Reading books
Reading a book is easy. Go to the bookshelf and tap the book you want to read. If you don’t see
the book you’re looking for, tap the name of the current collection at the top of the screen to go
to other collections.
Tap to play.
Go to a different page.
Add a bookmark.
Read a book while lying down: Use the portrait orientation lock to prevent iPhone from rotating
the screen when you rotate iPhone. See “Viewing in portrait or landscape orientation” on page 21.
Each book has a particular set of features, based on its contents and format. Some of the
capabilities described below might not be available in the book you’re reading. For example,
printing is available only for PDFs, and if a book doesn’t include a recorded narration, you won’t
see the read aloud icon.
Show the controls
Tap near the center of the page.
Turn the page
Tap near the right or left margin of the page, or flick left or right. To change
the direction the page turns when you tap the left margin, go to Settings >
iBooks > Tap Left Margin.
View the table of contents
Tap . With some books, you can also pinch to see the the table of
contents.
Add or remove a bookmark
Tap . You can have multiple bookmarks.
To remove a bookmark, tap it.
You don’t need to add a bookmark when you close a book, because iBooks
remembers where you left off.
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Add or remove a highlight
Double-tap a word, use the grab points to adjust the selection, then tap
Highlight and choose a color.
To remove a highlight, tap the highlighted text, then tap
.
To underline words, tap
.
To change the color, tap the highlighted text, tap the current color, then
select a new color from the menu.
Add, remove, or edit a note
Double-tap a word, tap Highlight, then choose from the menu that
appears.
To view a note, tap the indicator in the margin near the highlighted text.
To remove a note, delete its text. To remove a note and its highlight, tap the
highlighted text, then tap
.
To change the color, tap the highlighted text, then select a color from the
menu.
To add a note to a highlight, tap the highlighted text, then tap .
See all your bookmarks
Tap , then tap Bookmarks.
See all your notes
Tap , then tap Notes.
Enlarge an image
Double-tap the image to zoom in.
Go to a specific page
Use the page navigation controls at the bottom of the screen. Or, tap
and enter a page number, then tap the page number in the search results.
Search in a book
Tap .
To search the web, tap Search Web or Search Wikipedia. Safari opens and
displays the results.
Search for other occurrences
of a word or phrase
Double-tap a word, use the grab points to adjust the selection, then tap
Search in the menu that appears.
Look up a word
Double-tap a word, use the grab points to adjust the selection, then tap
Define in the menu that appears.
Definitions are not available for all languages.
Listen to a book
Tap .
This feature is not available for all books.
If you have a visual impairment, you can also use VoiceOver to speak the
text of almost any book. See “VoiceOver” on page 143.
iBooks stores your collections, bookmarks, notes, and current page information using your Apple
ID, so you can read books seamlessly across all your iOS devices. iBooks saves information for all of
your books when you open or quit the app. Information for individual books is also saved when
you open or close the book.
Turn syncing on or off: Go to Settings > iBooks.
Some books might access video or audio that’s stored on the web.
Turn online video and audio access on or off: Go to Settings > iBooks > Online Audio & Video.
Note: f iPhone has a cellular data connection, playing these files may incur carrier charges.
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