If you followed the news about the iPad, then you know about the iBooks app and store. You may also know that by supporting the EPUB format for books, Apple has given all iBooks users access to not only the tens of thousands of commercial ebooks sold with Fairplay DRM, but also to any DRM-free ebook in the EPUB format. We have already heard about the 30,000+ Gutenberg books that will be included within the iBookstore. What I haven't seen mentioned all that much is the over a million public domain books Google has available in EPUB (link).
Project Gutenberg Books Are Paginated Like Book Buy In IBooks?
May 8, 2010
My understanding is that you can read books from Project Gutenberg on your iPad. My question is whether those books are paginated like a book you would buy in iBooks or whether they are just one looooong document that you scroll through.
Project Gutenberg Allowed Unrestricted Epub Books To Sync
Mar 22, 2010
Just read this article about the ability to download and read every ebook from Project Gutenberg on your iPad. I'm so glad Apple has allowed unrestricted epub books to sync with your ipad, it opens up a ton of classic books that people can read for free. I know I'm going to download a bunch of classics right after I get my iPad.
Safari won't go to google book. Got google app with 3 books but no way to go to store and buy new books. Also have Kobo and can't download but think that is password problem with kobo.
The iTunes Store is cheaper and you can enjoy immediate purchase!But I still buy books. I got about 200 books. For those here who read a lot of books, would you even consider leaving the physical books to only read ebooks on the iPad?
I could see so many advantages in ebooks (called iBooks) on the iPad: - Immediate purchase, - Cheaper price, - Being able to have all my books when I travel, - Not having to transport heavy boxes of books when I move in a new house, - The instant dictionnary, - Searching content, - Bookmars in color!
The biggest complain is, of course, that reading on a screen is not that good compared to reading a real book. And reading outside (at the beach and/or in a sunny environment) should be far better with an actual book.
Problem In Adding Epub Books To My IPad-Goodreader Can't Open The Books ?
Dec 7, 2010
I have a problem with adding epub books to my iPad. Goodreader acts as the default ebook reader and iBooks doesn't list the book in its library. Goodreader can't open the books no matter which reading format I choose.I've tried to get info from both apps, but haven't found anything that help solve the problem.
Information: Dell Windows Vista iPad, HP iPaq hx2495b
Unable To Sort Books Alphabetically After Sync - Books Rearranges Randomly
Sep 11, 2010
I have about 25 books and PDF's in my iTunes library which are sorted alphabetically in iTunes. However when I sync these books to iBooks on my iPad they appear in random alphabetical order on the iBooks bookshelf. Is there any way of getting iTunes to sync the books/pdf's in alphabetical order when syncing?
Information: Powerbook G4 17" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.5.8)
i have ordered my new ipad but have not received it yet. can you download books from ibooks and kindle to my itunes before i get it so all i have to do is sync the ipad?, or does the downloads need to go through ipad?
If you *only* have the Kindle app, and not an actual Kindle, is there any way whatsoever to get to the files of the books you have purchased? I want to legitimately purchase some ebooks from Amazon, but I don't like the Kindle app's inability to change the font style (and other stuff). Where are those files actually stored? After some reading it seems like if you have a physical Kindle you can download the files themselves from your Amazon account page directly to your computer, but I get the sense that's not true if you only have the app. And when I look at the free ebooks I've 'bought' from Amazon on my account page, the only option is to deliver them to the iPad.
I have just Downloaded iBooks and lunched it and then went to the iBookstore but the only books I can see there are free books. I am not complaining about this I like things that are free but I would like to buy commercial books to. How do I get access to commercial books to buy is there a setting I need to change in Settings or iTunes?
I started my iPad yesterday, and opened iBooks. My books were there momentarily, and then they all vanished, right before my eyes. I have no idea why. This is iBooks 1.1.2 (199)
There were six books, all free ones, all downloaded from the iBooks store; Winnie-The-Pooh, the iPad manual, a Jane Austen, a Henry James, The Iliad, etc.
On looking at my iBook Purchases, though, they were all still recorded, and appeared with 'Redownload' beside each one.
However, only Winnie-The-Pooh would do this; all the others came up with 'Unknown Error'.
Information: iPad Other OS Synced to iTunes on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
i have an Arabic books in iBooks, The problam is in Arabic language we read form right to left but in iBooks i have to read it from left to right wich make it hard to read is there any update coming allow me to choice the way that i want to read any books ?
Just upgraded to the new OS 4 and it seems as if several of my downloaded books disappear. I then have to reload. Not to cool if this happens if you are away from a WIFI connection. Any other users having the same problem?
I just got an iPad and have downloaded some books. These books are from a company called UbikLabs. They appear on the iPad desktop but not within the iBooks app. Why is that?
Information: 2.5 ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.5.8) 4 gigs RAM