Will books purchased through iBookstore have digital-rights management restrictions?
Yes, books are linked to your iTunes account, just as music, videos, and apps are. This also means that if you have two iPads linked to the same iTunes account, both should be able to download all the same books and apps for a single purchase price.
Can I use iBooks to read the books I bought on another e-book store?
Almost certainly not, since most purchased books are wrapped in DRM, and iBooks supports only Apple’s own DRM format and DRM-free books. The good news is, those other stores may very well be working on iPad editions of their apps, which would be able to read those books. But iBooks won’t.
Does iBooks have a white-text-on-black-background option, the kind that makes reading in bed spouse-friendly?
Sadly, no, although you can fake it by opening the Settings app, tapping on General, then selecting Accessibility, and turning on “White on Black.” You can even set that features as a short-cut when you click three times on the home button. But that feature inverts the iPad’s entire interface, which is far from elegant. The good news is, iBooks does allow you to control the iPad’s backlight level directly from within the app. But we agree that a white-on-black option would be a good idea and we hope it’s added to iBooks.
Can you highlight text in iBooks? This would be essential for college books.
Yes, you can. In fact, not only can you highlight text (by selecting it and then choosing Highlight from the pop-up menu), you can even choose from five different colors (yellow, green, blue, pink, and purple). You can also quickly view all highlights (and jump to them) from the same screen that hosts the book’s table of contents.
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