As you may know , for the past few twelvemonth we ’ve been publishing a series of books , more or less bi - monthly . The Macworld Superguides are available as downloadable PDFs , on paper , and some of them even appear as iPhone apps .
We ’re emotional about bringing these books to the iPad via Apple ’s iBookstore . But we ’re not in there yet .
So rather than just waiting around , what we ’ve decided to do is release a free , light book in ePub format . It ’s a way for us to quiz the iPad as a book reader and get iPad users try out reading something of ours in iBooks .
What we ’ve create is theMacworld iPad Starter Guide , a basic orientation course guide for the iPad , with information about its basic feature , include apps , iPod functionality , iWork and other add - on apps , and accessories . It ’s a abstemious overview of some of the basic scene of the iPad . And it ’s available for the low , low price of free .
Here ’s how to get it on your iPad .
First , download the file ! It ’s in the iBooks - friendlyepub data formatting . two-fold - select it if your computer does n’t automatically unzip the file .
Next , open iTunes on the figurer you sync your iPad to . Drag the epub file into the library .
Then connect your iPad and select it in iTunes ’s source list . You ’ll want to chatter on the Books pill , and then make certain that script are being synchronise . you’re able to choose to synchronize all books , or just select what book you require to sync . Either means , this Good Book should now come along in that inclination .
Then press the Sync push and let iTunes do its matter . When all is said and done , iBooks should now display a raw book — Macworld ’s iPad Starter Guide — on its virtual bookshelves .
This is our first venture into publication on the iPad , but there ’s more to amount . We ’ll permit you know when new Book are uncommitted on the iPad . And of course , you may grease one’s palms ourexisting book in PDF formand then transfer them to the iPad to read with a PDF record app such asGoodReader .
