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Originally Posted by Redshifter
They’re EPUB files in the iBooks Application on my iPad Pro/iPhone.
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Okay. I would just turn on iCloud Drive Sync (Books settings) and make sure Books has iCloud storage turned on (iCloud settings).
At this point, you might need a Mac to get your files.
What I do on my Mac is to search for one of the ePub files using Finder. The path information shows 'iCloud Drive > Books > myBook.epub'. I bring up the context menu and choose Show in Enclosing Folder. This opens a Finder window that display all of the Books documents stored in iCloud, with a 'cloud' icon that shows they are not downloaded. Click, and they download.
Now I can drag them out of the Books folder and put them anywhere to use them. Obviously most purchases from Apple will have DRM to deal with, but that won't apply to your personal ePub books.
There is an iCloud client for Windows (from Microsoft Store) but it probably does not support the above scenario (I am curious enough to try it, once my old Windows 10 box -- which I haven't turned on for months -- finishes with updates and I can install the client).
Even on Mac, if you open the iCloud Drive folder, you won't see a Books folder there to navigate to. Yet when the Books folder is open, it shows iCloud Drive as the parent folder. Is there way to copy using Terminal, etc.? Don't know yet.
I thought there would some way to access Books storage with Finder when the device is connected to the Mac (via USB or wirelessly) with Finder (on Windows you would need iTunes app). But if so, I can't figure out how to do it. There is a Manage Storage option that lets you delete content from Books. And there is Sync option, but where is the location on Mac it syncs to? I don't know.
In summary, you can definitely get them from iCloud if you have a Mac.