iBooks

=iBooks & eBooks= [|iBooks] are a popular and staple resource used by educators on iPad. Like the apps some are free and some must be paid for. Your iPad can also store other electronic books freely available from the web.

If you don't have the [|Free iBook App download it here].

iBooks as Textbooks

 * Many schools are also using the iPad as a textbook or reference book storage devices.
 * Joyce Valenza's pathfinder for free text books
 * PDF and epub (epublications) - Calibre is free software to convert documents to epub These can then be uploaded in to iBooks

Interactive Books
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Ebooks and Digital Libraries
Digital Libraries embrace ebook borrowing for studnet mobile devices including iPads Some school libraries are already set up to allow students to 'borrow' ebooks which have a certain lifespan before they expire and need to be reborrowed.

[|the ipad lending project] one US Librarians blog about their attempts.

Where to get ebooks

 * Links from Carmel Galvin, Trinity Grammar [|Where to find e-books online]
 * [|List of local libraries you can borrow ebooks from]

e-Pubs
It is relatively easy to create your own electronic publicatios using your iPad/ for viewing on your iPad. See these links for more information.
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