Are magazines and textbooks accessible as well? Unless I'm mistaken, this would be an advantage, at least for now. Christine
On May 1, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The advantage is, you have access to way, way, way, more books with Amazon > than you do with iBooks. The advantage is one of content not accessibility. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On May 1, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > >> So what is the advantage of the Kindle book reading app over ibooks. I >> haven't really played with either one. On iBooks I was able to read >> continuously page by page and I could touch to read a line but I couldn't >> figure out how to read the previous or next line. The rotor let me choose to >> flick through characters and headings but not lines. If it was reading >> continuously it would flip pages automatically but I could only manually >> turn the page by going to the page chooser and then flicking up and down. >> Probably just some gestures I don't know about. I thought a three finger >> flick left/right would turn the page like moving between pages of apps in >> the main screens. >> >> CB >> >> On 5/1/13 12:29 PM, Scott Rumery wrote: >>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once you >>> make a purchase that title should show up on your iPhone. >>> >>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:12 PM, "Jed Barton" <j...@jedbarton.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Wow guys, this is cool. >>>> Question, can you actually search for books and stuff? I couldn't find an >>>> option to do that. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. >>>> >>>> And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . >>>> Christine >>>> >>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Haha. Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying it out right now. I don't think you will be disappointed with >>>> the accessibility. I'm able to read by line/ word/ character, and >>>> continuous reading with a 2 finger flick down seems to work just fine. >>>> Actually, when you first open the book, it tells you the voiceover gestures >>>> you can use to read. including highlighting and selecting text, etc. >>>>> hth >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>> >>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> It's a good thing it is May 1 and not April 1, or I would think this was >>>> a joke. Is this really true, or am I dreaming? Has anyone tried it out yet >>>> -- determined whether the navigation is as spectacular as iBooks and the >>>> Nook app? >>>>>> Christine >>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi list, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In case you didn't hear yet, Kindle for IOS is now accessible with >>>> Voiceover. You can read more about it here. >>>>>>> http://www.cultofmac.com/225836/kindle-for-ios-will-now-turn-your-fa >>>>>>> vorite-books-into-audiobooks/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitte >>>>>>> r&utm_source=twitter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> hth >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>>>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>>>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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