Yep.
Advantage of the Kindle is it's cross platform though so you can sync to a PC or Mac, Android phone etc. But not everyone needs all those options.
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Which reader is best? iBooks or Kindle App?
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Yep.
Advantage of the Kindle is it's cross platform though so you can sync to a PC or Mac, Android phone etc. But not everyone needs all those options.
I use both, but iBooks seems to run smoother on page turns than the Kindle app.
I get books from which ever store is cheaper.
I get books from which ever store is cheaper.
Kindle app is better than ibooks specifically because ibooks wastes so much space with the fancy graphics and margins. Kindle gives a nononsense landscape two column mode.
iBooks handles pdfs pretty good, and both integrate with goodreader which is nice.
iBooks handles pdfs pretty good, and both integrate with goodreader which is nice.
iBooks is much slicker. Sometimes the iBookstore books are a bit more expensive, but the app is much nicer.
The one thing I like about iBooks is that it tells you how many pages are left in the chapter. This comes in handy for me because I do most of my reading before bedtime and like to know if I have time for another chapter. But yeah, I usually go with whatever is the cheapest.
My problem is that I've been spoiled by Stanza and eReader.
The iBooks, Kindle, and Nook apps are all very weak as readers and when it comes to customizing the reading experience. They drive me up the wall with their required full justified, limited night/color schemes, no cut and paste of quotes to a separate notebook app, animation on page turning, having to swipe to turn, etc. Every couple of months I try them and discover that they still haven't fixed these basics (the deficiencies vary by app) and give up!
If I could buy Amazon, B & N, or Apple books and readily read them in Stanza, I'd be fine. Or, if Barnes & Noble hadn't dropped book buying and downloading from the B&N eReader, I would have been all set. As it is, I still am not buying ebooks because I'll end up trapped in one of the stores and one of those deficient apps-- and won't have a good reading experience!
deliverator made a superb point; one that I had forgotten about in my testing.
"I move back and forth between my iPad and my iPhone, and I have had too many experiences with Kindle where I accidentally went forward in a book, or maybe checked a footnote, and from that point on Kindle only will only sync to the end of the book, because that was my furthest position. Infuriating."
Absolutely an issue.
The iBooks, Kindle, and Nook apps are all very weak as readers and when it comes to customizing the reading experience. They drive me up the wall with their required full justified, limited night/color schemes, no cut and paste of quotes to a separate notebook app, animation on page turning, having to swipe to turn, etc. Every couple of months I try them and discover that they still haven't fixed these basics (the deficiencies vary by app) and give up!
If I could buy Amazon, B & N, or Apple books and readily read them in Stanza, I'd be fine. Or, if Barnes & Noble hadn't dropped book buying and downloading from the B&N eReader, I would have been all set. As it is, I still am not buying ebooks because I'll end up trapped in one of the stores and one of those deficient apps-- and won't have a good reading experience!
deliverator made a superb point; one that I had forgotten about in my testing.
"I move back and forth between my iPad and my iPhone, and I have had too many experiences with Kindle where I accidentally went forward in a book, or maybe checked a footnote, and from that point on Kindle only will only sync to the end of the book, because that was my furthest position. Infuriating."
Absolutely an issue.
I use whichever app matches the format of the books I find for free/cheap. No real reason to tie myself to one and delete the others!