Pleasantly Surprised by iBooks and FREE BOOKS!

[DNAppleGold]

I've tried Kindle and Nook for Ipad, and I find the formatting on Ibooks blows them away, so much so I really have a hard time with the others. Plus, and this is amazing for Apple, the Ibooks format is non-proprietary. The big Ibooks drawback is the selection of contemporary books (or recent translations of classics). I love the classics and the fact they they are so readily available on Ibooks. But I'm still shocked that nearly 9months into Ibooks Apple hasn't nailed down more content.

 

[TITNTUFF]

My reading has spiked, although not like mad, due to the Kindle app for iPhone. But between the news apps and that, I read a lot more than I used to.

For those wondering why there are so many free books, I think copyrights only last about 75 years. So Apple and Amazon can put them out there without licensing worries.

I do hope libraries work out ways to allow "borrowing" books. It could work a lot like the movie rental process. I just don't know how the pricing would go.

Our library went online with e borrowing 1/5/10. After the allowed time is up the ebook deletes itself automatically. No overdue charges!!