This ain’t your grandpa’s type of book – this is the FUTURE! (Although the future may not necessarily be on the iBook platform just because of the limitations that it can only be accessed on Apple products.)

Think of an iBook as a MULTI-media book – with the ability to not only have text and images, but also audio and video embedded into the book so that the content comes to life in new ways, and the author can express themselves in those new formats.

Plus, iBooks can be UPDATED! If something new comes out or more information, an iBook can be updated to include that new information. Paper books can’t do that.

In fact, David has promised that he will release an update to this iPhone Field Guide when iOS 12 becomes available so if you purchase NOW you’ll get that update for free!

How to read an iBook:

You can read the iPhone Field Guide on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Ironically, for this iPhone Field Guide, I actually like to bring it up on my iPad or my Mac so I can use my iPhone to find the apps or test out the tips in David’s book … although David has the direct links to all the apps in the book so it might make the most sense to open it on your iPhone as well so you can tap right through to an app.

How do you interact with a regular paper book? You flip pages.

With an iBook on an iPad, or a Mac, you simply swipe your fingers in the same type of motion to turn pages.

You also use the pinch-to-zoom/close or pinch-in gesture to interact with the book and switch to different chapters, etc.

There’s actually no Table of Contents at the front of an iBook, because you can access the TOC from any page or location – I just pinch-to-close to see the sections at the bottom, or on the Mac you can tap the TOC button.

If you don’t see it, just tap the center of the screen (or the trackpad) to see the top toolbar – it auto-hides in order to give you more room to read the content.

And when you pinch-in, you see the slate of chapters and sections down at the bottom. You can swipe through those to jump to another section.

And when you tap a section, you then see the individual pages in that section that you can tap to visit.

When you come across an image, you can enlarge it to see the details.

And when you see a video play button, you can enjoy the immersive experience of actually SEEING an app in action and hearing directly from David why he selected this app and what it does.

The videos load quick because they’re embedded in the iBook, although it takes a while to download the book when you initially purchase it.

You can also bookmark pages which is great for this iBook so you can return to important sections later.

You can also highlight text and add notes, which again is great for re-visiting important sections again.

David still has the book at an introductory price of $19.99 which may go up soon, so grab it now.

And I tell folks that you’ll enjoy going through it the first time for sure, but then keep it as a reference guide for the future.

For example, I keep going back to David’s list of Siri dictation commands on page 66, and the Siri Easter Eggs on page 82 are NOT to be missed!

I lost count of the little nuggets that I found in David’s book and I thought I KNEW iOS apps!!

But I really enjoyed learning about the: