WWDC leftovers: Now you can read iBooks on your Mac

iBooks has long been only an iPhone or iPad affair, but today Apple announced an update at its WWDC Keynote that will bring your digital e-books to the Mac via the new operating system, OS X Mavericks.

Mac users will finally be able to peruse their library and purchase new titles on their computers. iBooks features a "flatter" design that will mirror the same functionality as the previously available iOS application. Users will be able to sync highlights, notes, and bookmarks into the cloud and access them all across devices. Apple only offered a brief preview of the application during its keynote, but Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, showed off the dynamic textbook functionality that takes notes and converts them into study cards.

The new iBooks for Mac should be available some time in the fall, once OS X Mavericks becomes available on the Mac App Store.