Using+eBooks

**Using eBooks**
Some textbooks and novels are available for the iPad. Some are simply electronic equivalents of a print textbook and some are made specifically for the iPad. It is also possible to create your own eBooks. Ebooks can also be checked out from the public library.

You can use Apple's iBooks to download and read both paid and free books. Apple has partnered with some textbook companies to offer digital textbooks for $14.99. These are available in the iBooks store.

Some other book reading apps are listed below:

Kindle (Like having a Kindle on your iPad.)

Nook

Free Books (An app that has a large number of free books for downloading.)

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**Creating eBooks**
You can create pdf files and load them into iBooks and many other apps.

Most eBooks are in a format called ePub. Books in this format can contain images and videos.

There are a number of ways to make eBooks depending on how complex you want them to be.

The Pages portion of iWorks on the Mac can be used create eBooks.

Apple has a free program called iBooks Author that can be downloaded on a Mac running the Lion operating system.

The following iPad apps can also be used to create eBooks:

Demibooks Composer (Allows creation of interactive books on the iPad)

Book Creator (Simple book creation on the iPad)