After months of rumors and speculation about a slate-like device, Apple has its say on Wednesday.

The new app that lets you use the iPad as a e-book is called iBooks.

Steve Jobs: “”Amazon’s done a great job of pioneering this functionality with the Kindle. We’re going to stand on their shoulders and go a bit further.”"

• You can choose books from what looks like an actual bookshelf. On the upper left is a button that leads to the iBook Store. Can download books right to the iPad. All five major publishers (Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, MacMillan and Hachette) are on the bookstore starting this afternoon.
• To read a book you tap on it and it opens to be read via portrait or landscape. Tap anywhere on the right to flip forward in pages, tap on the left to go back. You can also pick up a page and lift it by dragging your finger right to left.
• A scroll bar on the bottom shows your progress through the book and what page you’re on.
• You can change font and size also if you want.
• It uses the ePub format. Not just popular books, but textbooks are coming as well.

Source: Cnet

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