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Originally Posted by robcub
They couldn't work out, when receiving an ePub as an attachment in an email, how to open it with an iPhone! And, nor could I?.
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Arrrgh!!! Oh for the love of Mike. I'm having a flashback to my
tech support days...
Right.
The method that involves the least stress
for you is to send the epub as an attachment to an email, the same way you already do with the pdf of your newsletter. Any other way involves hosting it on a server somewhere (similar to how you host a webpage) and because you don't want the general public to have access you'd need passwords and it'll all get a bit messy. So, yeah, I'd recommend you just email it out.
There are, of course, a huge variety of mobile devices out there apart from the Apple range (Blackberry, Windows Smartphones, Palms, Android Smartphones, my weird Samsung touchscreen piece of cr*p...). However, as far as I am aware, Ibis Reader can be accessed from every device that has some form of decent web browser. So if you like how Ibis Reader works, you are right that it's probably the best option, especially if you make sure your readers are aware of the "no distractions" mode and
the Apple app.
However, some iPad/iPhone users may wish to use their iBooks app. The method is basically the same used for adding music to iTunes. Baen have a nice
step by step guide.
I'd be really curious to know what kind of feedback you get from your users about the new format. Do let us know if you can.
Good luck!