Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
name begins with that letter. When you tap an author's name, a list of his or her available titles
appears in a scrollable pane on the right.
Purchased:
Tapping here shows you the topics you've already bought, which you can down-
load onto your iPad.
Searching iBooks Store
In the upper-right corner of the iBooks Store is a Search Store field, similar to the Search field you
see in iTunes. Using the virtual keyboard, type an author name or title to find the topic you seek.
If you like freebies, search for
free
in the iBooks Store. You'll find tons of (mostly
classic) books that cost nothing, and you won't even have to import them. See the section
“
Finding free books outside iBooks Store
,” later in this chapter, for more places to find free
books. By Apple's count, free content is distributed in 155 countries. Off the top of our heads,
we can't remember how many countries there are on Planet Earth. But it's fair to say that
when it comes to digital books, Apple has most of them covered.
Deciding whether a book is worth it
To find out more about a book that you come across, you can check out the detail page and other
readers' reviews, or read a sample of the topic:
Find the topic's details.
Tap its cover. An information screen appears with Details high-
lighted by default. You can see when the topic was published, read a description, see the num-
ber of pages and more.
Find ratings and reviews.
Tap Ratings and Reviews to see the grades other readers bestowed
on the topic.
You can throw in your own two cents, if you've already read it, by tapping
Write a Review.
Find other books by the same author.
Tap Related to see the covers of other books written
by the author. You can also check out other books that customers who bought this book also
bought.
Share your interest in a book.
Tap the Action button in the upper-right corner of the inform-
ation screen. You can then sing the praises of a book by tapping icons for Message, Mail,
