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Hmm. I thought I posted a reply, but it's not here. My problem was getting an earlier version of iBooks for the used iPad 1 that I bought in order to preview files I create for clients who want epub, mobi, and azk (for iOS). The azk was a problem because I had nothing to preview them with. The mobi and epubs were easy to preview on my devices, tablet, and computer. I finally succeeded in getting the older version of iBooks that will work on the older iPad. It wasn't easy, but it finally worked. I discovered the older iPad did not also provide file sharing, but I downloaded a transfer app which works fine.
I probably need a clarification now on ebooks for iOS. Kindle Previewer creates a file with the .azk extension for iOS. (Recently, my KP has failed consistently to convert the most recent--and,hopefully, final ebook file.)
I sideloaded an earlier .azk file to the iPad, but it was not recognized as an iBook so I couldn't open it. Then I read that iBooks will read epubs, so I sideloaded the epub version of the book and it opened beautifully. Looks fantastic. The only problem was that the book image in the collections did not have the cover image, just a generic one. Maybe there is a way to upload the cover image separately as we do on Amazon?
So my question now is do we really need to do a azk conversion? Also, can authors upload an epub file to sell on iTunes?
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