04-04-2014, 05:15 PM | #1 |
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So I read the sticky and calibre seems to be sending books to my ipad with calibre on mavericks. I connect ipad and there is the send to device button and it is working fine. I thought this was not the case? Anyway, it will send epub format but won't send pdf books. Anyone else having this issue? How can i get it to send pdf?
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04-04-2014, 07:59 PM | #2 |
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Which version of OS X are you running? Click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen, then About this Mac. What is the version number shown there?
What plugin are you using to connect to iBooks? G |
04-05-2014, 12:45 PM | #3 |
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i am not connecting to ibooks. just using calibre. calibre is sending the ebooks directly to ipad. it will not send the pdfs to ipad anymore though now?i thought calibre did not work with mavericks? |
04-05-2014, 02:29 PM | #4 |
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How are you sending the books to your iPad? Calibre doesn't automatically recognize iDevices, so you must have a plugin installed.
The two possible plugins are the iOS reader applications plugin, or the deprecated Apple iDevice interface plugin. In calibre, open Preferences | Advanced | Plugins, then enable Show only user installed plugins. Click the triangle to the left of Device Interface plugins. Which plugin is listed? G |
04-05-2014, 03:18 PM | #5 |
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ios reader appliaction 1.3.6
ereader PDB 2 PML 0.0.6 Ignoble Epub DeDRM 0.1.6 Inept Epub drm 0.1.7 Inept pdf DeDRM 0.1.4 K4PC,K4Mac kindle Mobi and topaz DeDRM 0.3.8 |
04-05-2014, 03:25 PM | #6 |
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when i plug in Ipad, calibre sees it and it has the blue send to device button at the top. i highlight the book i want and just hit send to device and it is in the ibooks app on ipad. The problem is now, it wont send a pdf to the ipad without converting to epub? when before it would send pdfs? Any clue why?
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04-06-2014, 05:44 AM | #7 |
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@derels,
With respect to the iOSRA plugin not working with Mavericks, the current release (1.3.6, which you're using) prevents the user from selecting iBooks as the preferred reader application in the configuration dialog. However, since you had selected iBooks when you initially configured an older version of the plugin, and you haven't reopened the configuration dialog since then, iBooks is still selected as the preferred reader application. That's why you're able to send books to iBooks, even though instructions state that you can't do that. Since that seems to be working for you, I won't change that behavior, but as stated elsewhere, the plugin is no longer supported under OS X Mavericks. With respect to the plugin not being able to send PDFs to iBooks, this is related to the changes that Apple made to iTune's automation interface in version 11. I will take another look at this problem to see if there's a workaround, but for now if you want to add PDFs to iBooks, you'll have to add them directly to iTunes. G |
06-23-2014, 12:54 AM | #8 |
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I'm having the same problem 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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06-23-2014, 01:01 AM | #9 |
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I believe the problem is that Marvin is not a PDF reader. You will need to install GoodReader, which is also supported by iOSRA, and open PDFs.
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06-23-2014, 02:00 AM | #10 |
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Thank you for the advice and recommendation of GoodReader. I was hoping to use one app, but it's not looking like it's possible. I'm now looking into better options for pdf to epub conversion over what Calibre does as their conversion is unusable. Thanks again.
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06-23-2014, 02:30 AM | #11 |
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Most PDF > ePub conversions will be rubbish. Even Adobe Acrobat stinks when it comes to converting PDF to HTML. Why are you putting yourself through the hassle when Goodreader (a very good app) will handle the PDF as is?
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06-23-2014, 03:49 AM | #13 |
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Your suggestion makes sense and it is actually what I am currently working on as I type this message. I've just downloaded Google Drive, which I have 30GB of storage. I can then automatically sync my Google Drive with GoodReader (from what I understand).
My motivation for the previous message was to find an all in one epub/pdf/mobi reader app for my iPad which I can sync with my Macbook/Calibre. It looks like as of now, until GoodReader supports epub (sync with Google Drive) or Marvin supports pdf (sync wit Calibre) we are left with using two different reader apps. I'm sure that this will change with time as PDF and epubs will continue to see increase in demand. Thank you for your responses by the way. Last edited by HiSo HoBo; 06-23-2014 at 04:04 AM. |
06-23-2014, 04:20 AM | #14 |
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@HiSo HoBo - there are several ebook reader apps for IOS that claim to do EPUB and PDF
See ==>> Comparison of iOS e-book reader software - Supported_File_Formats And before you commit to Google Drive you might like to know this ==>> WARNING - Google Drive Incompatible with Calibre! BR Last edited by BetterRed; 06-23-2014 at 04:23 AM. |
06-23-2014, 05:14 AM | #15 |
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@BetterRed...thank you for the link and recommendations. I should have mentioned that I am setting up Google Drive for GoodReader only.
Here is my current setup until Marvin works with PDF. Note: I have 345 books. Epub: 82, Mobi: 5, Pdf: 264 Total: 6GB 1. Load existing books into Calibre (each format has its own respective library, divided by author subdirectories). 2. Update book cover, metadata, and tags with Calibre for all book formats. 3. The parent "Calibre-Library" folder is inside of my Google Drive, if for any reason just to back them up. 4. Sync pdf folder with GoodReader 5. Sync Epub folder with Marvin, by using Calibre and hardwire sync with iPad (Can't find a way to do this wirelessly like GoodReader & Google Drive, except with Dropbox but that cost $10/mo). 6. When I want to read a book, magazine, paper...open either GoodReader or Marvin app within my iPad. 7. Still trying to figure out MOBI. Eventually, I would like to discover one app that has features and user friendly like Marvin while also offering wireless syncing to a folder on my Mac, which is also my library for Calibre (for Metadata editing purposes). |
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