Apple releases iBooks 1.1.1

Following on the heels of the iTunes 9.2.1 update that was released yesterday, Apple has updated the iBooks app to version 1.1.1, which includes "substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs." While the new version of iBooks still lacks some lovin' for PDFs that e-books get (in-text Dictionary lookup, notes, etc.), this version makes swiping through PDFs smoother than before. Other improvements to iBooks 1.1.1 include:

• The ability to double-tap an image within a book in order to view it in greater detail.
• The ability to experience books that include audio and video.
• Look up definitions to English words inside books without a specified language.
• An answer to an issue that may have caused some book downloads to not complete.
• The addition of many stability and performance improvements.

The free update for both the iPad and iPhone/iPod touch apps is available now in the App Store.

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Source: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8

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Following on the heels of the iTunes 9.2.1 update that was released yesterday, Apple has updated the iBooks app to version 1.1.1, which...

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At least on iPhone, I'm not finding this especially usable due to the fact that iBooks does a full zoom out every time you advance a page. On the iPhone, where I need to zoom and pan (even in landscape) to make the text readable, this means adjusting on every page. So even the scrolling seems far smoother, I'll be using Good Reader.

July 20 2010 at 12:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

zack

Updated to 1.1.1 last night on my iPad and lost all my books - my iBooks shelves are completely empty. I'm not sure how to get them back short of redownloading everything I purchased.

Lucky, I had no notes or anything that can't be replaced. But this is still a massive problem other users have had, so I wouldn't recommend to anyone that they update.

July 20 2010 at 12:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Two wrongs

Eh, I still don't like electronic books. I know it is old-fashioned, and I love my iPad, but I still like the dead tree versions better.

This blog I saw yesterday pretty much matches what I feel:

http://www.mikesilverman.com/redletterday/2010/07/paper-please/

July 20 2010 at 11:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Viet

When will this work with the iPad? I would much have rather seen the PDF in iBooks on iPad than an iPhone!

July 20 2010 at 11:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Kyle Derouen

Pdfs have been in iBooks for the iPad for a while

July 20 2010 at 1:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Anthony Usher

I can see a definite improvement when reading a PDF on my 2G iPod Touch, I was getting a lot of freezing and crashes previously but this seems to be rectified.

July 20 2010 at 10:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

benson

This may be a rookie mistake, BUT, I have a 1st gen iPod touch with version 3.1.3 loaded, iBooks requires at least 3.2. It doesn't exist yet, right? I wonder if/when it will come out....

July 20 2010 at 10:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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tuaw,com

I'm afraid you're out of luck.

3.2 is an iPad-only release of iOS.

On iPods and iPhones, iBooks only works with iOS 4 (and presumably later), which excludes first-gen iPod touch and iPhone devices (we've got three of those in our household too).

July 20 2010 at 10:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

benson

Bummer deal. Ah well, such is life.

Thanks David!

July 20 2010 at 10:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply