iBooks Is The Number One Free iPad App In Ireland
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This morning iBooks is the number one free iPad App in Ireland.
Amazon’s Kindle for iPad app, at number eleven is just outside the top ten free Apps.
The Elements: A Visual Exploration published by Touch Press is the top ranked paid book app at number 15 in the overall list of paid apps.
Drilling down to the paid apps in the book section, The Elements: A Visual Exploration is at number one, the full version of Disney’s toy Story Read Along App at number two, Alice for the iPad at number three, Self Help Classics at number four and The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss at number five.
iBooks is joined by the Kindle App, Marvel Comics App, Toy Story Read Along App and the Free Books App in the top five free book apps.
For more on reading and book apps, read Robert Maguire’s post from yesterday: To E Or Not To E: A Beginner’s Guide To iPad Ereading Apps.
Well, that’s not surprising for me. iBooks is an amazing app especially I like that its recent update include PDF support. That’s really important for me.
Regards,
Mary
Have my iPAD since the day it was released in Ireland. So far it has been a very positive experience in many ways (listening to music and playing a few games), but I have encountered some MAJOR negatives for me. I knew Flash was missing from it (see the blank at the top of my web site http://www.lichens.ie), but I did not realise that Flash was used on the web so much! I cannot listen to BBC radio as they use Flash in their player! What a bummer. What is really going on with Apple re this Flash. I use a web site that puts data onto Flash maps and now they don’t show on the iPAD either.
My other gripe is the TOTAL lack of quality books on the Irish iBooks site. There are lots of public domain stuff, but I want to buy some science books – but NOTHING exists… just a rubbish biology book for 1909!
Also pdf files work painfully slow on the iPAD. Sometimes I though they would not load or the page was not going to turn (I’m using the 64 gig version).
The computer press in Ireland should get past the sexy interface and look at real issues like this.
My advice is – really think about what is important on the iPAD for you before you buy…. and… an Irish iPAD experience is NOT the same a a USA one.
Cheers,
Paul.
Thanks for the Comment Paul,
We’ve an article dealing with some other free apps for reading in the iPad (here: http://irishpublishingnews.com/2010/07/23/to-e-or-not-to-e-a-beginners-guide-to-ipad-ereading-apps/) and another on where to buy books in apps on the iPad (here: http://irishpublishingnews.com/2010/07/24/how-to-buy-books-on-the-ipad-in-ireland-or-get-them-free/)
Eoin