Buying audio, video, and ebooks through one of Apple’s online stores represents the most convenient way to load new content onto your iPad. Although most people naturally seem to gravitate toward the latest releases, don’t overlook the huge library of older products that you might find interesting as well.

Browse through iTunes using the Genius feature, and iTunes can analyze your current music library to determine which songs by other artists you might be interested in hearing. By exploring similar but different artists who you may never have heard before, you can expand your audio and video library without wasting your money randomly guessing which artists you might like next.

For ebooks, just remember that for every latest best seller, there are probably dozens of similar books that have been written, and those older books are probably much less expensive than the latest best seller. Many classics are now in the public domain and are totally free.