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Originally Posted by HiSo HoBo
I'm having a with sending my pdf collection, which is in Calibre, to my iPad Marvin reader app. I can send epubs, but in order to send pdfs, I am required to convert them to epub first. Does anyone know of a solution, to use Calibre and send pdfs to Marvin readers app? Thanks for any advice/help.
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Why would you want to transfer pdfs to Marvin, for book managing ?
If you have wireless router you can activate calibre's content server and transfer pdfs using Safari browser on iPad, there you can choose to open pdf in iBooks or other pdf reader and book/file manager you have installed thereon.
Activation button is under connect/share menu button in Calibre, there you click on start content server and see given ip adress e.g. if adress was 192.168.5.101 port 8080, then in Safari on iPad just enter adress as 191.168.5.101:8080 and you will see your Calibre library.
Choose your book and then tap on pdf under other formats, then, after it has been opened in Safari, you can choose to open pdf in another app.
You can also use any other iOS app that has WiFi transfer capability e.g. free Foxit pdf reader.
Start WiFi service in Foxit, check given ip adress and then enter that adress into some internet browser on your PC.
Once connected, you'll have to get into your Calibre library folder using given button and there select appropriate pdf book for upload to iPad (Foxit app in this case).
If you don't have WiFi router or its 2-3 MB/s are too slow for you, you can connect via usb cable using iTunes or some 3rd party app like iFunBox, transfering books directly into desired iOS app's documents folder, hopefully with 15 MB/s.
I would recommend getting some 40-50 $ WiFi HDD enclosure (battery powered) though, with appropriate iOS app that should let you transfer any file to appropriate app and streaming/transferring of any media files on multiple tablets simultaneously.
I have such WiFi Hdd enclosure but regrettably still without implemented open-in function in its iOS app that would allow me to open transferred pdf in some other better pdf reader or play media files in some other app than device's own iOS app.
So I decided to jailbreak my older iPad to be able to transfer files from that app's folder, or directly from Hdd, to any other app I wanted, using iFile app; then I can transfer files from jailbroken iPad to non-jailbroken iPad just using its bluetooth or WiFi if necessary.
Of course, once jailbroken, we can attach to it any drive or memory card (formated in FAT32 or HFS) using iPad's camera connection kit adapter, but connected drive or usb hub should be additionaly powered via outlet or its own batteries.
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