Take the EPUB file that your book formatter or publisher or friend sent you and save it to the folder in your desktop titled ‘Miral EPUBS.’ĥ. Make sure you install the Dropbox app on your iPad.Ĥ. For example I keep my EPUB files in my Dropbox folder called ‘Miral EPUBS.’ For the purpose of the tutorial we will use the directory ‘Miral EPUBS,’ but you can call yours anything you want.ģ. Make sure you have Dropbox installed on your desktop and create a directory name that you will remember. If you don’t have it you can download the app here.Ģ. First and foremost make sure you have the iBooks app installed on your iPad. If you don’t have a Dropbox account create one now: (DO IT, now!)ġ.

For example, if you have a file on your desktop, it will automatically update on your iPad if you have Dropbox setup. What is Dropbox you ask? Basically Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your books, photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily across multiple device. Using our little tutorial below you will be able to preview your ebook files on your iPad, iPhone, iTouch for iBooks using Dropbox. A lot of authors I’ve worked with don’t know about Dropbox and I’ve been finding myself sending the same email every week with instructions, so I just decided to do a blog post about it.

Comicat (Android: $2.An easy way to preview your eBook files on your iPad is by using Dropbox. For the cost of a $3.99 pro upgrade, the app can connect to Mac or Windows shared folders, FTP or SFTP servers, ComicStreamer, Calibre or Ubooquity libraries for sharing files in and out.ĭownload Chunky: iOS (opens in new tab) 11. It's a fantastic free package whose only fault is a lack of iPhone support. Plus, a parental lock allows you to flag and hide titles behind password protection. The app can download comics from your cloud storage services, such as Dropbox and Google Drive, straight into the app's self-organizing library. There's even an auto-contrast/tint fix to adjust for faded comic scans. A smart upscaling mode renders even low-res files as crisply as possible, while multiple view modes let you read however you like. On the technical side, Chunky supports CBR, CBZ and PDF comics, as well as metadata tags from ComicRack and ComicBookLover. Chunky is a free and feature-packed comics option for the iPad.

If you already have a collection of DRM-free comics, you may want to check out Chunky instead of Comixology.

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