10 tips Apple Books need to know to read better

As part of the iOS 12 upgrade in 2018, Apple overhauled some of the original operating system applications. One of the applications that are 'refreshed' this time is iBooks. Along with the name change, it has a new design and series of features.

Let's learn more about this completely new Apple Books application through the following article!

What is Apple Books?

Apple wants to use its Books to become a unique address for all users' reading needs. It allows you to add your existing e-book, provide a portal for Apple's ebook store, so you can buy more books and for the first time, allowing you to listen to audiobooks.

The application can read EPUB files, PDF files and Apple's proprietary IBA format (used for books created in Apple's iBooks Author application).

So how do you make the most of this redesigned application?

Useful tips when using Apple Books

1. Use the Navigation menu

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Apple Books has a new Navigation menu that helps you control your reading experience easier than ever.

To access the menu, tap anywhere on your device screen while you're reading a book. You will see 5 icons appear along the top of the screen.

The leftmost icon - arrow - will exit your current book and take you back to the library page. An icon allows you to access book content, bookmarks and notes. There is also a search function and bookmark button.

2. Notes

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You can add notes to books for later reference. This is a useful feature for students and people who work with long documents or complex documents.

To take notes, touch and hold a word in a book, then drag to select longer text if needed.

When you're ready, release your finger and swipe through the list of options. Touch Note and you can add your thoughts below the text you marked. When you're done, click Done.

You can search your notes by opening the Navigation menu , tapping the Contents icon , then selecting the Notes tab .

Note : The text attached to the note is highlighted in yellow in the reading window.

3. Highlight text

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Apple Books now offers many ways to mark text in an ebook. This feature is useful for those who want to find certain parts of the book later.

The process of marking text is similar to the note-taking process. Click, hold and drag over the text you want to highlight, but select Highlight from the popup menu instead of Note.

Now you will see some options on the screen to customize your highlighted text. You can choose to highlight text in yellow, green, red, blue and purple. You can also emphasize it. Alternatively, you can click on the share icon to send highlighted content to apps and others. There is also a delete button to remove your markup.

After you have marked some text, one click on the highlighted part will display the highlighted text menu, allowing you to make changes.

4. Bookmark

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Bookmark provides a more detailed introduction to specific pages. On any page in the e-book, you can display the Navigation menu with one tap, then select the bookmark icon in the upper right corner to save the page. The icon will turn red to indicate successful operation.

You can find bookmarks in the same way you find your notes. Open the Navigation menu , tap the Contents icon , then select the Bookmarks tab .

5. Convert text to speech

Don't be confused with audiobooks, Apple Books offers text-to-speech capabilities. In theory, it means you can turn any ebook into an audiobook (although you'll have to listen to monotonous, computer-based voices).

However, it is a good choice, if you are on a long journey and your eyes need to rest, or when reading is not very important (for example, in academic or legal documents).

To use Apple Book's speech-to-speech feature, press and hold the first word, then drag the cursor over all the text you want to hear. When you are ready, select Speak from the popup menu.

6. Customize images

Apple knows that people will be hard to stare at the screen for a long time. Therefore, it includes a number of options to reduce eye strain and make page navigation easier.

Apple Books has 6 options you can tweak:

1. Brightness: Use the slider to set the brightness of the app to the most comfortable level.

2. Font Size: Please select the font size that fits on the screen and does not need to swipe continuously.

3. Fonts: The application includes 9 fonts. These are Original, Athelas, Charter, Georgia, Iowan, Palatino, San Francisco, Seravek, and Times New Roman .

4. Background Color: White background makes you more stressed. This app also offers sepia, granite and black.

5. Auto-Night Theme: Please enable this feature and your iPhone will automatically soften the blue light of the screen and replace it with warmer yellow light in the evening.

6. Scrolling View: Instead of swiping from page to page, you can enable this option to enjoy your books continuously. This is better suited to the way we read articles on the phone.

You can change the options above by opening the Navigation menu and touching the AA icon .

7. Audiobook with Siri

Apple Books is closely integrated with Siri. So, you can ask her to turn on the audiobook on any of her devices. The virtual assistant will start recounting the book's content after a few seconds.

8. Synchronize on your device

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You can use the new app to synchronize your reading experience on all your Apple devices. iCloud will handle this. Synced data includes progress through reading books, libraries along with notes, bookmarks and highlighting items.

To turn on device cross-sync, go to Settings> [Name]> iCloud and activate the options for iCloud Drive and Books.

Note : If you only want to synchronize books purchased from your Apple Books repository, not your own EPUB and PDFs, turn off iCloud Drive.

9. PDF Manager

Did you know that the new Apple Books application has both been a reader and a PDF manager? You can save PDF files and email directly to the application. From the Mail or Safari app, just click the Share button , swipe right once, then click Copy to Books.

You can add handwritten notes to PDF by selecting the pen icon.

Quantrimang has written about how to manage PDF files on iPhone. You can find out more if you want.

10. More menu

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The redesigned app has 4 new tabs located along the bottom of the screen: Reading Now, Library, Book Store and Search.

Reading Now and Book Store deserve the most attention. They come with suggestions, sorted lists, special deals, bestsellers and a number of other ways to help you discover new content.

To make the list more personalized, you can use both screens to provide feedback on application suggestions. However, all the interesting options are hidden behind the More menu .

If you click the horizontal dot icon next to any book, you can add it to your " Want to Read " list, add it to your personal collection, rate and review or share it. it with friends. Most importantly, click on the Love or Dislike button to help with future suggestions.

Apple Books seems to be trying to replicate Spotify's great music discovery tools in the e-book world: sleek design, with many suggestions and ease of use.

Of course, it is still an application on the phone, so it will never be suitable for tablets. It may also be somewhat limited for those with huge book collections in many different ebook formats. You can convert ebooks online or use Caliber, but it's a very complicated task.

However, it can be affirmed that the new application of Apple Books is the best e-book reader application on any mobile platform so far. It is definitely better than any ebook reader application on Android. Try and share your comments in the comment section below!

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