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1 00:00:03:04 00:00:07:13 Reading a digital book on the iPad is
easy and convenient. 2 00:00:07:14 00:00:13:03 You can set the
text as large as you like, and the iPad remembers the page you're up to.
3 00:00:13:04 00:00:19:09 Digital books – sometimes called ebooks – can be purchased through
an app called iBooks. 4 00:00:19:10 00:00:24:18 Some books are free,
while others cost a fraction of what they'd cost in a bookshop.
5 00:00:24:19 00:00:32:02 It’s easy to find something to read in iBooks too, because you
can search for books by author, title, even topic.
6 00:00:32:03 00:00:34:19 To get started, you'll need an Apple ID.
7 00:00:34:20 00:00:42:04 This is an account with a password that manages all your purchases
and protects your credit card details. 8 00:00:42:04 00:00:48:07 If iBooks isn't
already on your iPad, get it from the app store by searching for iBooks.
9 00:00:48:07 00:00:52:23 Start the iBooks app by tapping on its icon on
the home screen. 10 00:00:52:24 00:00:58:24 You'll see an empty
bookshelf. Tap on the Store button in the top left corner.
11 00:00:59:00 00:01:04:24 A screen will appear showing the latest and most popular books
with their prices listed right next to them. 12 00:01:05:00 00:01:11:21 If you see a book
you know you want to buy, just tap the price, and then tap 'Buy Book'.
13 00:01:11:22 00:01:15:22 Or you can search for a book by author, title
or even category. 14 00:01:15:23 00:01:23:16 Tap the price to
download it to your iPad. You can see some books are absolutely free!
15 00:01:23:17 00:01:29:07 iBooks will ask for your Apple ID and your password, even
for free books. 16 00:01:29:08 00:01:34:16 Enter the password,
and the cost of the book will be charged to your credit card.
17 00:01:34:17 00:01:40:00 The book now appears on your iBooks shelf. Tap the cover to open
the book. 18 00:01:40:01 00:01:48:03 Here's the title
page. You can slide your finger across from the right to turn a page, or tap quickly to
flip the page. 19 00:01:48:04 00:01:54:00 For more options,
tap the middle of the page, and icons appear at the top of the screen.
20 00:01:54:01 00:01:57:12 You can change the brightness of the page right here.
21 00:01:57:13 00:02:03:00 This function is very useful; it lets you change the size
of the type. 22 00:02:03:01 00:02:07:24 The magnifying
glass lets you search through the book for any word.
23 00:02:08:00 00:02:14:21 This icon lets you place a bookmark on the current page,
so that you can easily come back to it. 24 00:02:14:22 00:02:18:13 You can place as
many bookmarks as you like. 25 00:02:18:14 00:02:21:22 This icon goes
back to the table of contents. 26 00:02:21:23 00:02:25:15 You can list your
bookmarks, navigate to a particular chapter,
27 00:02:25:16 00:02:29:02 or resume where you were reading, just by tapping.
28 00:02:29:02 00:02:35:09 The Library button sends you back to the bookshelf where you
can read a different book altogether. 29 00:02:35:10 00:02:38:12 One nifty feature
is the built-in dictionary. 30 00:02:38:13 00:02:43:11 There's a trick
to looking up a word: you need to tap and hold until this little
31 00:02:43:11 00:02:46:04 magnifying glass appears over the word.
32 00:02:46:04 00:02:51:08 Then take your finger off the word and tap the
define option the menu bar. 33 00:02:51:08 00:02:55:15 More and more new
books are receiving the digital treatment,
34 00:02:55:16 00:02:58:05 and there are other apps, aside from iBooks.
35 00:02:58:06 00:03:03:12 The Kindle store at Amazon, for example, has a
huge online library. 36 00:03:03:13 00:03:08:09 The neat thing
about ebooks is that you can store hundreds of them in an iPad,
37 00:03:08:10 00:03:11:13 and take them with you wherever you go.
38 00:03:11:14 00:03:23:15 In fact, you can take a whole library with you, and it won’t
ever weigh more than an iPad. �