iOS Tips: How to Copy/Paste ANYTHING in iBooks

Excerpt from Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay

One complain many users have about their ereaders is that they prevent users from copy/pasting anything. It's thanks to anti-piracy measures, but really, it's not possible to select multiple pages of text, so who's really worried about sharing an excerpt from a book?

iBooks actually has a workaround, and fortunately it's incredibly simple.
First, just highlight the text that you'd like to copy. You'll notice that "Copy" isn't one of your options. But, "Search" is...
Select "Search". When the search dialog comes up, the text you've selected will be in a standard search box. Just copy it from there, and paste it wherever you'd like.

I doubt anyone will use this to share an entire book, page by page. But for sharing an excerpt from a book? It's incredibly useful. Happy reading (and sharing)!