[elphie]

Anyone know if there is a way to switch off iCloud but still keep your iBooks reading history? Or a way to keep your books on iPad as well as iCloud?

Started using iBooks on iPad (8th Gen) just over a year ago, downloading (or so I thought) my books via Calibre where I keep my library (previously a kindle user).

Now I’ve realised they are actually in iCloud and when wifi is switched off, they are unavailable. (It seems strange I’ve not noticed this in over a year and suspect a change somewhere since latest IOS update…).

I have to manually press every book cover (hundreds) to get them back (I can’t seem to see an easier way?). If I switch off iCloud as well as losing all books I lose my reading history. I can download books again from Calibre but would prefer to keep history. It’s actually the reason I just stayed with iBooks.

Am I missing something obvious - it seems crazy books aren’t available offline?

Thanks