Read Epub eBooks on the iPad - Here's how
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You can either manage Epub eBooks on the iPad via iTunes or - if you find the software constraint annoying - download them to your Apple tablet by email. Then read the digital books in Apple's "iBooks" app
Epub eBooks on iPad with iTunes
The classic method of transferring your files to the iPad is via iTunes - this also applies to eBooks in Epub format. Here you have to consider the following:
- To synchronize an Epub eBook with your iPad and iTunes, you must first add the eBook to the media library. To do this, drag and drop the epub file onto the iTunes area.
- Connect the iPad to the PC via USB and click on the name of the iPad in iTunes.
- Select the "Books" tab and check "Sync books". Then click "Apply".
- After synchronization, you will find your eBook in the iBooks app on your iPad.
Email Epub eBooks to iPad
If synchronization with iTunes is too cumbersome for you, you can simply send your Epub eBook yourself via e-mail attachment. Just make sure that you, as the recipient, also enter an email address that you can access from the iPad. Once you have received the email, you can download and read the eBook with one click.