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Apple has released details of the iBooks app for the iPad.
- Landscape mode will show two pages at a time.
- Touch and hold on a word to choose from: look up in the dictionary or Wikipedia, or to search for the word in the book or on the Web.
- VoiceOver – read aloud feature.
- Compatibility with non-DRM ePub ebooks from other sources.
- Book genres are separated into 20 main categories, with more than 150 subcategories.
The iBooks app will not come preinstalled on the iPad, but is a free download.
For a company whose CEO claims that no one reads anymore, Apple seems to be taking reading pretty seriously on the iPad.
