User Guide

Chapter 24 iBooks 109
Organize books
Sort the list.
Sort the list.
View collections.
View collections.
View on the
iBooks Store
View on the
iBooks Store
View books by title or by cover. Tap or .
Organize your books with collections. Tap Select, then select some books to move them into a
collection. To edit or create collections, tap the name of the current collection (at the top of the
screen). Some built-in collections, such as PDFs, can’t be renamed or deleted.
Rearrange books. While viewing a collection by cover, touch and hold a cover, then drag it to a
new location. While viewing books by title, sort the list using the buttons at the top of the screen.
The All Books collection is automatically arranged for you; switch to another collection if you
want to manually arrange your books.
Search for a book. Pull down to reveal the Search eld at the top of the screen. Searching looks
for the title and the author’s name.
Hide purchased books you haven’t downloaded. Tap the name of the current collection (at the
top of the screen), then turn on Hide iCloud Books.
Read PDFs
Sync a PDF. On a Mac, add the PDF to iBooks for OS X, then open iTunes, select the PDF, then
sync. In iTunes on your Windows computer, choose File > Add to Library, select the PDF, then
sync. See iTunes Help for more info about syncing.
Add a PDF email attachment to iBooks. Open the email message, then touch and hold its PDF
attachment. Choose “Open in iBooks” from the menu that appears.
Print a PDF. With the PDF open, tap , then choose Print. You’ll need an AirPrint-compatible
printer. For more about AirPrint, see AirPrint on page 36.
Email a PDF. With the PDF open, tap , then choose Email.
iBooks settings
Go to Settings > iBooks, where you can:
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Sync collections and bookmarks (including notes and current page information) with your
other devices.
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Display online content within a book. Some books might access video or audio that’s stored
on the web.
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Change the direction pages turn when you tap in the left margin.