After installing iTunes 9.1 yesterday I found that it was trivial to import my existing eBooks that were in Epub format.
I’ve been using the Amazon Kindle products, a 1st generation Kindle and a Kindle DX, for some time and have been gathering books from sources other than Amazon so I can read them using Stanza on my iPhone or Macs. I’m very much looking forward to the 3G iPad I ordered, and now I have a few books already loaded into iTunes (larger image) ready to sync to my iPad as soon as it arrives.
Apple does seem to be positioning the iBook store to compete with Amazon, and as is also the case with the Kindle they have wisely arranged it so that users can add their own Epub files gathered from public domain sources as well as other vendors.
It will be interesting to see how many eBooks are available through the iBookstore at roll out in a few days.
March 31st, 2010 at 9:46 pm
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