I like that I did not need a new account for either one. I already have an iTunes account and an Amazon account, so I could sign into either one easily. Because Kindle and iTunes allow users to have the same account across the board, that made it easy to search for books. The iBooks store is like the iTunes music store, so that was easy for me to navigate. Since Kindle requires purchase through the Amazon store, I was able to easily navigate that as well. Both have a great page turning feature, which makes it seem more like reading hardcopy of a book. You can also scroll through the pages in both sources. Both have a good preview feature and will allow you to have a small sample to check the book out for free. You can easily search for words in both sources, or highlight and set bookmarks. The font and color can also be changed on both.
From watching a tutorial about the Kindle app, I learned why they do not allow downloading automatically from the app. Apple gets a certain percentage from items downloaded through their apps, but Amazon wanted to keep the profits within, so they make users go to their online store, which I understand. But I would say that is a plus to iBooks, because books can be downloaded through the app instead of having to open another source.
Since I have not used either iBooks or the Kindle app much before this class, I had trouble finding many differences between the two, although I'm sure if I used them both more I would be able to find more differences. I kept thinking I found a neat feature in one, but it turned out the other source had the same option available. Even though I liked them both, I would probably prefer to use iBooks. It has all books available through the app, whereas with Kindle you have to get online to even search for books.
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