Two do not disagree about the importance of reading and its role in the advancement of individuals and societies, yet hardly two differ over our neglect of it and its pioneering role. Because of this importance, companies played their winning game: They produced e-readers! This step has achieved tremendous success for companies in two ways: the first is to attract readers who are serious about electronic reading and its advantages that are not allowed for them to read paper books, the second way is by attracting non-readers to read through technology that takes a large part of the lives of the masses, especially young people.
With multiple electronic readers starting with Rocket eBook Submitted by B&N 1999. Through Sony readers and the most popular Amazon reader Kindle And even those Built on Android systemsThe wars of these devices have started on a lighter level than the war for smartphones, especially since it is almost confined to new users who ask a question: Which readers are better? Then, e-reading began to sweep away from traditional reading For the first time in history, e-book sales exceeded sales of paper books And this success went to Amazon.
In these situations and for several reasons, most notably keeping up with the information explosion, tablet devices came as a strong competitor to e-readers, and although they are not intended for reading, they have shown an amazing advantage, helped by the presence of applications in an advanced way than those in e-book readers or that do not exist at all. Amidst this revolution in the e-reading process and the associated devices, books, publishing houses, readers, authors, and companies, Apple released the iPad, which changed the concept of the tablet and presented it creatively. And as always with success stories, it took Apple some time to establish itself in this market.
So how did Apple make a tablet a unique book reader and the ideal choice for millions of users around the world? The beginning of the iPad's success in this area was the presence of an Apple book-reading application integrated into an online book store: iBooks Which was for epub books and then enabled it to browse pdf. These are the most prominent additions made to iBooks:
- Support picture books
- The ability to organize PDF books into groups
- View and browse books that contain audio and video files
- The ability to listen to the book's content
- Print PDF books via AirPrint
After this quick overview of the features of the iBooks application in terms of reading, we move to the application store and we find that:
- It contains nearly 200,000 books
- It contains the New York Times bestseller list
- Over 130 million books have been sold so far
After the achievements made by Apple with iBooks and its store, it has taken a more advanced step, which is to provide a store for magazines and newspapers, where the applications were collected inside it and this is what will be available Newsstand. And don't miss Pixar's latest marvel The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore It is an application and provided it on the iPad. This marvel is like an interactive book, and interactive books seem to be in fashion in the coming years, and here is the first of their daughters: an application on the iPad.
Perhaps it is striking when we talk about the iPad that we address this trend that companies are taking to create reading applications on the iPad even though they have e-book readers (such as Amazon that sells Kindle, Barnes, and Noble that sells Knock). This places the iPad as one of the best reading devices, although it does not target it directly as mentioned. Thus, we find that what distinguishes the reading experience through it is the presence of several stores for several companies containing thousands of publishing houses and millions of books, in addition to the iBooks application and store.
Let's go back to Apple and the corporate investment point for reading. Application companies earn billions from Apple customers using these applications, so what will Apple do in front of all these temptations? Apple earns little from what these companies earn (for store-based reading apps). In the latest agreement issued by Apple to developers, it directed a clause for book applications, in which it said that it would not allow the existence of external purchase links, meaning that the purchase process must be made from within the application and without going to the Safari browser. And so the application disappeared Google Books From the store, whose absence caused a wave of questions that did not subside until the application returned to its place and with a new update, the most prominent of which is the removal of the icon for the move to Safari to complete the purchase of books.
It is worth noting that the rest of the companies She updated her apps (Kindle, Kobo, Nuke) to meet this requirement. But Apple did not stop there, which seems a bit negative, as it returned to take advantage of a feature In App Purchasing Which you launched earlier. This feature enables users to subscribe to what the applications offer them from within the application itself, such as subscribing to a specific application to follow up on magazines and newspapers, so that the application is free, but obtaining some of what it provides is through subscription and monthly or annual payment as required by the application. With this, we reach Apple's latest investment in the e-reading market, which is its requirement to obtain 30% of the price of every book sold within these applications (this includes subscriptions as well).
This is how Apple's investments and achievements continue, and this puts us in front of the truth of the importance of this market and the extent of the desired benefit from it. Perhaps we are seeing the initiatives of publishing houses and Arab companies to invest in this field despite the presence of several Arab attempts that we talked about previously In this article However, it is still not enough.
