MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - iPad Sideloading into iBooks help please, again

AlexBell · 06-12-2016, 06:58 AM

I've had this problem a couple of times before, but couldn't find the last thread I started to continue it.

I use a Windows 10 computer and an iPad using (I think) the latest OS. I design ebooks as a hobby, and side load them into several ereaders to test them before posting into the MR library. Several months ago I got help in this forum about a method of getting the ePubs into iBooks which involved

- uploading the ePub file into Dropbox,
- downloading from Dropbox onto my iPad,
- selecting an icon with an upward pointing arrow, and
- selecting copy to iBooks.

I've used that method for months until a short time ago, but this evening it wouldn't work. There is no icon with an upward pointing arrow, though there is an icon with an arrow pointing down. Have things changed with the latest OS? How can I get my ePubs into iBooks?

I know it is not the fault of the ebook; I've successfully loaded it into Bookari on my iPad, and to my Sony, Kobo, and android tablet and it works well on all of them.

06-12-2016, 06:58 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Sideloading into iBooks help please, again I've had this problem a couple of times before, but couldn't find the last thread I started to continue it. I use a Windows 10 computer and an iPad using (I think) the latest OS. I design ebooks as a hobby, and side load them into several ereaders to test them before posting into the MR library. Several months ago I got help in this forum about a method of getting the ePubs into iBooks which involved - uploading the ePub file into Dropbox, - downloading from Dropbox onto my iPad, - selecting an icon with an upward pointing arrow, and - selecting copy to iBooks. I've used that method for months until a short time ago, but this evening it wouldn't work. There is no icon with an upward pointing arrow, though there is an icon with an arrow pointing down. Have things changed with the latest OS? How can I get my ePubs into iBooks? I know it is not the fault of the ebook; I've successfully loaded it into Bookari on my iPad, and to my Sony, Kobo, and android tablet and it works well on all of them.