert to epub, which can then be added to iBooks.
 
If I am going to buy a book for money I will get the Kindle version so that I can read it on both my iPad and my Kindle2. I do wish however that the Kindle app had a dictionary like the actual Kindle2 does; I expect this will be added in an update. I find the iPad OK for short reading, but enjoy reading on the Kindle far more (lighter, clearer, easier on my eyes). YMMV.
 
Night Spring said:
Anyone interested in breaking Kindle DRM should google "unswindle." It's somewhat complicated to set up, and I'm not sure if it works on the Mac or not -- I'm using Windows at the moment. Anyway, I've been using unswindle to break Kindle DRM, then using Calibre to convert to epub, which can then be added to iBooks.
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Yes that is also nice if you have a WinMo or Android phone, you can take your ebooks with you as well.
 
I would like to start building an ebook collection, is there a place to get them online (epub files I guess?) so I don't necessarily have to purchase them from the iBook store?
 
aerospace said:
all iBooks have text to speach, on kindle it's the publishers choice...most of whom don't opt in as their affraid to loose audio book sales.
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Realy? So it can read it to me?

I hope this is true as if I want to read alot i have a problem with it and my brain cant handle it so need constant breaks. Listening to it would be better.
 
The Kindle app is nice, but i like the iBooks integrated store and integration with iTunes. Kindle needs in-app purchasing of books.
 
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