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"The Free Online ePub Converter This ePub converter allows you to convert pdf, doc and other types of documents & ebooks to ePub format, the standard format for ebooks, supported by many ebook readers including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony Reader, BeBook, Nook, Kobo (for Kindle use mobi). Input formats: doc, docx, epub, fb2, html, lit, lrf, mobi, odt, pdb, pdf, prc, rtf, txt. Output formats: epub, fb2, lit, lrf, mobi"

"Creating & Reading on the iPad: PDF vs. ePub A cart of 30 iPads showed up at my school the other day & I get to organized the deployment and classroom use, a daunting task. Prior to the 30 iPad cart, I have been working with teachers and students to use 4 iPads, primarily in two math classes. I have blogged about both ideas here and here. "

"Create an eBook from online content The world of educational resources and materials is shifting away from print stuff towards digital stuff. One of the reasons for this shift is the ease of creating and sharing digital stuff. ePUBS and tablets and apps like iBooks are merging into a mini-Perfect Storm event that supports and encourages the use of digital content. As social studies teachers, we need to take advantage of these sorts of tools. And I just ran across an incredibly easy to use online tool called Readlists that lets you create an ePUB book from resources that you find on the web. Imagine being able to create a digital book that has a variety of articles, data, and multimedia. Readlists is the latest project of the Arc90 people - the same people who created Readability."

"Playing with Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing" is:an eBook by Wesley Fryer published in ePub format including video tutorials / screencasts (link to Lulu.com coming soon! Eventually I plan to publish a .mobi version on Amazon, the ePub to iTunes, and an audiobook version too!)this website, anda BYOL (bring your own laptop) workshop (scheduled for the ISTE 2011 conference in Philadelphia)

"EPUB ebook editor with the following features"

Create your own eBooks via ePub and PDFs.

This blog post does a nice job of providing insight and tips on how to use the "Subtext" app. 

"All your books. Now on the web, too."

Write an eBook! Students (or teachers) can easily become authors of their own eBooks and upload to the iBooks App or the Stanza App on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad