Products
- apple.com: tablet: iPad w/ Retina Display, iPad2, iPad Mini
- features; support; user guide [.pdf]
- iTunes books (by category)
- selected book reader apps for iPad (free; note: an app, such as Kindle, will appear and behave somewhat differently from its respectively named eReader device): Bluefire Reader (like OverDrive, it can handle Adobe DRM, e.g., JCLS loans); Google Books; iBooks: FAQ, [video; 3:00]; Kindle; Kobo; Nook; OverDrive
- selected PDF reader apps: Adobe Reader; GoodReader; iBooks
- selected news reader apps: Editions; Flipboard; Livestand; News.me; Newsstand; Pulse News; Zite
- Wikipedia: iPad, iBooks & iBookstore, iTunes, Comparison of iOS eReader apps
- See also: Bookstores: Apple
Reviews and Articles
- Where The iPad Mini Fits On My Digital Tool Belt 11/2/2012
- What's better: A $329 iPad Mini or $319 iPad 2? refurbished iPad2; 11/2/2012
- iPad mini reviews: New gold standard for smaller tablets excellent design and build; cost and non-retina screen disappoint some; 10/31/2012
- iPad mini review 10/30/2012
- Why Apple doesn?t care about its competition $329? quality; premium brand; 10/24/2012
- Which iPad Mini Should You Buy? White, 16M, WiFi (tethering); 10/24/2012
- Apple's Schiller defends iPad mini's price tag $329 too expensive compared to 7" tablets? cannibalize regular 10" iPad @ $499? 10/23/2012
- Apple announces its 4th generation full-size iPad with A6X chip, LTE, HD FaceTime and Lightning connector faster; same price; 10/23/2012
- Hands-On With Apple?s Petite New iPad Mini 10/23/2012
- iPad Mini: Everything You Need to Know 7.9"; 1024 x 768; 0.68 lbs; 7.2mm thin; 10/23/2012
- Apple iPad mini hands-on 10/23/2012
- New Apple iPad tops our tablet Ratings Consumer Reports; 4/2/2012
- New iPad vs. iPad 2: Which is the Better Deal? 3/30/2012
- For reading, the new iPad's screen is underrated 3/29/2012
- New iPad: Hands-On First Impressions 3/17/2012
- New iPad: A Polishing of the Old 3/15/2012
- New iPad review (With a breathtaking display and big hardware upgrades, does the tablet king retain its crown?); 3/14/2012
- Review: The third-generation iPad (Apple advances the ball with a better screen, camera, and cellular connection); 3/14/2012
- The New iPad Makes Apple?s Tablet Domination Clearer Than Ever 3/14/2012
- The New iPad: It?s in the Apps 3/7/2012
- Least Common Complaints about the iPad ;-) 4/26/2010
E-book Apps
- Amazon brings one of its flagship Kindle features, X-Ray for books, to its iOS app 12/4/2012
- Barnes and Noble Nook for iOS Brings Accessibility Support leveraging Apple assistive technology, including screen magnification and VoiceOver, for blind and low vision users; 11/26/2012
- Digital Reading Room: The man with the golden app content-rich tablet apps; 11/16/2012
- Sony launches native Reader app for iOS 11/5/2012
- Hands on with iBooks 3 10/24/2012
- Apple announces new iBooks with continuous scrolling, better iCloud and sharing, says 400M iBooks downloaded 10/23/2012
- Adobe updates Android, iOS Reader, adds cloud storage Version for iOS adds comment, form printing, more; 10/16/2012
- Rovio?s First Book App, Bad Piggies Best Egg Recipes, Takes It Further Into Non-Fiction, Non-Gaming Territory 10/11/2012
- Kindle iOS app gains new layouts, rapid highlights New tools aid with print replica textbooks; 8/30/2012
- Kobo e-book reader upgraded for additional languages, Adobe DRM 8/15/2012
- BooksWing: book reading and management tool for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch The app enables users to keep track of what they are currently reading, and to store or share any thoughts, quotes, or pictures during reading. Support is also offered for creating a wish-list of books you want to own; 8/12/2012
- Kindle iOS, Android, and Cloud Reader apps now support children's books, comics, and graphic novels 6/14/2012
- Notes, Quotes, and iBooks (and other readers); 4/7/2012
- Load Up Your iPad with a Massive Library of Over 38,000 Free eBooks 4/5/2012
- MagicReader Flips Through PDF Pages with the Nod of Your Head, No Hands Required (via camera); 4/4/2012
- Barnes & Noble optimizes Nook app for new iPad (Retina display; more reading options); 4/2/2012
- Use iBooks Themes to Improve the Reading Experience on iPhone & iPad (Normal; Sepia; Night); 3/27/2012
- Quickly Transfer .mobi & ePub eBook Files to an iPad for Easier Viewing 3/25/2012
- Kindle iOS app gets multimedia playback support 3/22/2012
- Kindle 3.0 for iOS Released with New Library Design, Retina Text; 3/15/2012
- Seth Godin, Apple, Rejection, and Permission Marketing (links to books); 3/1/2012
- iBooks 2.1 Review New browsing experience impresses, though there are flaws; 1/24/2012
- Q&A: A New Look for iBooks (brightness; fonts; themes); 1/9/2012
- How to Read PDFs with iBooks 1/4/2012
- Getting started with your iPad 12/24/2011
- iBooks 1.5 Refines the Reading Experience 12/12/2011
- Font swap in iBooks 12/12/2011
- Stunning Beatles App Masquerades as iBook (Yellow Submarine); 12/12/2011
- Subtext: E-reading app makes reading social, and does it well 11/10/2011
- The Stanza Ereader is Back, Now with iOS 5 Compatibility 11/10/2011
- 5 E-book reader apps for iPhone and iPad iBooks, Kindle, Nook, Google Books, 3D Classic Literature Collection; 8/25/2011
- Kno for iPad gets 3D, video textbooks 8/22/2011
- Hands on with Kindle Cloud Reader for iPad 8/10/2011
- Which E-book app should I buy for my iPad? iBooks, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Stanza, Google; 6/29/2011
- Apple Updates iBooks to Add New Themes and Fonts 12/7/2011
- App Showdown: E-Readers (on iPad) iBooks, Kindle, Nook; 6/10/2011
- 10 free iBooks worth your reading time 6/8/2011
- The iPad 2, 5.1 Seconds and Smart Covers 3/11/2011
- How to download books on your iPad using iBooks 3/21/2011; [video; 3:41] 5/17/2011
- A Comparison of iPad and iPhone eBook-reader Apps 3/17/2011
- OverDrive, Bluefire, and the EPUBlic Library 2/18/2011
- Three tips for easier iBooks reading 9/21/2010
- The 10 Best Free E-book Apps for iPad 9/19/2010
- The iPad as a comic-book reader 5/20/2010
- Download Free E-books for your iPad/iPhone, Mac, PC [video; 8:28]; 5/9/2010
- Text to speech on the iPad Tutorial (with iBooks, etc.); 4/8/2010
- Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch); 4/7/2010
- Reading Books on the iPad iBooks, Kindle, and GoodReader; 4/5/2010
- iPad Marvel Comics & GQ Magazine [video; 2:28]; 4/5/2010
- iPad Book Reading Apps Demos: Part I: iBooks and Kindle [video; 9:29]; 4/4/2010;
Part II: GoodReader [video; 6:00]; 4/4/2010 - iPad Experience Series: Walk through three E-book readers: iBooks, Kindle, Kobo; [video; 16:03]; 4/4/2010
- Load Up Your New iPad with E-Books -- Without Going to the iBookstore 4/3/2010
- How the iPad Works: iPad as a Digital Reader
- some other reader apps: Cloud Readers (.pdf, .cbz, .cbr, .zip, .rar); Ebook Reader (ebooks.com);
PDF/Comic Reader Bookman Lite; Stanza; Wattpad eBook Reader - Holiday-themed stories
News Apps
- News Corp. Shutters The Daily iPad App 12/3/2012
- Readtime Queues Up Stories to Read Based On How Much Time You Have 10/17/2012
- Instapaper creator Marco Arment launches The Magazine, a different kind of periodical for Apple?s Newsstand 10/11/2012
- Time Inc. to Sell Its Magazines on Apple?s Newsstand All You; Coastal Living; Cooking Light; Entertainment Weekly; Essence; Fortune; Golf; Health; InStyle; Life; Money; People en Espa?ol; People; People Stylewatch; Real Simple; Southern Living; Sports Illustrated Kids; Sports Illustrated; Sunset; This Old House; Time; 6/14/2012
- Yahoo Kills Livestand After Just Six Months 5/25/2012
- Just Show Me: How to use the Newsstand on your iPhone or iPad [video; 3:38]; 11/2/2011
- Yahoo finally ships Livestand iPad app 11/2/2011
- Report: Google working on Flipboard rival (Propeller); 9/16/2011
- CNN acquires iPad news app Zite 8/30/2011
- Editions by AOL: review 8/4/2011
- News.me review 8/4/2011
- Flipboard: A Great iPad App Gets Even Better 12/16/2010
- Reading newspapers on the iPad [video; 4:31]; 4/5/2010
Slideshows: Introduction
The following 3 slideshows illustrate selected apps on the iPad. Most screenshots are in portrait orientation, though most books/apps can be rotated to landscape. An iPad eReader app (e.g., Kindle) will appear and behave somewhat differently from its respectively named eReader device, e.g., access to an E-bookstore will occur via web browser and not directly "in app" (to avoid Apple's fees and policies). There are many apps included below for demonstration purposes; minimize the number of eReader apps you actually need and use in practice -- to minimize learning about different navigation controls, and remembering which app (and library) to access in order to find and read a book (there is no unified library across apps)!
- apps (eReaders: Apple): iBooks (books, .pdf), Newsstand
- apps (eReaders: 3rd parties): Goodreader (.pdf), Google, Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Overdrive
- apps (enhanced 'books'): Alice, Crosswords, Epicurious, Leafsnap, Lonely Planet, Marvel, Seafood Watch, Shakespeare, Topomaps, Toy Story, SF Travel, Unesco, WebMD