Is it possible to reduce the reading speed and if possible how to do it? Thank you
You can not compare the BlackBerry to the iPod, but rather compare it to the iPhone and you will know the difference. My greetings
Thanks for this information, and indeed Apple has succeeded in making the iPad device more than one device in one device. My greetings
Quote: This is how Apple's investments and achievements continue, and this puts us in front of the reality of the importance of this market and the extent of the desired benefit from it. Perhaps we are seeing the initiatives of publishing houses and Arab companies to invest in this field, despite the presence of several Arab attempts that we talked about earlier in this article, but they are still insufficient.
From my point of view .. we still suffer from the great distance that separates us from the book and reading. Our awareness of the importance of the book ... and our hobby of reading ... does not rise to the level that it can be classified as an investment.
The importance of reading and writing in our Arab world still requires large awareness campaigns. For everyone who has an iPad device to review .. How many books his device contains versus the number of games. :(
I have a blackberry and an iPod
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BlackBerry is better
It gives you more wellness than your efforts
The sweetest story of her village is the story of Lenny Dabdoub
Yvonne is the most beautiful device launched in the modern era
A big difference between reading a paper book and an electronic book, as reading electronic books exhausts the eyes and strains the eyes
May God reward you a thousand good, the Imam Wali ...
With all due respect to the electronic reader .. and its modern tools, I find turning the pages of paper with my fingertips a deeper pleasure and friendship. Ramadan Kareem
Wonderful accomplishment forward
I hope that the Arab publishing houses will pay attention to this matter and thus relieve us from the hassle of going to libraries. Instead of buying books at high prices, we buy electronic books at lower prices, and this is an encouragement for reading and an additional gain for publishing houses.
Very special and useful for all classes
May God reward you with a thousand thousand thousand
Imam Yvonne Islam
Actually the iPad is an amazing device
But in your opinion, will the iPad device replace the use of a laptop, or not?
Since the article did not compare reading programs, I recommend bunkohd for reading ... Try it !!!
Thank you, I hope. Always progress to you
I am not one of those who prefer electronic reading, as the scent of books excites me more than the buttons of a keyboard, or flipping a tablet device
But the truth is said that many people have broken the barrier of not reading, and I mean by reading in general, whether utilitarian or objective, and this is an effective step in our society.
Nice topic
You greeted
Actually the iPad is an amazing device
But!
Do you think that he will dispense with the use of a laptop?
I am a recent Mac user and would like to advise you
Me .. Do I buy the device in addition to the Mac or not
Thank you, our sister Haifa, and may God give birth to you! You talked in your magical blog about junctures in your life with reading, so does the iPad represent one of the turns for you with reading?
I put on you a proposal for a fictional literary and philosophical essay entitled “Al-Mutanabi Owns an iPad”. This article haunts me, and I did not find a way to formulate it due to my weakness in the art of writing. Please find a response!
“Al-Mutanabi owns an iPad”… :)
The idea of a wonderful topic .. By God, you tickled my imagination with this title .. Put the content and we will formulate the details.
Happy New Year, son of my country
And you are well and well, and your family and all those you love. Trustworthy
In fact, you gave me a strong push to write an article. I will send you what I was able to, and you must rewrite the article if you saw that it deserves and add your magic touches and inlay with pictures of what your imagination is good for. I send it to Yvon Aslam and, God willing, he will satisfy them.
Reading is the backbone of life.
Thank you, iPhone Islam.
Thank you and may Allah reward you for your efforts
What is the problem with the reading that Arabic books are few
A wonderful report and I hope that there are books and stories for children in the Arabic language that simulate the stories in the English language and the developments in it.
Hello. Good luck, success, and more giving XNUMX
A very beautiful topic, God bless you and benefit you
Ipad Yazin Zina Iqbal I will buy it, God willing
We want to see more Arabic books that are not limited to religious books, poetry and novels
We want books on physics, chemistry, computer and mathematics
Engineering and medicine .. !! It has become rare to find a book with a purely scientific specialization.!?
Honestly, this is a wonderful thing, and in the top of beauty, we thank you for this great effort and the most wonderful
Only for those who said (God bless the iPhone)
Say: Praise be to God, the development of the human mind is dull
Then say, God cherishes Islam and Muslims, and do not be proud of these devices, but praise God and use them in his obedience, you receive and gain
Although the iPad is successful, reading from electronic readers with technology means that you are significantly superior to the iPad because
XNUMX- The battery has been running for months without charging
XNUMX- Reading is easier and more comfortable for the eyes, just like looking at regular paper due to the absence of light reflections on the screen glass
Give you the well-being of the iPhone, Islam, and you don't fall short
How do I search for Arabic books and does any Facebook support them
Wonderful article
Regarding the subject of the award you have received
What are your next plans for iPhone Islam?
