How to Download Ebooks to iPhone  

lundi 31 août 2009

Download Ebooks to iPhone :

Stanza is a free app that will allow you to read ebooks on the iPhone or iPod touch. Download Stanza from iTunes, it’s a free app http://www.lexcycle.com/

Closest you’ve downloaded Stanza onto your iPhone / iPodtouch you will wish to download likewise program but this one is for your desktop http://www.lexcycle.com/stanza

Stanza Desktop is a desktop application for saying ebooks and PDF files on your desktop. We will adoption Stanza desktop “Share” side to upload our own ebooks onto the iPhone / iPod touch.

Okay instanter lets stir up down to specialty, go underground Stanza Desktop installed on the desktop and open we contract takeoff. I downloaded a random ebook from Project Gutenberg Top 100 to demonstrate. The ebook is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, ebooks are almost always in PDF format, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be an ebook it could be any PDF file you want to download onto the iPhone / touch.

Open the ebook / pdf file by going to “File” and go down to “Open File…” and browse through the directories of your computer for the ebook. Click “Open” to finish.

The Ebook / PDF file should now load into the program.


Downloaing Ebook onto the iPhone or iPod touch


Now that the ebook has loaded go to “Tools” and make sure “Enable Sharing” is checked.

Enable File Sharing for Downloading onto the iPhone or touch


So now we get our iPhone or iPod touch that’s connected to the same network as your computer. Launch “Stanza” on the iPhone / touch

In the “Library” menu hit “Shared Books” and give it a few seconds to connect to your network. Now your computer name should be on the screen mine says “Books on Master - PC”, click on your computer name and give it another few seconds to scan. Now don’t go to far away from your computer cause Windows is gonna ask if you want to allow a connection between the two devices. After you’ve allowed the connection the book should appear on the iPhone / touch.

Click on the ebook and on the top you will get the option to “Download” the ebook or PDF.





Read Kindle Ebooks on iPhone or iPod touch


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Kindle for iPhone app (iTunes link below) for the iPhone or iPod touch will allow you to read your Kindle ebooks.

Kindle for iPhone iTunes Link

Kindle for iPhone info:

  • It’s a free app from iTunes store
  • Amazon Whispersync remembers the last page that was read and can sync that information between the Kindle and iPhone or iPod touch
  • Adjustable text size
  • Add bookmarks
  • Browse and search over 240,000 books including New York’s bestsellers
  • Most Amazon ebooks are $9.99
  • Currently you can not buy ebooks directly from the iPhone or iPod touch, the books must be purchased on your computer than transferred over, although I have heard you can use Safari mobile browser to browse and purchase the books.
  • Some services for the Kindle are not currently available for the iPhone or iPod touch such as Kindle newspapers, magazines and blogs
  • This app is currently only available in a few selected countries so if you live outside the U.S you may be out of luck

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