Is this accessible with Vo? Are there keyboard commands to help us out? Thanks! Olivia On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:32 AM, M. Taylor wrote:
> [The Following appears on the Candle Shore BLOG on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at > 12:05am (PDT)] > > TIP: How To Convert PDF Files To ePub Files To Read On Your iPad With iBooks > > Hello Everyone, > > The following is courtesy of Simple Help. > > Mark > > HOW TO CONVERT PDF FILES TO ePUB FILES TO READ ON YOUR iPAD WITH iBOOKS > > This tutorial will guide you through the process of converting PDF files so > that they can be read in iBooks, the iPad application. > > iBooks uses an ebook format called ePub. Using a free converter application > (and ebook manager) called Calibre, you can quickly convert PDF (and other > file formats) to .epub files, which you can then transfer to your iPad for > reading in iBooks. This tutorial will take you step by step through the > entire process. > > 1. > Start out by finding a PDF you want to convert. In this example I used The > Adventures of Tom Sawyer (which by the way is free in the iTunes Book Store – > but it’s a PDF I had handy, so that’s why I’m using it). > > 2. > Download and install calibre. It comes in versions for Windows, OS X and > Linux. The interface is very slightly different in each version (not much). > The screenshots in this tutorial are from the OS X version – but Windows > users should have no problem at all following along. > > 3. > Once installed, open calibre. The first time you run calibre it will take you > through a quick setup. The first thing you’ll want to do is specify your > ‘ebooks’ folder. This is the location you’ll save your .epub files. Click the > Change button. > > 4. > Select the folder you want to save all of your ePub files in. > > 5. > Back at the Welcome screen, click the Continue button. > > 6. > Select Apple from the Manufacturers list, and iPhone/iTouch + Stanza from the > Devices list. > > 7. > Click Continue. > > 8. > You can ignore the information on this screen and click Continue. Or if > you’re interested, give it a read. With that said, enabling Turn on the > content server will not help us out. > > 9. > Now you’re at the main calibre interface. Click the Add books button in the > top-left corner of the window. > > 10. > Navigate to a PDF file that you want to convert to an .epub file. Select it > and click Open. > > 11. > Now click the small ‘arrow’ next to the Edit meta information and select > Download metadata and cover files. Calibre will now download additional > information about your PDF/ebook – if it can find it. If it’s an eBook (as a > .pdf), you may need to manually enter the book title and author name if it > isn’t present when you load it into calibre initially. When it finds the > additional meta data and a book cover, it will appear in the bottom pane of > the calibre window. > > 12. > Now we’ll start the actual conversion process. Make sure your PDF file is > selected in the main list of books, and then click the small arrow next to > the Convert E-books button. From the list that will appear, select Convert > individually > > 13. > You’ll be prompted with a “summary” window prior to calibre making the final > conversion. Click the OK button. Depending on the size of your PDF/eBook the > conversion process will vary. It took less than 10 seconds to convert my 200 > page PDF. If you’re using a Mac and have growl installed, you’ll get a window > notifying you that the conversion has finished. And now in the folder you > specified earlier will contain an .epub version of your PDF. This is the file > we’ll upload to your iPad. > > 14. > Connect your iPad to your Mac or PC, and launch iTunes. > > 15. > From the iTunes menu select File -> Add to Library… > > 16. > Navigate to your newly created .epub file, select it and click Choose. The > new .epub file will now appear in the Books section of iTunes. > > 17. > If you sync all your Books to your iPad, select your iPad in iTunes and > select the Books tab. After confirming your new .epub book is listed, click > the Sync button. > > 18. > Now launch iBooks on your iPad. There it is! From PDF to ePub and into iBooks. > > > ANNOUNCING THE SECRET LIFE OF MARK MARCUS LIVE CALL-IN TALK SHOW!!! > In each episode, join Mark, along with invited guests, as he explores the > world in which we live and the world which lives within us. 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