Good e-Reader - Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 3:56 AM
iBooks has been rebranded as Apple Books
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Apple iBooks is going to receive a tremendous redesign when iOS 12 comes out
later this year. It has been rebranded as Apple Books because of the synergy
between Apple News and Apple Music. There is going to be a reading now function
which will show you what audiobook and ebook you are currently engaged in and
will give you a sense how far along you are in a specific title. The imagery
for this will be displayed as an open book with the book title underneath it.
The Apple Bookstore has also received a massive facelift, with the overall
design sense borrowing heavily from the App Store redesign that debuted with
iOS 11. The current iBooks app has my books, Featured, Top Charts, Search and
Purchased at the bottom of the app. This will change to Reading Now, Library,
Bookstore, Audiobooks and search. This will make it easier to jump to the
audiobook section, currently you have to open the bookstore then click on the
audiobooks tab, so Apple is removing an extra step.
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I don’t know if Apple is going to be doing anything fundamentally different
with the Apple Bookstore, aside from the redesign. It does not look like they
will be altering their existing curation system or recommendation engine. Will
Apple release new e-reading options or updating the font selection? Perhaps we
will see a new audiobook player or added functionality? Developers just got
their first
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of the first build of iOS so they can edit their apps to take advantage of new
features. I suppose as the beta becomes more widely available we should be able
to get a sense on further Apple Books changes or features.
Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing
about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been
picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET,
Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.
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