One of the things about Apple's walled garden iBooks system is the only way to share what you've created in iBooks Author is via the iPad or a PDF preview... So, for those of you who haven't got an iPad... but don't try clicking on the videos or the slideshows.

This collection contains all the details you need to be able to download books from Ebrary in the University Library Catalogue to your own portable device (see for compatible devices). You can then 'loan' the eBooks for a fortnight and can always loan any items again after that time. You won't get fined as the eBook is returned on time for you and you can read the eBook offline, so you don't require an active internet connection.

A one-page update explaining how and why PDF is the preferred format for documents saved in eShare.