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General Category => Off the Record => Computer Affairs => Topic started by: sbr on July 19, 2012, 02:50:27 AM

Title: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: sbr on July 19, 2012, 02:50:27 AM
I got the iPad from work so I can't really pay for any apps, or anything else really. 

What I would like to do is to download a free book or two from Project Gutenburg and read it on my iPad, potentially without interent access. 

My Android Phone had a Google Books app that let me do that but I haven't found anything promising in the Apple App store.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: Grey Fox on July 19, 2012, 06:09:31 AM
Kindle App? I thought there was one built in in the Ipad.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: ulmont on July 19, 2012, 08:29:00 AM
Yeah, kindle app, iBooks app, or stanza would be my goto apps.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: HVC on July 19, 2012, 11:59:09 AM
iBook app is free and you have access to the gutenberg books.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: sbr on July 19, 2012, 03:06:44 PM
Thanks.

Kindle didn't come installed on this one.  I got the iBooks app and it looks good, I was hesitant to get something that had to go through the official Apple store until I remembered EVERYTHING has to do that on these stupid things. 

They can kiss my ass if they have a problem with me downloading some books to read on their machine.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: Grey Fox on July 19, 2012, 03:35:27 PM
Why do you hate Apple?
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: sbr on July 19, 2012, 04:06:25 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 19, 2012, 03:35:27 PM
Why do you hate Apple?

It's not so much that I hate Apple, I just don't like the way everything is locked down to their own iStores.

I was also never a big fan of the idea of the tablet, but it is slowly growing on me.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: Arvoreen on July 23, 2012, 03:51:59 PM
BTW, it shouldn't matter that your iPad was provided by work.  All purchases through iTunes are tied to YOUR iTunes account, not anything related to work.  I have a similar situation.  I have an iPhone & iPad provided through work, plus a few iPod touches that I've bought personally for my family.  All the devices share the same iTunes account, and all have access to any apps/books/music/etc.
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: sbr on July 23, 2012, 04:17:54 PM
Quote from: Arvoreen on July 23, 2012, 03:51:59 PM
BTW, it shouldn't matter that your iPad was provided by work.  All purchases through iTunes are tied to YOUR iTunes account, not anything related to work.  I have a similar situation.  I have an iPhone & iPad provided through work, plus a few iPod touches that I've bought personally for my family.  All the devices share the same iTunes account, and all have access to any apps/books/music/etc.

The iTunes account is not mine, it is one that work set up for the iPad in order to buy and install at least on app on the machine. 

I assume there is some way to sign out of that account and sign back in with my own? 
Title: Re: Free E-Book reader for iPad
Post by: Arvoreen on July 25, 2012, 11:09:16 AM
There is a way to log out of 1 iTunes account and into another.  However, that will also wipe all the stuff off your iPad. :(  My company did it differently, and just had me register my existing apple id with them, so I could be enabled to access the internal apps we have developed.