I really like iBooks to read, it just feels more sophisticated than the other eReaders. However the Kindle selection is by far the best of all the sites, and the app seems to be improving all the time. I don't mind hopping from app to app, but generally my go-to apps have become iBooks and now Kindle as well.

From a business perspective, Apple really needs to get book companies to leverage the color screen and start posting books that the Kindle does not have. The DK book series is a great example. Books like that would look fantastic on the iPad, and the Kindle can't match it (the device and the app). If iBooks then added a separate mode where you can zoom in on a page to see detail in an image -- that would be fantastic.

Originally Posted by Bremen

Why even mess with iBooks? Just read Kindle books on the iPad with the Kindle app, and on your PC with Kindle for PC. Kindle books are cheaper than Ibooks as well.......

I agree in part. I love the fact I can read Kindle books on my work PC and I get through a helluva lot of books because of that fact. However, I think the look and feel of iBooks is far superior to that of the Kindle app.

My main issue however, if that I have about 400 books that can be read on the iBook platform and not the Kindle, hence my problem. If I could somehow enable to the ePub books to be visible on the Kindle app (and Kindle for PC) I'd be sorted.

From your post above I then assume you have about 400 ePub books.... you can use iBooks of course on the iPad and Stanza or FBReader (my personal fav) on the PC. I understand that it would be great to just use on cross-platform app.... but as with most things, each company wants it their way. That is why Ford parts don't fit Toyota

I end up using 5 reading apps on my iPad, and actually for me it works pretty good. I am one of those that have several books going at once, and it's kind of handy.....

The Kindle and it's app version is a very closed system.....

I own a nook and iPad, I added the kindle and the barns and noble reader app to my iPad and love the fact that I can always get the best price on any ebook. The kindle app mimics the iBook page turning and the b&n app now allows two pages in landscape view.

I think my main problem is I don't like reading more than 1 book at the same time. It seems the solution to my problem would be to read a book at work on Kindle for PC and then read another book from my collection of ePub books on iBook when I'm at home.

If someone, namely Apple, would be so kind to invent iBooks for PC with Whispersync that be just great. Please.

Originally Posted by drwinston001

If someone, namely Apple, would be so kind to invent iBooks for PC with Whispersync that be just great. Please.

iBooks does sync to other devices (except your PC of course). Once enough people complain about this lack of functionality, Apple will provide an update. I am sure they don't want to lose too much more money to Amazon!

that's what I think. As soon as they have a PC version, larger availability and slightly more competitive pricing then for me iBook is the far superior product / app.

Originally Posted by Rasputina

Originally Posted by Bremen

Why even mess with iBooks? Just read Kindle books on the iPad with the Kindle app, and on your PC with Kindle for PC. Kindle books are cheaper than Ibooks as well.......

ibooks is compatible with open epub and pdf so I can keep all my stuff on one app. Kindle app is only compatible with kindle books bought from Amazon. I do have both apps, because I already owned a kindle reader before the iphone app and the ipad even came out. But kindle app alone does not suffice.

The formatting of ebooks is often better on ibooks than kindle, I've compared a lot of them.

I couldn't agree more! Compatibility of open epub on the iPad was one of the main reasons I purchased the iPad and the formatting is far superior than on the Kindle. Plus, it's so tiring to keep hearing about Kindle this and Kindle that. Kindle is nowhere near the best reader on the market.

At the end of the day, a reader is a reader is a reader and once you actually acquire the book you want, they all do pretty much the same thing. What separates one app from another is what I will call the overall "reading experience". The Kindle app still comes out on top for me because of my comfort level with Amazon. Some people don't like them because you can not buy books from within the app itself like you can with iBooks but it makes no difference to me. As has been beaten to death, the main issue with iBooks, for me, is the fact that you can only read their stuff on an iDevice and not a computer.

Except for the freebies, there is nothing I can't get from Barnes & Noble or Borders (Kobo) that I can't get from Amazon. As far as freebies, Stanza is the "shiznit" primarily due to the fact you can download straight from Project Gutenberg (plus some other free content providers and a few pay sites). If I get really bored, I will look for something I haven't read since high school or college where we had to read a lot of that stuff for English lit classes. I just re-read Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and honestly, it was a lot better than I remember it.

To me, its all about how and where to get stuff to read, because once you have it, all the readers do exactly the same thing.

Originally Posted by 1991-C4

At the end of the day, a reader is a reader is a reader and once you actually acquire the book you want, they all do pretty much the same thing. What separates one app from another is what I will call the overall "reading experience". The Kindle app still comes out on top for me because of my comfort level with Amazon. Some people don't like them because you can not buy books from within the app itself like you can with iBooks but it makes no difference to me. As has been beaten to death, the main issue with iBooks, for me, is the fact that you can only read their stuff on an iDevice and not a computer.

Except for the freebies, there is nothing I can't get from Barnes & Noble or Borders (Kobo) that I can't get from Amazon. As far as freebies, Stanza is the "shiznit" primarily due to the fact you can download straight from Project Gutenberg (plus some other free content providers and a few pay sites). If I get really bored, I will look for something I haven't read since high school or college where we had to read a lot of that stuff for English lit classes. I just re-read Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and honestly, it was a lot better than I remember it.

To me, its all about how and where to get stuff to read, because once you have it, all the readers do exactly the same thing.

Exactly, it's all about content.

This is what I also say to all the iPad haters. The iPad is so simple to use out of the box that I can start to appreciate content rather than the toy it comes in...