Comments on: 5 Simple Tricks for a Better Reading Experience with iBooks for iOS http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/07/5-simple-tricks-for-a-better-reading-experience-with-ibooks-for-ios/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Thu, 23 May 2013 23:13:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dr. Ritalin http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/07/5-simple-tricks-for-a-better-reading-experience-with-ibooks-for-ios/#comment-491099 Dr. Ritalin Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:40:26 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35940#comment-491099 Thank you for these useful tips. But for an unknown reason I can't see any "Text Size & Font" icon in my iBooks app on iPhone. Any idea? Thank you for these useful tips. But for an unknown reason I can’t see any “Text Size & Font” icon in my iBooks app on iPhone. Any idea?

]]> By: Ken http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/07/5-simple-tricks-for-a-better-reading-experience-with-ibooks-for-ios/#comment-490890 Ken Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:20:09 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35940#comment-490890 When you don't know the definition of a word, tap and hold on it, and a black bar menu appears. Tap on "Define" to get the definition. When you don’t know the definition of a word, tap and hold on it, and a black bar menu appears. Tap on “Define” to get the definition.

]]> By: Storm608 http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/07/5-simple-tricks-for-a-better-reading-experience-with-ibooks-for-ios/#comment-490762 Storm608 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:35:42 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35940#comment-490762 iBooks is one of the most user UNFRIENDLY book readers available. It needs to have controls to adjust the margin width, paragraph spacing, line spacing, and so on and so on... I have a great many books that I obtained in text format years ago, which I have converted to epub format and when they are installed in iBooks, the margins are about 1" on either side, leaving a text line about 2 - 3 words wide. The library list has problems, too. It's a real problem for people, unless you create a separate collection for each author name, which is possible but a real pain if you have 200 or 300 books in your library. Even though it's mostly broken since Amazon acquired it, Stanza is still one of the most versatile book readers around. iBooks is one of the most user UNFRIENDLY book readers available.

It needs to have controls to adjust the margin width, paragraph spacing, line spacing, and so on and so on…

I have a great many books that I obtained in text format years ago, which I have converted to epub format and when they are installed in iBooks, the margins are about 1″ on either side, leaving a text line about 2 – 3 words wide.

The library list has problems, too. It’s a real problem for people, unless you create a separate collection for each author name, which is possible but a real pain if you have 200 or 300 books in your library.

Even though it’s mostly broken since Amazon acquired it, Stanza is still one of the most versatile book readers around.

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