Decide what will be the

content of your e-book. Create

a document in Mircroft Word,

Google Docs or Pages. If using

Pages, you can download the

following form

atted template

http://images.apple.c

om/

support/pages/docs/

ePub_Best_Practices_EN.zip

1.

2.In Pages s

ave document as .epub.

To convert .doc, .docx or .pdf

files, use http://www.2epub.com/

or other converters.

3.Open up iTunes. Drag

and drop the .epub

file into the "Books"

folder of the Library.

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To add Artwork (book cover) to your e-book. Right (control) click the file under the books folder and choose "Get Info".

4.

5.

1. Choose Artwork2, Click Add3. Browse for the image4. Click Choose5. Click OK

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Once the file is in your Books folder of the library. Connect and sync your iPad to iTunes and the book will appear on your book shelf under iBooks.

6.

You will be able to create customized shelves or collections to organize your e-books.

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Click on the book cover to open up your e-book. It wil have the same function as a book downloaded from ihe iTunes store. Reading size, background color, brightness, search function, bookmarking, etc...

7.

Hold your finger on a word to select it, then choose to copy, use the Dictionary, highlight it, write a note or search in the rest of the book.

8.

9.

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Dictionary

If you took care with the formatting of your document or used the WordPress Anthologize plugin, you will now have a functioning Table of Contents.

Table of Contents

Anthologize let's you create a project from individual blog posts and organize them into different parts, which later will become your e-book chapters in the Table of Contents. Once you are ready to export, choose "ePub" as the Export Format.

If you are using WordPress as your blogging platform, the plugin Anthologize is a wonderful tool to pull certain categories/posts from your blog and make them individual e-bookshttp://anthologize.org/

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