01-19-2014, 02:01 PM | #16 | |
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On the Mac running Mavericks (latest Mac OS X), we now have an iBooks app. You have to use the iBooks app to add/sideload books to iBooks. So open iBooks, then select File --> Add To Library, select the books you want to sideload, then click Open. The books are now in iBooks and also listed in the Books tab of iTunes. So go back to iTunes and use it to sync the books. Whew, that was convoluted! ETA: And this is one of many reasons I don't use iBooks! Last edited by jswinden; 01-20-2014 at 12:01 PM. |
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01-19-2014, 10:09 PM | #17 |
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You can just drag and drop rather than doing File->Add To Library, but yes.
Otherwise, you can just use Dropbox -> Open In -> iBooks. It's easy. |
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01-20-2014, 12:00 PM | #19 |
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I think I only bought one iBooks book too, right after a got my first iOS device a few years ago. I've sideloaded a few ePubs into iBooks over the years just to see how they displayed there, but otherwise I was never an iBooks user.
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02-24-2014, 07:13 PM | #20 |
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I take it that these methods of getting ePub books into iBooks only works with DRM free books since only my free classics seem to go into iBooks. I like the way iBooks does columns but apparently this means that without cabbages' apprentice I'm left with several thousand dollars worth of books that can't be read on my new Retina Mini without using some other rendering engine.
I apologize for being grumpy but I sure wish they'd get this mess straightened out. |
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02-26-2014, 05:29 PM | #22 |
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Another couple of ways (not using iTunes) are iFunBox & iMacSoft.
iMacsoft's "iPad to PC Transfer" (versions for botheWindows & Mac) cost $19 US. This is my preferred method. iFunBox is free (also has both Windows & Mac versions). Good at the price but IMO iMacSoft's SW is better & easier to use. You can move books (&other files) both ways, from PC to iPad & from iPad to PC. Easy to move them in batches or individually. Last edited by slayda; 02-26-2014 at 05:31 PM. |
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