we have an inquiry on CC. We assume that you first download a file to your computer and use a USB cord to port it to your Iphone. But we’re not sure.
So could somebody who uses an Iphone outline the steps for us and tell us what format the Iphone uses?
If you are using iBooks on your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, then you:
1. Download the epub file.
2. Drag the epub file into iTunes 9.2
3. Sync your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.
Sorry, I goofed up on the link. Here it is again:
Apple iBooks FAQ
I wish it was that easy, You have to get iTunes involved first and get it to accept it as a book then get it to synch it across. Cupertino has done a good job of making this difficult. another way us to do it via the cable into the photo directory but then I think you will need a third party reader. kindle software for iPhone might be worth trying as another way.
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Thanks! We’ll post that on Closed Circle…
You need iTunes and iBooks (a free reader app in the app store). Open iTunes and click on the Books folder in the left sidebar. Drag the iPub file into this window. Make sure you have the iBooks reader installed on your iPhone and then sync your device.
You should be able to get the epub (not iPub!) file synced with other ebook readers such as Stanza.
That also requires iTunes 9.2, and a recent version of Stanza.
My head hurts,think I’m getting an iGraine.
😆 I’m not great on connectivity: if it doesn’t run on our housenet I’m iffy on how to do it.
But I do love pushing print here in my workspace and having the office printer come on and spit it out. 😉 That’s the limit of my technical ability: well, that and drag-and-drop of my little mp3 player when plugged into the USB of my laptop. Outside of that, I have to yell for help—thanks so much, people!
There is also Kindle for iPod / iPhone and Kindle for PC or Mac. They’ve just now come out with Kindle for Android. Kindle will auto-magically sync up any purchases you’ve made through Amazon’s store. You open *each* Kindle for _platform_ app and it syncs those purchased ebooks automatically.
For ebooks you’ve purchased or free downloads from elsewhere, you drag a copy of the file for the Kindle format into your computer’s Kindle books folder. Presumably, you follow a similar process as others have outlined above for getting it into iTunes books and then onto your iPhone. I’ll need to try this with two of the CJC books I have from Closed Circle, and see how it goes. Back in a moment.
Now if I could just get that hani / human translator tape of Tully’s onto my iPhone….
I was going to mention the same, that Amazon has Kindle aps for iPod and iPhone, as well as one’s computer. Since I don’t own either of the iToys, I can’t help you there, but it was easy as can be to get the CC books over to my Kindle from my computer — just clicked and dragged to the documents folder as BlueCatShip mentions below.
Stay safe!
After some fiddling….
* For Kindle for PC, Copy the .prc and/or .mobi files into (on Windows PCs) the folder, “C:\Users\[yourUserName]\My Documents\My Kindle Content\”; (Or the appropriate folder, if you store your Kindle files elsewhere.)
* Launch Kindle for PC. The files (ebooks) will be automatically recognized.
* I don’t yet find how to import a file into Kindle for iPhone, however.
* For iBooks for iPhone, do as stated in previous posts, thus:
* Make a copy of the file you wish to use and place it in the folder in which you wish to store it on your computer.
* The file should be in .epub format. (Other formats may work.)
* Open itunes. Go to the Books folder/section. Drag the file onto the Books screen/page.
* Sync your iPhone.
This will make the file available to iBooks.
Sorry, I haven’t yet figured out how to get them into Stanza.
(Yay, I now have Hellburner and Heavy Time loaded to read on my PC and iPhone.)
I hope that helps. I’ll check back tomorrow in case anyone has questions.
Due to the upcoming weekend holiday plus the incoming hurricane, which is expected to make landfall south or Brownsville or Corpus Christi, but still to dump rain on our part of Texas, it’s likely I’ll be busy, tired, and away from my coomputrr for the next few days. But I will post when I can next. Not likely we’ll get more than rain, unless the hurricane veers substantially before landfall.
You be careful, bluecatship. Stay dry!
Thanks, CJ. — Looks as though we’ll have heavy rains and possibly flash flooding today and tomorrow, and possibly Friday, but not too bad. Folks south of Brownsville and Matamoros, in Mexico, will get the brunt of it. Also, with communications a little better with the weekend caregiver, I’ve now determined she actually *wants* to work over the 4th and not trade for time this week or next to fill in. (I’ll be with my grandmother as usual, Friday and Monday, anyway.) So I may get the chance to be online some over the next few days. Thanks much for the good wishes. 🙂
I have some idea there ought to be a way to get the Kindle format files onto the iPhone so that the Kindle for iPhone app can recognize them, but so far, I’m stumped. My laptop’s Kindle app recognizes them. The iBooks app and iTunes recognize the files as stated earlier.
My pb copies of the Chanur saga and of Foreigner 1 are getting carried around and a bit beat up, going back and forth between houses. Ah well, that’s why bookstores sell books. 🙂
There’s a Kindle for i-phone users quide on Amazon for 99 cents.
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Required-Text-Speech-ebook/dp/B001V5J9S2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1277922099&sr=8-1
I’m betting that DRM is the reason the kindles are not transferring. Kindle’s preferred file format is DRM mobi, basically, as I understand it, and while CC offers mobi, it’s not DRM (digital rights mgmt, ie, copy protection).
Google DRM and it may explain a bit.
For Stanza:
– open iTunes
– connect your iOS device
– select your iOS device in the left column of iTunes
– select the Apps tab
– scroll down to the “File Sharing” section at the bottom of the tab
– select Stanza from the Apps column
– drag your files to the “Stanza Documents” area, or click the “Add…” button
You can also transfer them from a web server directly to your device from inside stanza, or open them in email and select stanza from the open with… dialog. I’m not sure if you can open them from dropbox or not, but you probably can.
The reader I prefer for all the portable Apple devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) is the Bookshelf Reader, especially because of its ease in uploading e-books from my computer to my device. It supports ePub, Mobi, and several other formats, and offers a couple of different ways to upload your books to the device, including directly from online booksellers (I wonder if Closed Circle can get on that list? Let me research that….). I also like it because of the readability on the device itself–it offers several thoughtful features, including autoscroll (for those of us who like to read while working out on the treadmill, for example) and rotation lock (for folks who hold the device at an angle & are tired of it shifting back & forth from vertical to horizontal orientation), as well as different fonts, font sizes, and font & background colors. (I don’t work for this company; just really like the e-reader!)