iOS App created by Apple to enable viewing of PDF, Epub and .iBooks format files, typically electronic books.
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of iBooks and Kindle books for my iPad?
Even though I have had an iPad for a while, I haven't taken the plunge to buy any ebooks yet. I'd like to make a decision on whether to prefer buying iBooks or Kindle before I buy any so that I can ...
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Is there any way to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes?
I purchased a book and have it in ePub and PDF formats. I can easily add the PDF to iBooks from Safari. However, I can't find a method to get an ePub book into iBooks without iTunes. I'm away from my ...
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Is it possible to read iBooks without an iOS device?
I no longer have an iPhone or iPad, but still have books in my iTunes account that I would like to read. Is there a program for OS X that will allow me to read iBooks without an iOS device?
I am ...
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iBook on iPad: turn pages with voice command
I bought an iPad for somebody who is paralysed; primarily as a book reader for its ability to enlarge the text- but also to surf the net, etc. with a family member or caregiver using the touchpad. I ...
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How practical is an iPad for “reading” programming books?
Disclaimer: It's kinda hard to search for this question, as Google would give me mostly iOS programming topics.
I'm planning on buying an iPad2 and I wonder if other programmers have found it to be a ...
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Transferring PDFs from iBooks to your laptop/desktop
There are a lot of tutorials on how to load PDFs into iBooks, but none say how to backup or transfer them back to your computer. I understand there is a button to email them, but I probably have ...
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Is there a way to keep a copy of our highlighting in iBooks? (email it or print it)
In iBooks, we can see a list of our highlighting and added notes to an ebook, but when we email it, so as to keep a copy for ourselves, only the added notes that we wrote is emailed. The highlighting ...
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How to browse the iBook store without owning an iPad?
I am considering purchasing an iPad and one of the uses would be to read books. But I can't find a way to browse the iBook store and see what books they have available without actually owning an iPad. ...
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Is it possible to search for text in iBooks or the Kindle app?
Is it possible to search for text in iBooks or the Kindle app? I'm deciding whether to buy electronic copies of some of my reference books, but I would only be purchasing them for the ability to ...
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Can I use iBooks on my MacBook Pro
I'd love to be able to use iBooks on my laptop. Is that possible? Maybe if I install Lion?
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On iPad's iBooks, how to make highlighting show up for PDF files?
It seems that on iPad, iBooks, Kindle, or Kobo won't show any user highlightings?
For example, just go to ...
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Reading PDFs on iPad without iTunes syncing
I am trying to read for an exam and I want to download exercises to my iPad. I have downloaded the exercises from here. I have no Mac laptop or desktop computer. I am tired of clicking every pdf ...
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PDF metadata editor for iOS
I have several PDF ebooks in my iBooks.
Some of them have their titles & authors visible. Some only displayed as "untitled".
Is there any PDF metadata editor for iPad?
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How do I gift a book from the iBookstore?
On the iTunes Store, you can gift people music, apps, etc. by clicking on the down arrow next to the buy button and choosing Gift This ....
That option, however, is not available on books in the ...
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Is it possible to create a folder in iBooks?
I have iPad and iPod touch. Both I bought just for reading books in pdf format.
If it is possible, I want to create some folders to separate the books based on categories I will define.
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Navigating back after following link in iBooks
I was reading a book in iBooks and clicked on a link in the text which took me to the index at the end of the book. Is there any way I can get back to where I was reading before I tapped on the link ...
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Why doesn't iBooks save my place between the iPhone and iPad?
Background: I finally bought a fiction book to read on my iOS devices. It's Redshirts by John Scalzi. I bought it from Apple. It was supposed to be DRM-free but wasn't. So the author got Macmillan to ...
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Can I read the synced iBooks books from iTunes as well?
I've noticed there is a new category in my iTunes (Books), with all the boocks I synced from the iPad.
Can I read books in iTunes on my computer as well ?
If not, there is some other way to read ...
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How can I remove a PDF in iTunes?
There are several PDF files which I imported into iTunes to read using iBooks.
However, I cannot manage to remove them. By default, iTunes handles the its media library automatically. The PDFs and ...
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Why won't iTunes let me manually sync PDFs to iBooks?
I have my iPad set to manually manage content (i.e. drag and drop, not sync). I'm trying to add some PDFs to iBooks, but it refuses to let me copy them to my iPad. I can do this with epub books just ...
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Do PDF documents in iBooks get backed up to iCloud?
Do PDF documents in iBooks get backed up to iCloud?
It is very strange that there is no answer to this on official Apple forums. Searching for this online often brings up Wifi iTunes sync or using ...
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ePub book not showing up in iBook bookshelf on first generation iPad
I purchased an expensive technical monograph (> $100 (US)) from the iTunes store for use on my 1st generation iPad. It downloaded correctly and I used it for several months with no problem. A little ...
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How can I convert a pdf to a format that is compatible with iBooks
I have a pdf file, which I would like to convert to iBook compatible format, which software can I use to do this? calibre seems to be too tough to work with
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Is there a way to export my highlighted bookmarks in iBooks?
I don't see any native functionality to export highlighted notes made from within iBooks
Is there a third-party tool that will allow this?