An e-book is very interesting, and you carry in your hands a library, not a single book
Thank you Yvon Aslam and the editor of the article for this effort and adequate explanation. I hope that this information will be taken care of. “The second way was by attracting non-readers to read through technology that takes a large part of the lives of the masses, especially the youth.” Until God writes the advancement of this nation, a nation I read
Indeed, reading in it is enjoyable, but the problem is weak
I have purchased a bunch of book apps but unfortunately have only read a few of them
May God bless you for these wonderful efforts and I hope we can do reading in life
Now Obeikan Company and Obeikan Library have started a good application
And his name
Obekan store
I hope to see others and better
God accept your obedience
Imagine how many people have increased their adherence to the Holy Qur’an and the wise mention through the use of iPad and iPhone applications. I am one of you
For the Imam Apple, this technology helped us get closer to our true religion
Well-being, Yvonne Islam, gives you the knowledge of what is new, knowledge is light
True, I swear
Yvonne Islam always tells us the latest developments and news about Apple and the world of technology in general
May God reward you well, and I ask God to help the workers on this site to all the best
I hope that the Arab Muslims will return to their glory in writing books and villages, as it was in past eras.
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
A problem that I always face with ibooks and picture books pdf is that moving between pages is only sideways from right to left, for example, and browsing the book is not allowed by lifting the page up.
The problem is that the page needs to be enlarged sometimes. If you move sideways, the time is for me to reduce the page first, then move to the other page, then zoom in again. This is annoying, and it was not present in the first version of the program.
So I have saved my pdf books in another app.
Does the problem have a solution or is this a disadvantage of the ibooks app.
By God, it seems my brother, that you are not alone in this technical predicament .. and I am not alone ..!
Unfortunately, there is no different way to turn the pages except what I mentioned .. and you know that iBook is the best, fastest and most flexible of all programs .. publicly, we find in the future a program that competes with this interesting and powerful program .. and if this is found, please inform us and advise us of it.
My beloved brother ... the stanza program is much better and lighter than the iBooks program. I personally tried the two programs, and the iBooks program was heavy and did not open quickly and hang a lot. I found a big difference when I tried stanza. Thank you
I am using Good Reader
Better than the i-box with fantastic stages and features, try it and you will not regret it
I agree with you
The program is distinguished and in constant development
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
A problem that I always face with ibooks and picture books pdf is that moving between pages is only sideways from right to left, for example, and browsing the book is not allowed by lifting the page up.
The problem is that the page needs to be enlarged sometimes. If you move sideways, the time is for me to reduce the page first, then move to the other page, then zoom in again. This is annoying, and it was not present in the first version of the program.
So I have saved my pdf books in another app.
Does the problem have a solution or is this a disadvantage of the ibooks app.
The true iPad draws the reader in reading flexibility
Attractive and surprising
As one of the brothers mentioned, I hope that there are beautifully designed Arabic books, such as some English stories.
Apple and iPhone are just Islam
honest words. And inclusive
True words indeed
Peace be upon you my brothers
May Allah accept your fasting and standing up
I loved science and knowledge advancing peoples, and we now see how the West, when he took this direction, left the era of darkness behind his back
the topic is more than amazing ; Will we see the most famous publishing houses in our Arab world taking advantage of this space to reach the Arab reader?
I own an iPad
But I love reading in the first place
Al-Faida has the length of battery time for the iPad and watching fun movies
By God, please tell me, O Ummah, the XNUMX million publishers that officially provide electronic books
Obeikan application is available in the App Store and it is free
It appears that the Arab publishing houses have learned the lesson well
My library WBS program
Reading and books are among the best features available easily and easily, thank God for this blessing
And thank you Yvonne Islam for explaining and simplifying all matters
Thank you Yvonne Islam
I have the same status as my library, and I hope to find books in English as well
The feature is beautiful and useful
But reading by means of paper books is just as much fun as electronic books
Technology left nothing but entered it
Can you download an accessory with an application that makes your iPad?
Yes, the iPad opened new horizons for the world of e-books
God cherishes the iPhone
Thank you Yvonne Aslam
And I think that in the coming days, Apple will penetrate the market from all over
By God, you are honest, Avon Islam
I hope that Apple will support itself and through its application (iBox) the famous Arab publishers, Apple will earn money, and we will earn the perfect work, instead of the abundance of Arab applications for reading books that are in abundance, a few of which I think is good.
Forward, iPhone, Islam is a very beautiful thing from Apple, and I house my library program, which is the best electronic book
A comprehensive and complete topic
Actually the iPad has worked in this respect and in many other ways
First reply;)