With the Books app, you can turn your iPad into a powerful and feature-rich eBook reader. You can purchase and download books, read them on your iPad and add PDFs, so you can read your documents in the app too.
Books in Focus
1 Tap the chevron here to close the currently open book and go back to your book collection.
2 This icon gives you access to the book’s contents and also any bookmarks and notes you made whilst reading it.
3 The title of the book you’re currently reading.
4 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you enlarge or reduce the font size, change the font, adjust the screen brightness, change the colour of the page, set the text to scroll up and down rather than turn like the pages of a physical book and switch off and on the automatic Night Theme.
5 Tap here to search for a word, phrase or even a page number in the currently open book.
6 Tap here to place or remove a bookmark. The book remains open at the last page you read when you close the app, so there’s no need to use bookmarks for this purpose.
7 Tap the left side of the screen to go back to the previous page.
8 Tap the middle part of the screen to show or hide the Books app’s on-screen controls. Reading your book might prove more comfortable with them hidden.
9 Tap the right side of the screen to go forward to the next page.
10 This scroll bar lets you scroll through the book. Information shown is the current page you’re on, along with how many pages are in the book and how far you have to go until the end of the chapter.
Thumbnail Scrolling.
Some, but not all, books show you thumbnails of the pages as you scroll through them. This can prove very useful if you’re looking for a specific page in a picture book. Books with only text tend not to show these thumbnails.
Buying and Reading Books.
You can buy your digital books directly through the Books app and download them to your iPad. When they are there, you can browse your library, read your books and delete those you’ve finished to save space.
To buy digital books, open the Books app and tap Book Store at the foot of the screen to see titles listed under categories such as Staff Picks, recommendations For You, New & Trending and more. Tap the Browse icon (top left) for a sidebar which also lets you look at specific genres. Search for authors and titles using the search field. To buy a book, tap on it, then the price, then Buy Book. Tap Sample for a free taster. Sign in with your Apple ID if requested.
Tap Library at the foot of the screen to go to your library. Open
