Apple iPod touch iOS 8.1 - Manual (Page 108)

Chapter 24 iBooks 108
Get a definition. Double-tap a word, then tap Define in the menu that appears. Definitions aren’t
available for all languages.
Remember your place. Tap to add a bookmark, or tap again to remove it. You can have
multiple bookmarks—to see them all, tap
, then tap Bookmarks.You don’t need to add a
bookmark when you close the book, because iBooks remembers where you left off.
Remember the good parts. Some books let you add notes and highlights. To add a highlight,
touch and hold a word then move your finger to draw the highlight. To add a note, double-tap
a word to select it, move the grab points to adjust the selection, then tap Note in the menu that
appears.To see all the notes and highlights you’ve made, tap
, then tap Notes.
Share the good parts. Tap some highlighted text, then, in the menu that appears, tap . If the
book is from the iBooks Store, a link to the book is included automatically. (Sharing may not be
available in all regions.)
Share a link to a book. Tap near the center of a page to display the controls, then tap
. Next,
tap , then tap Share Book.
Change the way a book looks. Some books let you change the font, font size, and color of the
page. (Tap .) You can change justification and hyphenation in Settings > iBooks. These settings
apply to all books that support them.
Page color Page color
Brightness Brightness
Turn off pagination. Turn off pagination.
Change the brightness. Tap . If you don’t see , tap first.
Dim the screen when it’s dark. Turn on Auto-Night Theme to automatically change the
bookshelf, page color, and brightness when using iBooks in low-light conditions. (Not all books
support Auto-Night Theme.)