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iBooks now updated with the new iOS 7 look.

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Thank god, I have been using kindle to read books, it was a pain for me how hard it is to find a book.

Yeh anyways. iBooks is now updated with the fresh new look of iOS 7. Go check it now guys!
 

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Can you take a couple of screenshots? I absolutely cannot live without iBooks (only use the Kindle app for library ebooks) and am wondering what it will be like when I finally get on iOS 7.
 

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Can you take a couple of screenshots? I absolutely cannot live without iBooks (only use the Kindle app for library ebooks) and am wondering what it will be like when I finally get on iOS 7.
Here are a couple of screenshots of the newly updated iBooks app. image-3480154996.jpg image-2056609605.jpg As you can see, the simulated wooden bookshelves are gone.

image-541773096.jpg The app icon has had a complete iOS 7 makeover as well.
 
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Here are a couple of screenshots of the newly updated iBooks app. <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=50164"/> <img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=50165"/> As you can see, the simulated wooden bookshelves are gone.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=50166"/> The app icon has had a complete iOS 7 makeover as well.

It looks like the icons are bigger too. Can you still group your books like the old version?
 

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The icon is ok but the inside is just plain boring. Give us an option to add some background color.

☮&hearts;
 

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:thumbsdown:The new Ibooks Is horrible, White background? erhh, I loved the look of the wooden bookshelves! and dark color theme! Why are apple fixing what aint broke!
Luckily I kept old version of the IPA so I could revert! Read the reviews for ibooks in the app store 98% of people hate it! (do Apple ever actually listen to consumers?) If an apple exec s#@>^d on the floor, Im sure some apple fans would say "that's amazing"....
 

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I'm no fan of the "beautiful new redesign" either, but the most important thing is that everything works exactly as before.
 

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Apple is taking the "minimalistic" trend way over the top.

Good that it works. I won't deny it's flat ugly though.

everything works exactly as before.
Why "update" it if it works exactly as before?

I agree, don't fix what ain't broke.
 
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I'm not a minimalist and I find the dirty grayed background unpleasant but I can still read my books. That is the most important thing to me.

Bobbi
 

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:thumbsdown:The new Ibooks Is horrible, White background? erhh, I loved the look of the wooden bookshelves! and dark color theme! Why are apple fixing what aint broke! Luckily I kept old version of the IPA so I could revert! Read the reviews for ibooks in the app store 98% of people hate it! (do Apple ever actually listen to consumers?) If an apple exec s#@>^d on the floor, Im sure some apple fans would say "that's amazing"....
I reverted back after seeing how bad it looked, I will only buy books for the kindle app now. I read many of the large number of negative reviews and left my own, it seems Apple doesn't care that many are not happy with the new look. I can't stand iOS 7 and will just buy a Kindle HDX 8.9" tablet and leave my iPad as a dedicated home automation controller.
 

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:thumbsdown:The new Ibooks Is horrible, White background? erhh, I loved the look of the wooden bookshelves! and dark color theme! Why are apple fixing what aint broke!
Luckily I kept old version of the IPA so I could revert! Read the reviews for ibooks in the app store 98% of people hate it! (do Apple ever actually listen to consumers?) If an apple exec s#@>^d on the floor, Im sure some apple fans would say "that's amazing"....

Well, it's a bygone world, I'm afraid - Apple (specifically Jony Ive) has 'killed skeuomorphism', the so-called 'faux' look in the previous app versions - if you want some background - READ 1 & READ 2 - for me, I've had no problem at all adjusting to the new look - flat & sleek - did not need fake wood in iBooks because I make my own bookcases in my basement workshop - :D Dave
 

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Pretty much every updated Apple app seems to be getting hit hard in the App Store, except Keynote. What's interesting is that only the iBooks app's bad reviews are predominantly about the new look.

Well, bookworms as a whole do tend to be a bit conservative. I remember when ebooks first started. Most of my reading friends were convinced that giving up paper books would ruin the entire reading experience. I bet the same thing happened when bound books started replacing scrolls. The crackle of rolled paper, the smell of papyrus, the beauty of continuous text; none of that inconvenient page turning nonsense. :D

Me? I do like paper book, especially nice leather bound editions, and I kind of liked the wood shelves in iBooks, but in the end the only thing I really care about is that whatever I'm holding goes away once I start reading. I'm there to experience the story or absorb the information. Paper, old iBooks, new iBooks; they all pass that test.


I'll also add that I haven't been experiencing most of the problems that reviewers are blasting the other products with. Either I"m lucky (which happens sometimes), or the general outrage at change in general has those who do experience problems far more likely to take the time to write a review. Plus the bugs that plague any big update.

Hold in mind that the iWorks apps have never had top ratings in the App Store. From what I can see that's mostly because many people buy them thinking they will be full MS Office replacements, and work exactly the same way. They aren't. They don't.
 
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