On 1/13/2016 9:33 PM, Don Y wrote:

So, on the iPad, you have to invoke an *app* to get at the books?


Nope. I use Calibre to email an epub to a mail account accessed
exclusively on my iPad. I click on the attachment and select "Open in
iBook" (a native application on iOS) OR, if I am home and access the
home network, I just point Safari to the Calibre server and I can
search, browse, etc. all my books. Click on the one I want and tell
Safari to open it in iBooks.

Once you accept it either in email or Safari a copy is stored on the
iPad until such time as you delete it in iBooks.


fine for me. With the cover you can hold the Nook or iPad as if you were
holding a book. Makes getting used to the eReader very simple.

I don't understand why the "cover" makes a difference? E.g., with my
tablet
PC, I just set it on my lap, counter/desk or against my propped up legs
(if reading in bed). Holding it in my arms would be tiring as it is
rather large...

I can't see how putting it *in* something would make it any better (?)

Depends on the size of the tablet or reader I suppose. That tip was
given to me by a friend who suggested that having a cover to hold it
like a traditional book is a more natural transition to an ereader from
a paper book. It worked well for me, but, as always, YMMV