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  This past week I had someone ask me about managing PDFs in iBooks and that got me thinking a bit about the app. I use iBooks and I know the basics, but I had never really taken the time to explore it in depth. I figured it was time we remedied that.
The Basics
  iBooks and the iBookstore were announced in January 2010 along with the iPad. The app and service were released in conjunction with the iOS 4 update in April 2010
  iBooks is not pre-installed as part of iOS, but is a free app you download from the App store.
iBooks formats
  iBooks
    An ePub format with Apple's DRM baked in
    iBooks Author format/ Textbooks. Was added in iBooks 2.0. iPad only and supported by iTunes 10.5.3 or later and iOS 5 or later
  ePub
    Standard open format
  PDF
    Non-DRM's formats
    Supported in iTunes 10.5.3 or later for syncing from iTunes
Getting content
  From the iBookstore
    Using iTunes and your Apple ID
    Can also purchase directly from your device
    Samples, on the iBookstore you can also get free sample chapters
      These are downloaded to the device and go into your Bookshelf
      Will have a "Sample" banner
    iBooks and the iBookstore should be available in every country that supports iTunes
      The caveat is that all countries have access to free content which includes mostly titles from the Gutenberg Project (40,000 titles, but not all are available in all countries)
      Which countries have purchased content varies, but Apple has a list in the support articles on their site
    Browsing and buying on the Mac
      Open the iTunes Store in iTunes and access the Books section from the navigation bar
        Click to access the Books main page
        You can also click the little disclosure triangle or click and hold to get a list of featured and other categories.
      Each category or section will have a "home page" with featured selections and content
      Browse through the various featured items, scroll left to right
      The 'See All' links will give you more items with in a category
        in this view there is also a "sort" drop down in the upper right ('Featured', 'Release Date", "Name")
      Right hand navigation
        Top section has category quick links drop down which mimics the one from the navigation bar. Also featured categories.
        Top sellers
          tabs for Paid/Free
        More in and collections
          additional sub categories
      Searching
        The search box at the upper right will search the entire iTunes Store
          results will have items broken out by Store
          Books will have a section and a 'See All' link
        You can also use the 'Filter By Media Type' link to view just Books
        On the search results page there is also a 'Power Search' button
          There you can select just books
          Then you are presented with specific search boxes
          Title, Author, Narrator (audiobooks), Description, or ISBN
      Previously Purchased
        There is a 'Purchased' link in the upper right navigation under the 'categories'
        At the top you will have button for various media types (Music, Movies, TV Shows, Apps, Books)
        Tabs for 'All purchases' or just 'Not on this Computer'
        Main window displays results
        There is a sort by drop down and search box
        Click the cloud "download" icon to download
        Also a "Download All" button at the bottom of the window that will download all the items currently viewed in the main results window
      Way down at the bottom of iTunes there is a set of links including a way to "Browse" various sections (Music, TV, Apps, etc).
        Multiple columns at the top where you can choose the store and then categories, genres, subcategories, etc.
        You then get full listings of results based on your selections
        The only store you CAN'T seem to brows this way is the iBookstore
  From your iOS device
    You'll need to download and install the iBooks App from the App Store
    Launch iBooks and it will show your Library
    Click the 'Store' button and the shelf will flip around and take you to the Store
    Has a similar interface to the Book section in iTunes
    Categories at the top
      All Categories
      Fiction
      Non-fiction
      "more" - drop down of all categories
    Can scroll left to right through featured items in a category
      "See all" link to see all the items in that category
      Filters for Featured, Release Date, and Name sorting
    Tabs at the bottom
      Books (main page)
      NYT bestsellers list
      Top Charts
        This has 'Paid' and "free" columns
        Category filter at the top
      Top Authors
        Listed Alphabetically by last name
        Scroll or use "quick link" letters to jump to that section
        Paid and Free tab filters
      Purchased
        All and Not on this Device tabs
        Click cloud icon to download to that device
        Filter by Most Recent or Name
  Load PDFs or ePubs directly from your Mac
    Drag the Document from your Mac into iTunes
    It will be added to the 'Books' section of the library
  Load PDFs or ePubs directly from other iOS apps
    in iOS in an app like mail you should be able to tap and hold a PDF or ePUB attachment. If iBooks is installed on the device you'll see the "Open in iBooks" option. Selecting that will send it to iBooks
    On 3rd party apps you'll most likely use the "Share" button and the 'Open With…" option
  Storage
    Most iBooks that are text-only are around 2MB is size
    Enhanced books withe text and audio can be quite a bit larger and vary in size depending on the content
    iBook textbooks are fairly large and tend to be 1-2GB or bigger.
Loading content
  When you make a purchase on the device it will be downloaded automatically
    if your on cellular and the item is large (over 50MB), like a textbook, you'll have to download over Wi-Fi
    You can also use the 'Purchased' section to re-download previously purchased content
  On the Mac files are added to your iTunes library and the sync'd based on your sync options for each device
    In iTunes select the device from the Devices list
    Go to the 'Books' tab and check on the 'Sync Books' option
      You can now decide to sync all books or just selected ones
    If your only syncing selected books then you will check or uncheck the ones you want to sync
    You can view and sort Books and PDFs
  Automatic Downloads
    Automatically downloads any new purchases for devices and computers that are authorized with the same iTunes Apple ID
    In iTunes
      Make sure the Mac is Authorized under the Store > Authorize This Computer option
      iTunes > Preferences > Store
      Options for Music, Apps, Books under "Automatic Downloads"
      'Always check for Available' downloads
      'Automatically download pre-orders'
    In iOS
      Tap Settings > iTunes & App Stores
      If you are not signed in you'll need to tap sign-in
      In the Automatic Downloads section you can toggle settings for Music, Apps, or books
      If your device supports Cellular there is also a toggle to allow downloads over cellular
Managing content
  On the Mac
    Content is physically stored in Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Books and then organized in folders by Author
      Assuming you let iTunes manage your media
      If you've moved your iTunes the location of your iTunes Media folder then it will be there
    You can view titles in iTunes
      By book, author, or Category in thumbnail view
      Also list, album list, and cover-flow views
    You can edit the meta data for book similarly to Music. Change the title, author, sort tags, etc.
  iBooks
    When you first launch iBooks you will see the Bookshelf (your library) with any sync'd or downloaded ePub or iBook content
    If you are using iOS 6 and iCloud you can choose to see All your purchased content that is available on the iBookstore
      Settings > iBooks
      Turn on 'Show All Purchases'
      Content that is available but not on your device will have a iCloud download icon in the upper right corner
    There is a "Collections" button next to the 'Store' button
      This lets you organize your books into different, well collections, or shelves
      By default Books, Purchased Books, and PDFs have their own shelves
      To switch between collections, just tap the collections button and tap the collection you want to view
      You can create more collections by tapping on 'Collections' and then tapping the 'New' button
      Tap the Edit button to get the options to reorder or delete the collections
        If you delete a collection it will prompt you if you want to also remove the books in that collection or have them moved back to their original collection
      You can sync collections between devices in iOS 6 with iCloud
        Settings > iBooks
        Turn on 'Sync Collections'
      In shelf view you can swipe to move between collections
    To re-organize items on a shelf you can tap and hold and then drag the item to move it
    Click Edit button allows you to select books by tapping on them
      You can then tap "move" to move an item to a collection
      You can tap "delete" to delete the item
      You can also make multiple selections and move or delete multiple items
    There is also a "list" view
      It lets you view books in a collection by Bookshelf (manual sort order), Title, Author, or Category. Switch between the views by tapping the options at the bottom of the list view
      You can also 'edit' in this mode. Select one or more items and you can move or delete.
      In list view you can also swipe to delete an item.
    There is also a search feature that you can access by swiping down
      Search will search across all titles and collection on your device
      Swipe down even further and you can see the Apple logo (sort of an easter egg)
Reading content
  On the Mac
    iBooks doesn't have a Mac version yet, so for ePub or iBook content you'll need to sync to an iOS device
    PDFs will open in your default PDF app (typically Preview) if you double click them
    You can tell if a book is a PDF in iTunes because it will look like it's spiral bound.
  In iBooks when you open a book for the first time you'll typically see the cover
  To advance pages you can tap the right side of the screen to move forward and the left side to go back
    If you'd like to have both margins advance the pages (move forward) go to Settings > iBooks and turn on the 'Both Margins' advance settings
    You can also tap, hold, and drag the page edge to get the page turn effect
  At the bottom of the page you get a summary of what page you are on and how many pages are in the book (at the current font and size) and on the right a 'X pages left in chapter' indicator
  There is also an indicator at the bottom (little dots and slider) that let you tap and drag to jump between pages quickly
    As you drag the slider a pop-up will indicate the chapter, title, and page number
    When you've used this to jump pages there will then be "back to page XX" and "Go to page XX" links under the scrubber. They work like breadcrumbs and you can tap to go back to where you where and also jump forward.
    If a book has hyperlinks to other pages (say like in an index or with an endnote link) then this breadcrumb navigation also becomes available.
  At the top left as your reading is a button to return to your library
    This will close the book and automatically bookmark your place. When you open the book the next time it will open to where you were
    If you'd like to sync bookmarks between devices go to Settings > iBooks and turn on the Sync Bookmarks option. This works based on your iTunes Store Apple ID
  On the top right is the font icon, search, and bookmark
    Bookmark will bookmark any page. You can have as many bookmarks as you want and they will sync across devices if you've turned on bookmark syncing
    Search lets you search by page number or term
      Results show the Title, page number, and summary of the found text near the search term.
      Search is an exact match of all words entered
      There are also "search web" and "search wikipedia" buttons at the bottom of the pane. These will launch you into Safari to perform the search.
    The font icon lets you adjust
      brightness controls (these are device wide, not just iBook specific)
      Font size, up or down
      Font: Original (specified by publisher), and a selection of 7 others. Only 1 San Serif at the moment, "Seravek".
      Themes
        Color: White (black text), Sepia (brown text), or Black (white text)
        Mode: Book (shows book edges), Full screen, and Scroll (vertical continuous scrolling)
        In scroll chapters are marked by a separator
    In some books you can also control the justification
      Settings > iBooks
      You can turn on or off "Full Justification" and "Auto-Hyphenation"
Highlighting and Notes
  Double tap a word to make a selection and bring up additional menu options
    You can grab the handles to expand your selection
    Copy
    Define: will bring up a contextual dictionary and offer "search Web" and "Search Wikipedia" buttons
    Search: will perform a search for that word in iBooks
    Highlight: will highlight the selection and then give you the highlight menu
      Change color or use underline
      Remove the highlight
      Add a note: This brings up a sheet and the keyboard. Not is color matched to the highlight color
      Share button
      > button to get to Copy | Define | Search options
    Note: to add a note
    Share
      Uses contextual share panes
  If you added a note to a highlighted section it will be noted by a "post it" icon in the margin
  Share options:
    Mail, Message, Twitter, Facebook, or copy
    Sends the selected excerpt along with an App Store link and information.
  You can also highlight a section by simply dragging over it with your finger
  To get back to the highlight options single tap the highlighted section to bring up the menu options
  tapping a paragraph with 2-fingers will select the entire paragraph
Table of Contents
  Next to the 'Library' button is the button for table of contents
  On the table of contents screen you have the 'Resume' button to take you back and the ubiquitous "Share" button
  Contents lets you scroll though and tap to jump to a chapter
  The Bookmarks tab displays all the bookmarks you added. Tapping one will take you to that bookmark
  Notes shows you the items that you've highlighted, the page number, and the date you highlighted the text. If there it's text is also shown.
iBooks Textbooks
  These work very similarly to standard iBooks, but have some additional features
  You can tell when you are reading a textbook because the titlebar will be dark instead of light
  Also in portrait mode textbooks only scroll vertically and have images in the left margin.
  Pinching in on a textbook page brings up the table of contents
    In portrait view you get a chapter list that can be expanded to show the sub-sections
    In landscape you get thumbnails along the bottom and swiping left to right moves between chapters
  In addition to a table of contents, tapping on the table of contents button may also show a glossary
  There is also a 'study notes' button
    Any items you highlight or add nots to in a textbook will be added to the study notes
  You can browse through study notes organized by chapters
  You can search study notes
  When you Share study notes you get an edit mode that lets you select individual notes and then you can generate an email to share them.
  Study Cards
    You can tap the study cards button and it will take all your notes and the glossary terms and present them as cards
    Terms are displayed on one side, with definition on the other.
    For notes the highlighted text is on one side and your notes on the other.
    A swipe action flips between cards
    Tapping a card flips it over
    The settings icon reveals options to toggle on or off Highlight, Notes, and Glossary cards
      Under 'Highlights and Notes' click the blue triangle to toggle specific highlight or underline colors
      There is also a Shuffle toggle
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