IBooks in Education (UK)

Hi,
I'm not quite sure if i'm posting this in the right section of this page but here goes...
I work in a school (UK) and we have about 10 iPads but are looking to expand for them to be used for English. I work in a SEN school so the use of the iPads is really engaging for the children that we teach and support.
Anyway we have been looking into iBooks and the iBooks store and I was wondering if it was legal for us to download a book which is to be shared across all the devices.
I recall talking to a gentleman from Apple Customer Support and he told me that Apps can be shared across up to 10 devices under the same Apple ID - and I was wondering if the same principle applied to the iBook Store? I would phone up again but the queues seem to be quite long and i figured this would be easier.
Also, has anyone used the Kindle App along side their iDevice and a Kindle? Would you recommend this as a better alternative than iBooks as we are also looking at purchasing some Kindle Fire HD's.
Many thanks for your time,
Nick

Sounds like you should have cont to the BETT show in London this year.
I am not an expert on the legals but I would imagine that you may break the publishers copyright as this could be seen as institutional usage, you may not as publishers have different Ts and Cs and not all have them have their legals caught up with the technology.
If say a title you require is from Pearson, they may already offer that title in a different way to what you suggest and may offer additional learning resources as part of the deal.
Its probably worth you attending the Annnual BETT show in london and joining some of the LInkedin in groups there are a number connected with iPads and the pedagogical approach to best use their features as well as OERs. There has also been a couple of papers, there was a great one that came out of the Uni of Derby earlier in the year.

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But the classics, Dr. Suess,even Winnie the Pooh should remain property of the school system buying the book.
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BUT, just one thing Apple:
Why in the last year have you pushed so hard to integrate/sync devices via the Cloud, only to introduce a phenomenal tool like the Text Books which can only be used on one device, the iPad, and almost blatantly makes no intention to talk to other devices?
I have invested in the whole Apple product line. I am invested in the ecosystem entirely. Why can I not start reading/note taking from my Biology Text in class on my iPad, continue skimming it from where I left off on my iPhone while going home on the train, and finally pull up the Text Book in iBooks on my Macbook (complete with my notes from the day) where I ultimately want to cut and paste my noted text to be used as quotes in a term paper I am composing in Pages (and what if Pages even talked to iBooks and auto formatted a Bibliography based on the text I have dragged and dropped)? As a student this scenario is not only very forseeable, but neccessary if I am to go over to a digital book format.
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Please Apple, I switched over for a reason. Mostly due to your philosophies and ability to make things that "just work". Don't sell out here. Not allowing Text Books to be accessed across devices does not have the markings of a "paradigm shift in the dark ages of education", but instead reeks of a slick marketing scam by the most successful company in the world to pump tax money out of education budgets into the overflowing pockets of Apple. Shame on you. That is not giving to education, that is taking.
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Re 'as Apple suggessted' I should have said - no larger than 5000 x 5000 pixels (the 3240 was my vertical proportional dimension from choosing 5000 horizintal dimension)
this is from Ibooks Author help
Add and edit photos and other images
You can add a photo or other image (in a supported file type) to a page in your book by dragging the photo from theMedia Browser, the Finder, or another application.
After adding a photo to your book and positioning it on the page, you can use the tools in iBooks Author to mask (crop) the photo; change its brightness, contrast, and other image qualities; or erase its background.
Important: When you export your book for distribution outside the iBookstore, images are automatically scaled to a width of 2048 pixels, which is optimized for iPad with Retina display. Readers can view these images on other iPad models, but the viewing experience might be slower. You can improve the viewing experience on iPad models without Retina display by using images no wider than 1024 pixels.
ShowMask (crop) a photo
ShowChange a photo’s brightness, contrast, and other settings
ShowRemove the background or unwanted elements from a photo
Important: Images can’t be larger than 25 megapixels (5000 x 5000 pixels) or 50 MB.
SEE ALSO
Add an accessibility description to an object
Add a title, label, or caption to an object
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External screen for my iBook

Dear all forumers,
I am about to go to Canada to begin my university education, and realised that writting essays on my last generation iBook G4 12'', 1.33GHZ would be uncomfortable on the long term.
This is why I have come to you to see what my options are for plugging my iBook with the cable that was given to me when I bought my iBook. After reading the caracteristics (sp?) on apple.com, I read :
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How about the Dell 20''?
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new; you could get by without the added expense and have a workable
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With the current software ..books created using iBooks Author cannot be viewed on iPhones.
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Thats it...no rumours. Blogs or to be more accurate...some of those who contribute to them seem to either be totally stupid, or like to make themselves look as if they have inside knowledge.
Apple created iBooks Author to allow self publishers create and publish books to the store. But not just novels or text only type books. iBA made these books allow audio / video ..and much much more than any novel. That being so....most interactive multi media books will not really display well on a screen the size if the iPhone.
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1. Everyone keeps telling me that there are heaps of applications that don't work on a Mac. I don't care about software for gaming and design and all that. I just need the basics (word processing, internet, whatever stuff I'll need for school) and I've checked that all the applications that I'll need (that I can think of) are available on Macs, but I'm afraid that I've missed some out. So, I just wanted to know if any of you Mac users have run into the problem of not being able to use a certain software. (Apart from gaming/specialist software).
You'll be surprised how much great software comes bundled with an iBook. Kicks the pants out of the equivalent pc bundled software. Even some of the pro apps that you can get for pc's can't hold a candle to the mac bundled software. I've never had any problem getting a hold of software to do what I've needed.
2. The main reason I want a Mac is because I've heard/read so much about its stability etc. Is the Mac really as stable/virus-free etc as it's made out to be? (I'll admit, looking around this discussion are makes me a little worried, even if its only a small percentage of Mac users experiencing problems) My parents are very very against me getting a Mac ("Why don't you just stick with something familiar?") so if I get one and it screws me over, I will never ever hear the end of it from my parents, heh.
Absolutely stable. No blue screen of death. I've had apps crash but never has it ever crashed my ibook. The os keeps ticking. When you get yours let your parents use it. I'm sure they'll have one in no time. The reality is it's a computer but it does the job much better than a pc.
Are there things a PC can do that a Mac can't? Like I said, I'll be starting uni, and I just need a notebook for work/research/papers/mail and all that. Nothing fancy, just enough for essays and the internet and the odd project/presentation and such.
None that I'm aware of. In fact it would probably be the opposite. Things like expose, dashboard, quartz extreme, true plug and play (no drivers required inmost cases). For the purposes you listed above you will be in computing heaven.
One of my friends (new Mac-user) warned me that certain websites either turn out wonky or are entirely inaccessible on a Mac. Have any of you run into this problem? And if you have, does it happen frequently?
Occasionally Safari has problems opening certain web pages but Apple has been doing a good job of keeping on top of that. Internet explorer is availble in a Mac version if you want to go that route. Curious about your friend has he/she updated to the most current version of Safari. I've yet to encounter a page that I've had problems with.
Eek. Sorry this is so long. I am just a little anxious about making the switch. Any help would be much appreciated
Go get one and ease you anxiety!
See some of the other switcher posts in this discussion board, There's a great one by Brian Reading in "why is it hard to convince ppl to buy Mac?"
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