Pros
Thanks to E-Ink, the display on Kindle device reads like paper without glares in bright sunlight. Also, the text is designed to read like a printed page with the pixel level set for maximum readability. Additionally, Kindle devices offer great battery life with the time between charges measured in weeks, not days. Kindle also comes with Goodreads, a social cataloging website that allows you to search for annotations, quotes, and reviews of the current book. Goodreads also offers surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions. Self-published content has a significant imprint in Kindle Unlimited. However, there’s also fare from publishers such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lonely Planet, Pottermore, Simon & Schuster, Timber Press, and more.
Cons
Apple Books
First launched in 2010 as iBooks, Apple Books is an all-in-one e-book reading and store app that’s available on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. To date, Apple Books aren’t available on non-Apple devices. Like many of the company’s other products, Apple Books are synced across all platforms using iCloud. Apple Books are shareable with anyone that’s a member of an Apple Family.
Pros
With iOS 12 in 2018, several changes were made to the iBooks app, starting with the changing of its name to Apple Books. The latest version offers a much more integrated store that includes e-books and audiobooks. The update also added the ability to create library collections for better organization. Also, Apple tweaked the customizing experience to make it much more user-friendly. These include the ability to change the size and type of font and the color of the digital e-book paper. Apple Books also lets you store PDFs, which you can seamlessly sync through iCloud for viewing across all of your devices.
Cons
Prices and Content
Conclusion: Choose Both
Another reason to use both apps is to take advantage of price differences when they do occur. Sure, this doesn’t happen often, but when it does, you’ll be ready to save some cash. To find the best prices, I suggest checking out BookBub. The free site allows you to quickly find the best price on the titles you want, regardless of the platform.
