Apple on Wednesday updated its iBooks app for the iPhone and iPad, adding several new features.

[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]According to notes provided with the update, iBooks 1.2 allows users to experience fully illustrated books, from children’s picture books to beautifully designed art books, available for download in the iBookstore; Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections — swipe left or right to jump between Collections; print PDF documents and notes you’ve written in iBooks using AirPrint; iBooks now fits more words per page by automatically hyphenating text, available only on iOS 4.2 or later.

iBooks is a universal app which means one download works for both the iPhone and iPad. iBooks 1.2 is available free from the App Store.