iBooks Updated

On Thursday, Apple launched a minor upgrade to its iBooks e-book and PDF reading app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

iBooks 1.2.2 features “a number of important stability and performance improvements” for playing video with more sophisticated books from the iBookstore, improper fonts being displayed, and navigational responsiveness.

iBooks works with an iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 3.2 or later.

Apple’s release notes specify the following:

Features

• Download many of your favorite books from the included iBookstore.

• Read a free sample of any book on the iBookstore before making it a part of your collection.

• Reorder your books on your bookshelf or browse them in a list sorted by title, author, or category.

• Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections.

• Easily adjust your screen brightness to find the perfect lighting for any environment.

• Change the font size and pick from six included type faces to make your books more comfortable to read.

• Find a word, character, or phrase anywhere in your book with the built-in search feature.

• Choose left or fully justified text layout from Settings.

• Highlight your favorite passages and add notes with the built-in bookmarking features.

• Add books in the industry-standard ePub electronic book format to iTunes and sync them to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

• Add PDF documents to iBooks from Mail, or add them to iTunes and sync them to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

• Print PDF documents and notes you've written in iBooks using AirPrint.

• Use iBooks with the amazing accessibility features in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – such as speaking the words on a given page.

The app is free, you can download it right from the App Store right here.