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Everything you need to know about reading books on the iPad

Jim Karpen 5.11.10

Well, maybe I exaggerate in the subject of this post. But an article in TidBITs is an excellent source if you're at all interested in reading books on your iPad. Glenn Fleishman not only goes into detail about iBooks, Kindle, and GoodReader but also offers demo videos. In addition, he talks about his experience reading on the iPad. He loves it: "The iPad beats everything I've ever used hands down, no matter which book or file viewer I tried." The video I've posted is Part 1, covering the iBooks and Kindle apps. Part 2 covers GoodReader.

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Jim Karpen holds a Ph.D. in literature and writing, and has a love of gizmos. His doctoral dissertation focused on the revolutionary consequences of digital technologies and anticipated some of the developments taking place in the industry today. Jim has been writing about the Internet and technology since 1994 and has been using Apple's visionary products for decades.

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Jim, It sure is a great

Submitted by John Painter on 5/11/10 8:53pm
Jim, It sure is a great feeling to carry so many classics with you in iBooks, I mean I have many of the free copies of the great works I think any informed person should read and have from; The Republic to The Federalist Papers to On the Origin of Species, etc, etc, etc. While I hardly go around quoting Plato, there are times when one wants to make a point and having these great concepts at your finger tips is practical. That you can do word searches within these works johnny-on-the-spot... It doesn't get much better. Having compared my iPad to a Kindle at a recent dinner party at Bates College, there just isn't a comparison. I really hope that people don't avoid this technology because it doest "feel" like a book, but rather try to find the deeper understanding one can build through more robust depth one can find in the rich media so immediately available. I do not think this style of reading dehumanizes, indeed I think I have more time with better understanding to converse with others because of it.

Yes, it's almost too good to

Submitted by Jim Karpen on 5/12/10 11:50am

Yes, it's almost too good to be true. And I like that fact that you can get free samples of current books. Often reading just the first part of a book gives you a good overview of the subject.

Jim