Adding PDFs to the iBooks library (Should know)
The most popular format for e-books is still PDF, since it makes a strong case for easy distribution and wide acceptance with multiple readers; desktop, web, and mobile all support PDF documents almost natively.
How to do it...
iOS devices detect PDF from e-mails, web pages, and so on and show an Open in iBooks button to open the PDF directly in iBooks.
I have some free PDF books from Packt Publishing J in my account at https://www.packtpub.com/. I will download one of them and add it to iBooks via e-mail. Here is how a PDF can be added to iBooks from within an e-mail:
There's more...
PDFs can also be added to iBooks via iTunes and synced to your iPad or iPhone. The Sync option in iTunes provides an option to sync all the books or selected PDFs only.