Apple Books vs Standard Ebooks

Apple Books

Description: Apple Books is an ebook and audiobook reading and store application developed by Apple. It allows users to purchase, download, and read books and audiobooks on Apple devices. The app has features like bookmarks, notes, highlights, dictionary lookup, and more.

Type: software

Standard Ebooks

Description: Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven project that produces ebook editions of public domain texts. The ebooks are carefully formatted and typeset for readability.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Apple Books Features

• Purchase and download ebooks and audiobooks
• Read books and listen to audiobooks
• Sync books across Apple devices
• Bookmark, highlight and take notes
• Adjust text size, font and themes
• Dictionary lookup
• Listen to audiobooks at various speeds

Standard Ebooks Features

• Produces high-quality ebook editions of public domain texts
• Ebooks are carefully formatted and typeset for optimal readability
• Open source codebase allows community contributions and improvements
• Supports EPUB and Kindle formats
• Customizable typography and layout options
• Accessible for visually impaired readers
• Integrates with Project Gutenberg for sourcing public domain texts

Apple Books

• Not listed

Standard Ebooks

• Open Source