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Syncing books and PDFs

Use iTunes to sync your books and PDFs between iPhone and your computer, and to buy books
from the iTunes Store. When iPhone is connected to your computer, the Books pane lets you
select which items to sync. You can also add DRM-free ePub books and PDFs to your iTunes library.
Books in PDF and ePub format are available on the web.
Sync an ePub book or PDF to iPhone: In iTunes on your computer, choose File > Add to Library
and select the file. Select the book or PDF in the Books pane in iTunes, and then sync.

To add a book or PDF to iBooks without syncing, email the file to yourself from your computer.
Open the email message on iPhone, then touch and hold the attachment and choose “Open in
iBooks” from the menu that appears.

Reading books

Reading a book is easy. Go to the bookshelf and tap the book you want to read. If you don’t see
the book you’re looking for, tap the name of the current collection at the top of the screen to go
to other collections.

Tap to play.

Go to a different page.

Add a bookmark.

Read a book while lying down: Use the portrait orientation lock to prevent iPhone from rotating
the screen when you rotate iPhone. See “Viewing in portrait or landscape orientation” on page 21.

Each book has a particular set of features, based on its contents and format. Some of the
capabilities described below might not be available in the book you’re reading. For example,
printing is available only for PDFs, and if a book doesn’t include a recorded narration, you won’t
see the read aloud icon.

Show the controls

Tap near the center of the page.

Turn the page

Tap near the right or left margin of the page, or flick left or right. To change
the direction the page turns when you tap the left margin, go to Settings >
iBooks > Tap Left Margin.

View the table of contents

Tap . With some books, you can also pinch to see the the table of
contents.

Add or remove a bookmark

Tap . You can have multiple bookmarks.
To remove a bookmark, tap it.
You don’t need to add a bookmark when you close a book, because iBooks
remembers where you left off.

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