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Prevent “Sleep / Stand by” in iBooks
Does anyone know how to prevent the iPad from going to sleep / stand by when in the iBooks app?
I'm using the iPad as a music stand with my charts, but while I'm playing the song, the screen goes ...
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Are there non-English books in the iBookstore?
All I'm seeing in the iBookstore are titles in English.
Are there any non-English (specifically Russian) public-domain books in the iBookstore?
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Can I share iBooks with another device that is authorized for the purchasing account?
Is there a way to share iBooks with a device without connecting it to the machine running iTunes with the purchasing account?
I know that it is possible to download iBooks to a device that uses a ...
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iBooks alternate language dictionaries?
Is there any way to change the dictionary used in iBooks? When reading books written in a non-English language I would like to have access to the dictionary function in the book's language (not ...
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iBooks automatically generating cover pages for PDFs?
I've loaded some lengthy PDFs onto my iPad in iBooks, and I've noticed that for only one of them, it's seemed to have created a beige cover page for the PDF thumbnail with what looks like the file ...
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Can the “new book” tag be restored in iBooks (iOS)
I'm wondering if is possible to restore the "new book" tag that you can see on the top right corner of the new books uploaded or bought within iBooks (iOS) (visible on this image : ...
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How can I switch between the Japanese and English dictionaries on iBooks?
For whatever reason, my iBooks dictionary is stuck in Japanese. Even when I read English books, defining a word always causes the app to use the Japanese dictionary. My iPod's language is English, so ...
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Where can I find a user forum for the brand-new Apple iBooks Author application?
Apple has just released the free
iBooks Author
application for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Where can I find some information about its capabilities. Yes, this is a "Jeopardy" question.
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Is there a way to show an icon in the status bar if iPad is muted?
I "accidentally" muted the iPad (four finger up, slide to the left, push mute button). After that in iBooks an interactive book didn't play ambient audio, which is OK if you remember the muting. But ...
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Enable full screen mode in iBooks on iPhone
A recent iBooks update (1.5, I think) mentions a new "full screen reading mode" that gets rid of the junk on the top/bottom of the screen.
How do I actually get into this mode on the iPhone? I can't ...
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Why can't some images in the pdf be viewed on iBook of iPad or iPod Touch?
I have iPod Touch and iPad (version 1).
I noticed some images on pdf cannot be viewed on the iBook.
Why?
Edit
The following are my pdf ebooks that cannot be viewed by iBook:
Pro ASP.NET MVC 2 ...
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Which ebook format do books from the iBooks Store use?
What is the format of ebooks that the iBooks uses that allows page turning, white on black text, etc.? (I.e., the books you get from the store.)
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Send Docs to iPad via email address like Kindle?
Is there a way to send docs to your iPad (iBooks) via an email address endpoint like Amazon has for your Kindle?
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Help with iBooks not being able to send a PDF using the share icon?
My iPad 2 and has iBooks and I'm trying to send a PDF "book" to a friend of mine. The sharing button is shaded so I can't do it!
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History of downloaded iBookstore samples?
For some reason—presumably a sync by my iPhone that overwrote my iPad’s more recently downloaded library—the majority of my iBooks were deleted.
The books I purchased can easily be restored, but I ...
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How to copy books from iPad iBooks to PC?
I have some books in iBooks on iPad 2 (iOS 5) that were manually transfered to iPad via iTunes (without syncing). How can I copy back a book to my PC, from iPad?
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iBooks - is there a way to organize bookmarks by page number?
Over the last year, I've replaced (and expanded) my library of programming books from physical copies to ebooks. In each book, I have a host of bookmarks. Unfortunately, I didn't save them in one ...
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How to sync position, bookmarks and notes over iCloud on ePub books
I recently bought several ePub books from the Humble Bundle and from Smashing Magazine, hoping that I would be able to side load them into iBooks and then use iCloud to sync position, bookmarks, ...
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Can I get non-iBooks Store ePub files into my iCloud iBooks library?
I buy quite a few ePub e-books from sources other than the iBooks Store.
I used to use iTunes to sync these to my iPad and iPhone. However, I’m trying to set up my iPad and iPhone to purely sync ...
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Is there a way to change the language for Wikipedia searches in iBooks on iOS, without changing the language settings for the device?
I live in Norway so I have my iPad 2 language set to Norwegian.
Most of the books I read in iBooks are english. The dictionary is English which is great, however I often try to look up words that are ...
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Use HTML as primary source for an e-book usable in Apple's iBooks?
Is this possible? Basically, someone I am working with has a bunch of HTML documents. He would like to put them into an e-book usable in Apple's iBooks. Is that possible? If so, a general pointer ...
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How do I open an EPUB from an email in iBooks on my iPad?
I have my iPad now with iOS 5.1. In the email I have a .epub but when iPad's email program download the file, there is no way to open it on iBooks? Tapping or double tapping on the attachment ...
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iBooks ePubs lost all cover art after iOS5 update
After I upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPad 2, iBooks no longer shows any cover art for ePubs that I have imported. Anything that is from the iBook store shows art fine, along with PDFs.
Is there a solution ...
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Utility to integrate iTunes with Amazon
Is there any utility or script that integrates with iTunes and helps me organize my libraries by doing lookups on large databases such as Amazon?
For example:
downloading track names from ...
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