I'm a Dean Koontz fan myself. I think for a while, you'll have to use both iBooks and the Kindle app.

Originally Posted by mlouisalocke

I have been thinking about whether or not the reason that there haven't been any significant improvements in the IBooks store site in terms of improving the browsing capabilities is that the IBooks feature is just one of thousands of aps and functions available on the IPad. The Kindle on the other hand, not only is a dedicated ereader-therefore Amazon would naturally concentrate on making it as useful as possible, but it mimics the browsing system of the Amazon bookstore-which has years of programing behind it.

I just hope that soon the people at Apple will devote a little more time and money making IBooks store a more welcoming environment. Once you get a book, the experience is wonderful, but for now it feels more like the book department of WalMart than a high-end book store (which is what I expected from Apple).

The main difference from other apps to iBooks is that it IS a store. Very few apps are money makers AFTER they've been downloaded. The iBook store has a lot of potential and is so very new that judgements shouldn't be called as to which is best. Ten years ago Napster was THE place to download music and iTunes didn't exist. iTunes has surpassed it and every other music site out there in less than a decade. I'm not saying the iBook store will crush Amazon but upcoming changes will only improve it. (Plus I wish them well because I dislike all things Kindle. IMO)

Can anyone tell me,do you need wifi to read a book? I know on my iPod I do not but it is kindle not iBooks. Thanks.

It works exactly the same on the iPad as on the iPod. Once you get the book on your iPad, you don't need to be connected. The biggest difference between buying books with iBooks and Amazon is that you can only buy iBooks on your iPad so obviously for that, you do need to be connected.

Originally Posted by thompson90

Can anyone tell me,do you need wifi to read a book? I know on my iPod I do not but it is kindle not iBooks. Thanks.

The experience will be the same as your iPod. Same readers (Kindle, Kobo, B&N, Borders, Txtr, Goodreader...etc.) and same behavior in purchasing. You can also drag and drop non DRM ePubs and PDF's into iBooks while connected to iTunes. I have gotten to where I have WIFI off a lot as there is just so much to do on the iPad that doesn't involve the internet. That's funny because when I got it 4 months ago I thought it's only use was email, and internet browser.....

All store browsers have several features that irate me.

They always push their choices up front. I don't CARE about romances...

Let's say you found a subject that has several choices spread over multiple pages, if you tap on a book to see more info, when you're done with that book you have to do the search over... And wait for pages to load when there are fifteen... Can't we have the whole of the choices in one page? The worst are Apple iBooks and the App Store.

Why do authors have some ebook titles in some stores and others in different stores that are not the same? And then part of their bibliography will never be had in ebooks because their rights were signed with a paper publisher...?