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I love reading on iPad, it is fun! one of my friends told me days ago. After reading some eBooks on her iPad, I can understand her feeling. And I think most iPad owners also agree. With the Apple iBooks app, Text looks crisp and bright. Pages turn with a flick." As iBooks supports ePub format only, so if you have some PDF eBooks at hand and cannot find them in iBookstore, what will you do? Yes, you need to convert PDF to ePub!

What’s ePub?

In September 2007, ePub was elected an official standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). The Apple iPad uses ePub format for electronic eBooks. There are several free ePub converters available on the Internet that you can use to convert all of your PDF files. For example, Calibre, iiiConverter, and Stanza can convert PDF files and documents into an ePub file format that you can read on your Apple iPad.

Do you know:

EPub eBook has many benefits like:

EPUB is compatible with most of popular eBook readers such as iPad, iPod touch, iPhone or Sony Reader.
EPUB files require smaller storage space than other eBook formats.
EPUB allows you to create bookmarks.

EPUB provides Built-in dictionary functions, etc.

However, you will find most of eBooks of website are PDF format. That is because PDF is easy to view, store, share, print and can set password to protect the content and author’s copy right. It is even designed to avoid viruses and other malware programs, so PDF files are safer than other formats.

Here is the step by step guide on How to convert PDF to ePub for reading on iPad, iPod touch. But we would like to recommend you two method for your multiple choice.

Method 1:  Professional software: PDF to ePub converter

For windows user:

To convert PDF to ePub, What you'll Need:
* PDF files and a Windows computer
* PDF to ePub Converter like Aiseesoft PDF to ePub Converter

Step 1: Download and install a PDF to ePub converter on your computer. Click on the installation icon and follow the Windows instructions for installing the software. When the installation is complete, look for the ePub converter icon on your desktop and click on it to launch the application.

Step 2. Set the output name/range and then choose an output folder for saving the converted files.

Step 3. Click the "Convert" button to start conversion.

For Mac user:

PDF to ePub converter for mac is specially designed for Mac eBooks fans to facilitates their reading eBooks on portable eBooks readers like iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch, Sony Reader, after converting PDF documents to ePub on Mac.

Apart from the function of converting PDF to EPUB, Mac PDF to EPUB Converter also has some other editing options provided. For example, you can convert PDF files to EPUB in batch, specify certain page(s) of PDF document to be converted, choose output ePub format, etc.

Method two: free PDF to ePub converter: Calibre

The key features:

Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT

Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, SNB, TCR, TXT.

Step 1. In the Calibre Welcome window, you should enable it for iPad. Just select and click "Default" in the Manufacturers category. Click "Change" to finish.
Step 2. Come back to Calibre main window and click "Add books" button to add your PDF files.
Step 3. Click the Convert "E-books" button and check the Input/output format. Then click "OK" to start converting PDF to ePub with Calibre.

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