Manual iBooks for beginners

Use iBooks on iPhone, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac to buy and download books, manage shopping, organize library ... Find audio books in iBooks on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and in iTunes on Mac.

Add books to the library

To download and buy books from the iBooks Store, you need an Apple ID. It is the account you use to access Apple devices. If you already use other Apple services like iCloud or App Store on Mac, you should sign in to iBooks Store with your Apple ID. If not, create one.

In iBooks, you can also read non-DRM files like PDFs, ePubs ... like other applications.

Download the book from iBooks Store

When using iBooks, you can browse books in the Featured or Top Charts tab , or search by specific titles on the Search tab. Tap on any favorite book to learn more about it, read reviews, see related titles. If there is a test reading, touch Sample in the right corner of the screen.

To buy a book, tap the price on the right of the screen, then click Buy. To get a free book, touch Get on the right of the screen> touch Get Book .

To find books you've bought in the past or to the latest version of books you currently have, tap Purchased at the bottom of the screen.

Note: If using Touch ID or Face ID, you may not see Buy or Get Book.

Read and listen on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

In iBooks, touch My Books, then touch the book cover to start reading or listening. When i / read stops, iBooks remembers the position and starts right there the next time.

If you want iBooks to remember where a page goes off on another device, go to Settings> iBooks> turn on "Sync Bookmarks and Notes."

Read books on Mac

Double click the book cover in iBooks to read it. When you stop reading, iBooks will remember the location so that users can continue unfinished content the next time they use it.

If you want iBooks to remember where you paused reading on another device, select iBooks> Preferences from the menu at the top of the computer screen. Click the General tab , select "Sync bookmarks, highlights, and collections across devices."

Change wallpaper or font size

While reading a book, touch to adjust how the book appears on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch. From this table, you can adjust the screen brightness, size and font style, change the background color. If Scrolling View is enabled, you have the ability to scroll a page continuously without having to turn the page.

Add and view bookmarks, bookmarks and notes

While reading a book, tap on an iOS device or click on the Mac in the upper right corner to bookmark a specific page. You can also highlight any text in a book or create a Note from the selected highlight.

To view bookmarks, highlights and notes:

• On iOS: Touch in the upper left corner.
• On Mac: Click in the upper left corner to see the highlights and notes. Click next in the upper right corner.

You can automatically sync Bookmarks, Highlights, Notes on all devices logged with Apple ID.

• On iOS: Go to Settings> iBooks> turn on "Sync Bookmarks and Notes."
• On Mac: Select iBooks> Preferences at the top of the computer screen. Click the General tab , select "Sync bookmarks, highlights, and collections across devices."

Library organization

Library iBooks includes books, audiobooks, PDF files that users save to the application. You can keep user manuals, proposal papers, project plans ... here for easy access.

By default, the iBooks library is sorted by predefined collections: All books or file types (Books, Audiobooks, PDFs). Books are in iCloud but not downloaded to the device, automatically displayed in the library.

Create, view and organize collections

Use collections to organize your books in groups. To create a custom collection on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap All Books or the file type menu at the top of the screen, and then New Collection . In iBooks on Mac, click Collections, then click the + icon in the lower left corner of the screen.