{"product_id":"9781615421978","title":"Take Control of Media on Your iPad","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin media-savvy author Jeff Carlson as he helps you enjoy media on your iPad like never before. Jeff explains basic and advanced ways of adding media to your iPad, and gives you a thorough grounding in Apple's core media apps—iBooks, iPod, Videos, and Photos. He also helps you integrate your iPad with an Apple TV and looks at various ways of using an iPad as a TV remote. You'll also get plenty of suggestions for third-party apps and products, whether you want to read books not available in the iBookstore, stream music from the Internet to your iPad, convert your own DVD library to iPad-friendly format, or put your own photos on your iPad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMind your media:\u003c\/b\u003e Get an overview of options for moving media to your iPad, including iTunes, Home Sharing, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead books, magazines, comics, and more:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn about different ebook file formats. Find free and commercial ebooks to read in iBooks, transfer ebooks from a desktop computer to iBooks, and learn how to use iBooks so you can go beyond flipping pages. And, if iBooks isn't your cup of tea or if you want to include multiple ebook-reading apps in your repertoire, or read magazines or comics, you'll find ideas for top third-party options.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen to music and audiobooks:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff covers the basics of controlling your music and podcasts in the iPod app, and he gives steps for creating regular and smart playlists (a surprisingly complex endeavor), and for using Apple's handy Genius feature. You'll learn how to stream music directly to your iPad with a third-party app or with Home Sharing, and you'll learn how to stream music from your iPad with AirPlay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch video:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn how to add video to your iPad, whether you want to buy it from Apple or acquire it from an independent source. Specific topics include iTunes Store rentals, ripping DVDs, exporting from iMovie, a GoodReader workaround, and an SD card tip. You'll also learn how to output from your iPad to a television, and get ideas for streaming video to your iPad, with quick looks at YouTube, Netflix, and Safari. Bonus for Apple TV owners—the ebook has directions for integrating an Apple TV with an iPad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eView photos:\u003c\/b\u003e Benefit from Jeff's experience as an enthusiastic amateur photographer as he discusses moving photos (and certain videos) to an iPad from a camera or a computer. Jeff also covers how to share your photos once they are on the iPad, whether with a slideshow, Picture Frame mode, or via email attachment. You'll even learn what happens when you transfer a raw image file from an external device to an iPad. Bonus for iPad 2 owners—Jeff offers tips for taking better-quality photos using the iPad's built-in cameras!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eControl your electronics:\u003c\/b\u003e If you truly want to use your iPad as a big iPod touch, here's one opportunity—as a big remote control. Jeff shows you how to use Apple's Remote app to control iTunes on a computer or to control an Apple TV, and he offers ideas for how to trick out your iPad so it can serve as a remote control for other consumer electronic devices like TVs and stereos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TidBITS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164686172400,"sku":"9781615421978","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781615421978_p0.jpg?v=1763850652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781615421978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}