UPDATE 12 June 2018

Apple Books, all new for iPhone and iPad, celebrates reading

Discover and Enjoy Books with New, Easy-to-Use App Coming This Fall

Reading Now screen in Apple Books showing Daenerys chapter in A Game of Thrones.
Apple Books gives iPhone and iPad users a beautiful and easy way to discover and enjoy books.
Apple Books, which Apple previewed at the Worldwide Developers Conference last week, is a new app that has been entirely redesigned to make discovering and enjoying books effortless for iPhone and iPad users. The Apple Books app will replace iBooks with the launch of iOS 12 this fall.
“Apple Books will inspire a love of reading — it puts a world of books and audiobooks right at your fingertips, whether you want to dive into your favorite story for a couple of minutes or a few hours,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software & Services. “This is our biggest books redesign ever, and we hope this beautiful app inspires both customers and authors alike.”
Library screen in Apple Books showing Collections including Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng and Educated by Tara Westover.
With the new Apple Books app, readers can quickly get to their books through the new Reading Now tab or visit the Library tab to see their full collection.
The new Reading Now tab is home to the books you are currently reading, as well as a great place to find a new favorite. With Want to Read, you can conveniently keep a wishlist of books you hear about. Complete the Series or You Might Like present books based on those you have recently finished. All of these features make Reading Now the perfect virtual nightstand.
The Book Store tab makes it easy to browse all that Apple Books has to offer, including free books. The new design lets you swipe between books, and makes discovering something you will love to read intuitive and fun.
In the Library tab, you can peruse your full collection of books with large, easy-to-see cover art, including the books downloaded to your device and a Finished section showcasing the books you have read in the past and the date you finished them, displayed in a timeline.
The new Apple Books app launches this fall, with the Book Store available in 51 countries, and free books available in 155 countries.

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