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The iPhone Manual - Tips and Hacks

By : Wallace Wang
Book Image

The iPhone Manual - Tips and Hacks

By: Wallace Wang

Overview of this book

The iPhone is the most popular smartphone available on the market, renowned for its sophisticated design, immersive UI, and user safety. And even if you’ve bought an iPhone for its impressive specifications, you may still be unaware of many of its features, which you’ll discover with the help of this book! The iPhone Manual is your practical guide to uncovering the hidden potential of iPhones, and will leave you amazed at how productive you can be by learning tips and hacks for customizing your device as a communication, entertainment, and work tool. You’ll unearth the complete range of iPhone features and customize it to streamline your day-to-day interaction with your device. This iPhone manual will help you explore your iPhone’s impressive capabilities and fully understand all the features, functions, and settings that every iPhone owner should know. With this book, you’ll get to grips with not only the basics of communication but also best practices for accessing photos, videos, and music to set up your entertainment using your iPhone. In addition to this, you’ll learn about serious work tools that will make you productive in your everyday tasks. By the end of this iPhone book, you’ll have learned how to use your iPhone to perform tasks and customize your experience in ways you probably didn’t realize were possible.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Chapter 12: Reading eBooks

If you've ever traveled by plane or train, you've probably taken a book with you. The problem with printed books is that they're bulky, which means you can only take a handful at the most before they become unwieldy. Even worse, it's far too easy to forget or misplace a book – and then be stuck without it.

Fortunately, you can turn your iPhone into an eBook reader. Not only can you carry hundreds or even thousands of books to read wherever you take your iPhone, but you can read any time you get a chance, such as waiting in line or traveling on a plane or train.

With eBooks, you literally have access to any book in the world that you can read at your convenience from your iPhone. If you prefer to read without looking at text, you can also buy and listen to audiobooks as well.

The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

  • Getting eBooks from Apple's bookstore
  • Adding eBooks to the Books app
  • Opening...