IOS 4 + ibooks + PDF = Crash!

Hi everyone
Last night i upgraded to iOS 4 and downloaded ibook v 1.1
When browsing in safari, I normally read the a weekly newspaper in PDF format (approx 20-30mb) but when the bar appears in safari to offer to open up the PDF in ibooks and i click this option the phone crashes and the apple symbol comes up for maybe 3-4minutes and then back to the home screen. It seems ibooks cannot handle large PDF's
Anyone having the same?
Cheers
Gray

I have been trying this app out over the weekend and am quite pleased. I tried several PDF files, the largest being 17.5MB (from Apple), with one that had given me handling problems in other apps at 11.7MB. Without a doubt these are slow, but iBooks seems faster than those other apps and navigation is better accomplished.
First, GrayUK, what is the source of your newspaper? Perhaps the file size IS too large (I have doubts about that) or there may be something within the file that is causing the app to misbehave, for example DRM or some equivalent, to stop copying. If it is sending the iPhone back to the Apple symbol and not simply the Home screen, that is a problem. Is it possible for you to split up the file (mainly as a test) and try a smaller version? Not knowing the source or the way the file was created, does not allow a definitive answer. I think some versions of Acrobat are able to apply copy protection and this may be the source of your woes. If so, some feedback to Apple might help.
As vangoghsear is having problems with smaller files than I am able to handle, again I wonder about the source. Might I suggest removing iBooks from the iPhone, turning it off, then on, synchronising, and then adding iBooks. I see (when I read down the page) that this was your cure.
Gummer12, as was mentioned by Neil, just drop the file onto the iTunes icon or into the iTunes main page and a new section is created, Books. That handles the synchronisation of the file(s) into iBooks. Perhaps this was not how you did it before?
tk40906, I have not yet found a file that large, but I am sure I will soon. The main reason for such big files is the graphics included. My experience with the other readers so far, including some of the files that transfer .DOC files and other common file format, is that iBooks was a pleasant surprise for me, although the size of the font in any of them does not match the way these apps handle the ePub format (or .MOBI for Amazon).

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