Year in Review is a new feature on Apple Books that brings shareable insights about the reads you've enjoyed the most throughout the year. Here's how to get yours.
Books
Apple shares year-end charts with the top podcasts, books and audiobooks of 2023
Apple has shared the 2023 charts for nearly 100 countries, listing the most popular podcast shows, books and audiobooks across its platforms.
How to download the free “Make Something Wonderful” ebook about Steve Jobs’s approach to life and work
Here's how to download "Make Something Wonderful," a free ebook with emails, speeches and interviews illustrating how Steve Jobs approached life and work.
iOS 16.4 brings back the skeuomorphic Apple Books page turning animation
With iOS 16.4, you can flip virtual pages while reading in the Books app on your iPhone or iPad by dragging your finger from one corner to another.
New Shortcuts actions in iOS 16.2 for lock screen wallpapers, Apple Books and more
iOS 16 brings more than a dozen new scripting actions for Apple's Shortcuts app for Apple Books, getting and switching your lock screen wallpapers and more.
How to use themes while reading books on iPad and iPhone
Themes inside the iPad and iPhone Books app can elevate your reading experience, making it more comfortable, and enjoyable.
Every theme is a collection of multiple settings like background color, font type, spacing, and more. In addition to Original, you have five other themes named Quiet, Paper, Bold, Calm, and Focus to choose from.
In this tutorial, we show you how to use and customize reading themes inside the Apple Books app.
How to fix iTunes Store and Book Store not working on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC
Is iTunes Store or Book Store not working on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Windows PC and showing Cannot Connect to iTunes Store or Book Store Unavailable? In this piece, we’ll go over the steps to troubleshoot Apple’s digital content store problems so you can get back up and running.
Apple could potentially expand ads to the Maps, Podcasts and Books apps
Apple has internally tested Maps search ads. Moreover, the company could bring advertising to its other preinstalled iPhone apps, such as Books and Podcasts.
Apple’s “iPod Phone” prototypes had a click wheel that turned into a number pad
Former Apple exec Tony Fadell reflects on how Steve Jobs originally wanted to develop an iPhone by using an iPod as a basis, so the team came up with so-called “iPod iPhone” which used a click wheel that could become a number pad.
Jony Ive’s departure was once estimated to erase $50 billion from Apple’s market value
Three years into Steve Jobs's death, executives estimated that losing the company's former design chief Jony Ive would cost Apple at least $50 billion in market value.
How to share Apple Books with family members
The Apple Books app is an excellent way to catch up on some reading, especially if you own an iPad. There are plenty of e-books available on Apple Books, but you cannot donate or pass on a book to someone after you're done reading it. You'd have to pass on the iPad, which isn't very ideal. Luckily, Apple allows you to share your digital books with family members thanks to Family Sharing.
In this article, you'll learn how easy it is to share Apple Books with family members.
How to set up parental controls on Kindle Paperwhite
If you purchase a Kindle Paperwhite for your child to enjoy reading books, you may want to make a few adjustments. Depending on your child’s age, you can enable parental controls with a password. Then, allow or disallow specific settings, create Kindle FreeTime, choose books for them to read, and more.
Here’s how to set up the parental controls on your Kindle Paperwhite.