Apple Books 4+

Version History

• 4.2

  Sep 17, 2018
  • Apple Books has been completely redesigned to make discovering and enjoying books and audiobooks simple and fun.
  • Reading Now is your personal digital nightstand, making it easy to return to books you’re currently reading and get great recommendations for what to read next.
  • The new Book Store makes it easy to discover your next favorite book — see what’s new and popular from our editors each week or browse recommendations chosen just for you.
  • Apple Books now has a dedicated audiobooks store, where you can find immersive stories and informative nonfiction books narrated by your favorite authors and actors.
  • Add books and audiobooks you’d like to read next to the new Want to Read collection.
  • Auto-Night mode now works everywhere in Apple Books, making it easy to browse the Book Store and read in bed without waking anyone up.
  • Organize your library just the way you want with more flexible collections — even see a timeline of the books you’ve finished or books that are downloaded on your device.

• 4.13

  Sep 19, 2017
  Bug fixes, performance improvements, and support for iOS 11

• 3.5

  Sep 13, 2016
  Bug fixes

• 3.4

  Jul 1, 2016
  Bug fixes

• 3.3

  Jun 13, 2016
  Bug fixes

• 3.2

  Nov 14, 2013
  iBooks has been updated with a beautiful new design for iOS 7.

• 3.1.3

  Sep 17, 2013
  This version of iBooks improves compatibility with iOS and iCloud.

• 3.1.2

  Sep 16, 2013
  This version of iBooks resolves an issue where the app may quit unexpectedly while using VoiceOver.

• 3.1.1

  Aug 20, 2013
  This version of iBooks improves compatibility with iOS and iCloud.

• 3.1

  Mar 5, 2013
  The iBookstore in Japan now has hundreds of thousands of books available for purchase, including fiction, manga, light novels and more. This version of iBooks also includes a number of improvements for reading Asian language books.

• 3.0.2

  Nov 14, 2012
  Introducing iBooks 3
  
  • See all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud—on your bookshelf with iOS 6
  • Scroll vertically through your books with a flick of a finger using the new Scroll theme
  • Receive free updates to purchased books — including new chapters, corrections and other improvements
  • Look up definitions for words in German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese with iOS 6
  • Share thoughts about your favorite book with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Messages or Mail
  
  iBooks 3.0.2 resolves an issue where iBooks may unexpectedly quit

• 3.0.1

  Oct 29, 2012
  Introducing iBooks 3
  
  • See all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud—right on your bookshelf with iOS 6
  • Scroll vertically through your books with the flick of a finger using the new Scroll theme
  • Receive free updates to purchased books—including new chapters, corrections, and other improvements
  • Look up definitions for words in German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese with iOS 6
  • Share quotes or thoughts about your favorite book with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Messages, or Mail 
  
  iBooks 3.0.1 resolves an issue where iBooks may unexpectedly quit

• 3.0

  Oct 23, 2012
  Introducing iBooks 3
  
  • See all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud—right on your bookshelf with iOS 6
  • Scroll vertically through your books with the flick of a finger using the new Scroll theme
  • Receive free updates to purchased books—including new chapters, corrections, and other improvements
  • Look up definitions for words in German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese with iOS 6
  • Share quotes or thoughts about your favorite book with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Messages, or Mail
  

• 2.2

  Sep 19, 2012
  iBooks 2.2 adds support for iOS 6.

• 2.1.1

  Apr 16, 2012
  iBooks 2.1.1 addresses an issue which prompted you to sign-in with your Apple ID at unexpected times. If you experienced this issue, please open iBooks after updating. 
  
  This version also contains minor stability and performance improvements.

• 2.1

  Mar 7, 2012
  • Read books more easily with sharply detailed text on the new iPad's amazing Retina display
  • See page numbers that correspond to the printed edition of select titles
  • Search for a page number to jump to a desired page with a single tap
  • Use your finger as a highlighter when swiping over text
  • This version also includes a number of important stability and performance improvements

• 2.0.1

  Feb 3, 2012
  iBooks 2.0.1 addresses an issue where iBooks textbooks may not open.
  
  iBooks 2 introduced iBooks textbooks.
  
