Apple has acknowledged an issue with its e-book reading application, and has therefore launched an update to address this problem, as well as to strengthen the stability and performance of the software.
iBooks version 2.1.1 addresses an issue where the user got nagged with a prompt to sign-in with his / her Apple ID at unexpected times. “If you experienced this issue, please open iBooks after updating,” Apple says. “This version also contains minor stability and performance improvements,” according to the release notes.
iBooks 2.1.1 is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad and requires iOS 4.2 or later. iBooks requires an Apple ID to download content from the iBookstore.