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Join Date: Aug 2010
Device: ipad
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ipad - best site to purchase books?
I've just bought an ipad and didn't know that their library was so limited! I am also limited in my knowledge of downloading and finding my way around technical tasks. Is there a "user friendly" site that has a large offering of books that i can purchase for my ipad?
Thanks, Lisa |
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Mountains of Southern California
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad, iPad mini, iPhone5, Kindle3
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If you use one of the store apps like Kindle or Barnes & Noble, you can just buy from them. You will have to read the book on that app rather than in iBooks, but then again iBooks is just another app!
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Location: Ft Lauderdale
Device: iPad
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Any ePub that you get anywhere can be dropped into iTunes and will show up on the iBooks shelves.
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Location: Ft Lauderdale
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A good place to start is Smashwords.com
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Location: Kentucky
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I love it when someone else asks the questions I need to know.
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Location: Ft Lauderdale
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Hi Linda! What can I do to help?
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Astoria, Oregon, USA
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Amazon.com via the Kindle app has lots of freebies too. |
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Location: Nevada
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Feedbooks is great. So is many books.org, and right here.
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eBook Enthusiast
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Location: UK
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The best bookstore by far for commercial eBooks is Amazon; download and install the Kindle app for your iPad.
For out of copyright classics, you'll find hand-formatted versions right here at MR, which are generally a lot better than those available at low cost from commercial bookstores. Download the ePub version here, and use with the "iBooks" app. |
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Device: iPad
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txtr not very useful?
I don't see that there is any way to add ebooks to txtr app other than by buying them from the txtr store in Germany. Have I overlooked something? In other words as I understand the situation there is no way that I can add Adobe DRM'd eBooks that I have bought elsewhere to txtr running on my iPad.
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I truly hope that a usable ADE app eventually appears for iPad. I am however somewhat annoyed with the plethora of ways of reading and the lack of integration regarding which books are where. At least txtr is a proof of concept that it is possible to have an ADE reader on the iPad. |
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Connoisseur
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As above really;
Free Public domain in various formats: Mobile read books Gutenberg Feedbooks Smashwords Sribd For purchased stuff: Amazon - needs kindle app WHsmith Waterstones Ibookstore via the ipad itself of course ![]() Worth bearing in mind the great software in the forums here if you haven't already, Calibre for library organizing and converting formats - and Sigil for modifying, fixing and adding covers for epubs. Last edited by rakulos; 08-10-2010 at 12:46 PM. |
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