Is it possible to turn off highlighting and underlining in iBooks on the iPad

I like to read lying down, either in bed or on a sofa.  When lying down it is much more comfortable to hold the iPad with one hand.  I find it quite easy to do so if my thumb is placed inwards over the screen and if the iPad is partially propped up by a cushion.  This does mean that my thumb is placed over some of the text.  This could be ok as I could simply shuffle my thumb around a bit when I reach that part of the text.  The only problem is that whenever I move my thumb the iPad often interprets this movement as user input for selecting text, whereupon the software underlines the text.  Very annoying.
Is it possible to toggle text selection off in iBooks?

I'd like to add my voice to James'.  I've had my ipad less than a year and am loving building my library on it.  BUT!   My greatest annoyance is how frequently an accidental touch of the screen while reading inadvertently ends up underlining a section of text.  It drives me NUTS!!!!  Unlike James, I don't have big hands, so we can't be the only two ipad users in the universe with this complaint.  I looked all through settings, trying to find something that would turn this feature off, and then finally found the answer in this forum (and unfortunately, the answer is no.  Boooo.).  It seems to me it would be a VERY simple fix.  C'mon Apple!!!!

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