[LINK] iPad and eBooks

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Dr Bob Jansen wrote:
> I read ebooks on my iPad all the time. Currently reading James Gleick's 

Have you tried/is there a text to speech ie can you listen to the book?


> The Information and really like the way I can make notes as I read to 
> remember things of interest. However, for this particular book, I am

Is this a feature of the e-book reader on the IPAD or do you put your notes 
somewhere else on the IPAD?

> missing the physical object in my bookshelf - may have to buy a copy 
> anyway. For novels, etc, I find I don't need the physical book at all, 
> except for those authors I collect, like Ian Rankin, Doug Adams, Terry 
> Pratchett, Janet Evanovich.

The objects may become even more valuable as publishers do shorter print 
runs. Though I notice, penguin has recognised this market and churned out 
the "classics" for years.

> 
> So maybe I'm a half-convert!
> 

Does the James Gleick book have hyperlinks, to sections or chapters or is 
just continuous?

> 
> On 10/08/11 5:52 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>> On 10/08/2011, at 1:12 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>> Do you read E-Books on your i-pad?
>> Yes, a lot. Not sure how this is relevant here, but nonetheless, I do.
>>

If you had the choice of receiving information would you like it in the 
IPAD E-Book style, PDF or webpage on your IPAD?

One aspect of the EPUB that I found exciting is that it is an open format 
using XHTML and ZIP.

Have you used books from sources other than the istore, if so, have you 
encountered any format/reader problems? Or can you only access books 
through the ibookstore?

Marghanita
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