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How to Read PDF on iPad
- Apps for Reading PDF on iPad, Reading PDF Files on iPad

Reading eBooks on iPad with iBooks is amazing. However, it ruined when you transfer PDF to iPad or read PDF on iPad. iBooks app uses the EPUB format. Syncing EPUB eBooks to the iBooks app on iPad is very easy with iTunes. But how to read PDF on iPad? In fact, you lack an app which supports the PDF on iPad.

Following are 2 apps for reading PDF on iPad.

Tip: If you want to transfer iPad files to computer or iTunes, free download the iPad Transfer software.

Read PDF on iPad: GoodReader

I'd have to say that until DocstoGo from Dataviz is released for the iPad, GoodReader will be my PDF/Excel/Word viewer of choice. Not only can you view PDFs, but you can also transfer files from Google Docs, Drop Box, MobileMe, FTP, and other WebDAV services.

Price: $0.99
Verdict: Lacks highlighting and annotation, but sports enough features for poor students.

Read PDF on iPad: PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad

'PDF Reader Pro Edition' boasts a Web-accessible personal FTP, allowing to instantly move your PDFs from your computer to your iPad. Oddly, though, every file we transferred this way ended up as a blank page in the app. Still, 'PDF Reader Pro' offers other transfer options, like an in-app Web browser, through which you can directly download files, as well as the option to open e-mail PDF attachments directly in the software.

Price: $3.99
Verdict: Overpriced for few features.

If you don't want to purchase any App for reading PDF on iPad, you can try to convert PDF to ePub format freely with PDF to ePub Converter.

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