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Apple Books vs Kindle
May 02, 2025
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iOS reading app + book store: Both a way to read books and a way to buy them, iBooks transforms the simple act of reading into something simply delightful. The iBookstore features the best of what’s new right at the top of the page. Flick from page to page. Change text size. Select a different font. Adjust the brightness.
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Amazon Kindle enable users to shop for, download, browse, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines. It provides over 1 million books in the Kindle Store. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up your book where you left off on another device. Provides apps for Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Mac, PC and the family of ereading devices
Apple Books vs Kindle in our news:
2023. Apple to bring books to virtual reality
According to Bloomberg's tech reporter, Mark Gurman, who has a proven track record of accurately reporting on Apple's product plans, Apple is developing a version of Apple Books that can be used on their upcoming Apple VR headset, allowing users to read books in a virtual reality environment. The headset is also expected to be compatible with other Apple products such as iPhones and iPads, making it convenient for users to switch between devices and access their favorite content. Apple has not confirmed the leaked information and more details about the VR headset may be revealed at WWDC 2023. It is possible that the features mentioned in Gurman's article may not be included at Apple VR launch and may not be announced this year.
2022. Amazon adds EPUB and drops MOBI support on Send to Kindle apps
Last week, Amazon permitted Kindle users to send ePub files to Kindles via email. While it’s positive to see Amazon finally adding support for DRM-free ePub files to the Kindle Personal Documents Service, they also announced they will be discontinuing support for the older MOBI format. Books in MOBI format lack some of the newer features, such as custom fonts and font boldness control. However, one advantage of sideloaded MOBI books is that book covers were displayed, whereas other sideloaded formats only show a generic cover. To clarify, they aren’t eliminating support for the MOBI format on Kindles. You will still be able to read MOBI files that you’ve added to your Kindle, but you will no longer be able to wirelessly send MOBI files to Kindles using Amazon Kindle Personal Documents Service.
2016. Kindle for PC allows to read children’s books and comic books
Amazon Kindle users can now access comic books and children's books on Kindle for PC. This is the first time you can do this without needing any Amazon hardware or their various smartphone apps. In 2014, Amazon acquired ComiXology, the largest digital distributor of comic books. Amazon has been gradually incorporating all their content into the Kindle store, including comics from major publishers like DC and Marvel. In addition to ComiXology, Amazon also collaborates directly with thousands of publishers around the world. If you have purchased any children's or comic books directly from Amazon, you can now read them on Kindle for PC or Kindle for Mac. If you already have these apps installed, you'll need to download the update.
