Apple's Books app, formerly iBooks, allows iPhone and iPad users to purchase, save, and read books and PDFs. The Books app offers a page-turning animation to mimic the experience of reading a hardcopy book. Some people enjoy this type of e-book reading experience, while others find it unnecessary or annoying. Fortunately, it's easy to switch off the page-turning animation. We've already gone over how to buy e-books and audiobooks in the Books app, as well as how to save e-books and audiobooks to purchase later. Now, let's cover how to read those e-books by scrolling through, rather than turning virtual pages.
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To turn on scrolling in the Books app:
- Open the e-book that you'd like to scroll through and tap the page.
- Tap the double-A icon.
- Toggle on Scrolling View.
- The scroll bar is to the right; you can see how far you've progressed in your reading, and move the circle to jump to different parts of your e-book.
Any time you want to switch back to page-by-page turning, just toggle off Scrolling View.