Apple's iBook eBook reader for iPad bears striking resemblance to iPhone app Classics by indie dev Phillip Ryu. Actually, too many resemblances.

"The UI is the same idea: a shelf of books that you can tap to choose a title. The pages emulate the look of a printed book page. The 3D page-flipping effect looks almost exactly the same. The only major difference is iBooks has a tool to change font point and type. That and, of course, access to e-books in the iBooks store, which will feature titles from Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette book group. (Classics’ book content is an aggregation of public-domain materials from Project Gutenberg.)"

 

Ryu states that he feels a bit stung by the electronics giant, but he says "in the end it’s a page flip."