Chapter 2. Mind Your Media

We're surrounded by media, so it's not surprising that media for your iPad comes from many different sources and in different formats. An ebook, for example, may be simultaneously available from the iBookstore (as an EPUB-formatted file), from Amazon.com (as a protected Kindle file), from the Safari Books Online service (viewed within a Web browser), or other sources.

But don't worry, the situation doesn't need to be complicated.

In this section, I discuss two general strategies for putting media on the iPad: transferring it from iTunes via a USB cable or downloading it wirelessly from the Internet.

You can read this section first to get an idea of what your options are, or you can come back to it later if you have questions. ...

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