Google books vs. iBooks vs. iTunes? how import epub, PDFs, and Google books

I have a new iPad and I'm trying to figure out where my ebooks will be stored. I have a bunch of PDFs and some .epub books, as well as some in Google Books. Do the ones in Google books live in the cloud or do they get downloaded to my device (can I read them when there's no network)? Can I somehow get everything in one app - say, iBooks - can I get the Google books and my .epub and PDF files in there? What's the easiest way to do that? I know I can separately "open in iBooks" each file opened on the device but I'd like to add them in bulk without having to open each one in another app and then add it manually.

I use Stanza, and iBooks.
Stanza will let you download directly from your MacBook through WiFi, and if you put books (epub or pdf) on a personal webpage, you can add a "website" to Stanza as a source for downloading.
Stanza also has built in sources with thousands of books. You use "get books" at the bottom of the screen, then "catalog" at the top, and you will see Bookstores for $$ books, and several "Free Book" sites including project gutenberg with a huge collection, you can even get sheet music from the master composers, all free.
Stanza runs also on your MacBook, and another program to get for your Mac is "Calibre" - an excellent program that will convert books from one format to another and make the library of books visible to stanza if you turn on the server mode in Calibre.
So with these programs, you go directly to the iPad using WiFi, no cables, no need to sync with iTunes.
Hope this helps.
Jeff

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