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Hi Peaceridge, thank you for the response and looks like I am starting to understand the problem.
1. So you have 20,000 books already stored in MapleRead's storage on the phone, is that correct? MapleRead keeps its books in its own app folder ("On My iPhone → MapleRead SE"), which is why when you use "Send to" it makes a separate copy into justRead.
That is a bit different with justRead, which just reads books from any folder you pick, and those books stay accessible for any other app to use — no lock-in here.
2. Looks like you have selected a Library folder located in iCloud (I am guessing by your first post "it goes looking on icloud").
You may not have signed up for paid iCloud, but every Apple user gets 5 GB of iCloud storage for free by default, and iOS can use it automatically for app folders without you really noticing.
3. The iOS operating system checks the files in iCloud and "offloads" them if it decides to do so. Offloading means it removes the local copy and all you see is just a placeholder (it has a cloud-with-arrow icon on the file: see the screenshot showing two offloaded files and two that are not). The file is still accessible to the user, but to open it, iOS needs to download it from the cloud first. So when a book is offloaded like this and you open it, the app has to wait for the download before it can use it.
4. You can bypass this by selecting the folder and choosing "Keep Downloaded" (see second screenshot), or by not using any folder from iCloud at all and picking one from local "On My iPhone" instead (third screenshot).
5. I would suggest you select a Library under "On My iPhone", then you don't have to worry about anything else. Whatever you put into justRead will stay in that local folder until you delete it yourself.
6. I am personally using an iCloud folder, because it is for me by far the easiest way to add, remove or change anything. I simply copy a file into that folder on my mac and then pull to refresh on iphone. Delete file on mac, pull to refresh on phone. Change file on mac, pull to refresh on phone. No need to set up anything complicated anywhere.
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