HiCarolyn, PDFs are imported from outside of iBooks via iTunes. You would add the PDF to iTunes as if adding a song or audiobook. Then the next time you sync your IOS device it would be in iBooks. I'm not 100% sure of this but, I think all the books you get directly from iBooks are in the epub format
All purchases on your device are generally synced to iTunes. Just like your apps. You can't use them on your Mac but they're there. I think this is for the sake of backing things up.. I hope this clears things up some. Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Jane and greg: > I'm new at this iPad thing. So, I have a couple of iBook questions: > 1. How do you tell whether the file is a pdf or some other kind? And why > does that matter, unless as we're discussing one kind isn't working as well > as it should. > 2. If I download a book from the iBooks store, it's showing up in iTunes. > I'm not clear then why it would even go there, since it's not an audio file > at that point, nor will Alex read it from the mac. > Please forgive me if these are crazy questions. But, I don't see the sense > of them going there.:) > > Thanks in advance. > > Carolyn > On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Jane wrote: > >> I have to say that it's worked perfectly on mine. I read a PDF, well not >> all the way through, it was several hundred pages, but I read several pages. >> It was all text, that may help. >> >> Jane >> >> >> On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Greg Weller wrote: >> >>> I beg to differ but the new version of iBooks is totally broken as far as >>> PDFs are concerned. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 03/01/2011, at 12:36 PM, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All; >>>> >>>> First off, I hope all of your new year's celebrations were safe fun and >>>> totally freaking amazingly cool! woohoo! HOpe 2011 is treating ya'll >>>> wonderfully well so far!… :) >>>> >>>> Okay, so this may be old news, but the current version of iBooks is now >>>> reading PDFs properly! I.E. if you do a two finger flick down, the PDF >>>> will read straight through, as with any epub. >>>> >>>> -Just thought y'all would like to know… >>>> >>>> Enjoy! >>>> >>>> Cara :) >>>> --- >>>> View my Online Portfolio at: >>>> >>>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >>>> >>>> Follow me on Twitter! >>>> >>>> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