  • Experience gorgeous Multi-Touch textbooks designed for iPad
  • iBooks textbooks are filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, and videos
  • Tap to dive into images with interactive captions, rotate 3D objects, swipe through image galleries,
  watch videos in full screen, and more
  • Use a finger as a highlighter when swiping over text in a textbook
  • Take advantage of Study Cards to help you memorize important highlights, notes, and glossary terms
  • Tap glossary terms to see definitions of key topics and concepts without leaving the page
  
  The iBookstore offers textbooks on Algebra, Biology, Chemistry, Geometry, and Physics from McGraw-Hill
  and Pearson.
  These textbooks are currently available to customers in the United States.
  Textbooks from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are coming soon.
  
  iBooks textbooks are created with iBooks Author — now available as a free download on the Mac App Store.

• 2.0

  Jan 19, 2012
  Introducing iBooks 2 — now with iBooks textbooks. 
  
  • Experience gorgeous Multi-Touch textbooks designed for iPad
  • iBooks textbooks are filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, and videos
  • Tap to dive into images with interactive captions, rotate 3D objects, swipe through image galleries, watch videos in full screen, and more
  • Use a finger as a highlighter when swiping over text in a textbook
  • Take advantage of Study Cards to help you memorize important highlights, notes, and glossary terms
  • Tap glossary terms to see definitions of key topics and concepts without leaving the page
  
  The iBookstore offers textbooks on Algebra, Biology, Chemistry, Geometry, and Physics from McGraw-Hill and Pearson.
  These textbooks are currently available to customers in the United States. Textbooks from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are coming soon.
  
  iBooks textbooks are created with iBooks Author — now available as a free download on the Mac App Store.

• 1.5

  Dec 6, 2011
  iBooks 1.5 adds the following new features as well as some stability and performance improvements:
  
  • Nighttime reading theme makes reading books in the dark easier.
  • Full-screen layout lets you focus on the words without distraction.
  • iBooks now features an improved selection of fonts, including Athelas, Charter, Iowan, and Seravek.
  • Beautiful new classic covers for public domain books.
  • A redesigned annotation palette makes it easier to choose a color for your highlighted text.

• 1.3.2

  Oct 11, 2011
  iBooks 1.3.2 improves compatibility with iOS 5.

• 1.3.1

  Sep 30, 2011
  iBooks 1.3.1 includes a number of important stability and performance improvements.
  

• 1.3

  Jun 7, 2011
  iBooks 1.3 adds several new features and improvements:
  • Help your children learn to read with the new read-aloud feature included in select children's books from the iBookstore.
  The read-aloud feature uses a real narrator to read the book to you, and in some books, it will even highlight the words as you read along.
  • Enhanced books can now automatically play audio or video included with the book.
  • Makes iBooks more responsive when opening very long books.
  • Addresses an issue where some books may display the same page twice.

• 1.2.2

  Apr 21, 2011
  iBooks 1.2.2 adds a number of important stability and performance improvements, including:
  • Addresses issues playing video included with enhanced books from the iBookstore.
  • Resolves a problem where some books open with a different font than expected.
  • Makes iBooks more responsive when navigating books with many items in their table of contents.

• 1.2.1

  Feb 9, 2011
  • Includes a number of important stability and performance improvements.
  • Experience fully illustrated books, from children's picture books to beautifully designed art books, available for download in the iBookstore.
  • Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections.
  • Print PDF documents and notes you've written in iBooks using AirPrint.
  • iBooks now fits more words per page by automatically hyphenating text, available only on iOS 4.2 or later.

• 1.2

  Dec 15, 2010
  • Experience fully illustrated books, from children's picture books to beautifully designed art books, available for download in the iBookstore.
  • Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections.
  • Print PDF documents and notes you've written in iBooks using AirPrint.
  • iBooks now fits more words per page by automatically hyphenating text, available only on iOS 4.2 or later.