Vertical reading with Kindle app for iPad?

Question

I have an iPad mini, and my wife wants to use it for reading books.  I bought her a book on Amazon, and downloaded the Kindle app so she could read it.

The problem - When the book displays, it only allows her to read it by holding the iPad sideways.  (Horizontally.)  She doesn't want to hold it that way.  She wants to hold it vertically.  Other books I've gotten can be rotated by 90 degrees any which way you want, but not this book.

Is this a common thing - only being able to read an e-book horizontally?  Does this happen with some e-books but not others?

Most important - If there are some books that can only be read horizontally, is there a way to know this before buying it?!?

Thanks for any help you might have to offer.

cathugger · Accepted Answer

All of the Kindle books I've purchased are read in a vertical book page style.   But I mainly buy books that are all plain text with a few small illustrations.
There is a way for a publisher to force landscape mode.  And I don't know of any indication when you purchase the book.

Here is a discussion of how some people unlocked the orientation on the Android Kindle reader
http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle%20customer%20service%20q%20and%20a?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=Tx1E28RFBAH1HGS

? · Answer

While it's true that some t.v. programs are better at portraying and informing than books, literature in themselves are a getaway. Personally, i would take a e book over t.v.

Anonymous · Answer

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