Sending Books to iPad?

KayLee · 03-12-2016, 11:45 AM

I just tried to send a books to my ipad from Calibre I used the Connect to iTunes method to add it but now I can't find the books on the device.

How do I get Calibre to send the books to the app I use to read books?

HarryT · 03-12-2016, 12:21 PM

It can be done in various ways. What I do personally is to do a "Save to disk" from Calibre, and then drag and drop the books from the folder I've saved them to onto the reading app in iTunes.

KayLee · 03-12-2016, 12:37 PM

Yeah that's the same thing I do as well. I was just hoping to use the Calibre interface so I could see what's on the device already and what needs to be added.

HarryT · 03-12-2016, 12:42 PM

Unfortunately I don't think that method works with current versions of iOS.

KayLee · 03-12-2016, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Unfortunately I don't think that method works with current versions of iOS.

Well that sucks

JainaSJedi · 03-12-2016, 06:14 PM

Yeah, this is my problem too. I was thinking of upgrading to a new ipad until I heard that iOS 8.3 bricked the ability of calibre to communicate with Marvin (my reading app). So I'm looking for a new device.

HarryT · 03-12-2016, 06:16 PM

I have an iPad Air 2 running the latest iOS 9.2 (?) and I really don't find it a problem, personally. I really don't need Calibre to tell me what books are on the device - I can just look on the device and see.

JainaSJedi · 03-12-2016, 06:36 PM

With iOS, you can still connect the ipad to Calibre using the content server. I'm just due for a device upgrade and I'm thinking of getting a traditional e-reader. Are there any that will communicate with Calibre in order to transfer large number of ebooks organized into collections without going through the painstakingly slow task of adding books one-by-one to a collection on the e-reader?

KayLee · 03-12-2016, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JainaSJedi

With iOS, you can still connect the ipad to Calibre using the content server. I'm just due for a device upgrade and I'm thinking of getting a traditional e-reader. Are there any that will communicate with Calibre in order to transfer large number of ebooks organized into collections without going through the painstakingly slow task of adding books one-by-one to a collection on the e-reader?

Not that I know of your best bet might be a windows tablet that can run Calibre itself.

JSWolf · 03-12-2016, 09:13 PM

How you send eBook to your iPad depends on the app. What app are you using?

meeera · 03-13-2016, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JainaSJedi

I'm just due for a device upgrade and I'm thinking of getting a traditional e-reader. Are there any that will communicate with Calibre in order to transfer large number of ebooks organized into collections without going through the painstakingly slow task of adding books one-by-one to a collection on the e-reader?

Yes, Kobo. There's a sticky in the Kobo forum on how to set up collections (shelves) management in Calibre.

HarryT · 03-13-2016, 06:14 AM

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KayLee · 03-13-2016, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

How you send eBook to your iPad depends on the app. What app are you using?

I'm using the app called Gerty the same people that make Marvin make Gerty. Right now I add books manually by going through iTunes.

03-12-2016, 11:45 AM	#1
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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It can be done in various ways. What I do personally is to do a "Save to disk" from Calibre, and then drag and drop the books from the folder I've saved them to onto the reading app in iTunes.

03-12-2016, 12:37 PM	#3
KayLee Zealot Posts: 108 Karma: 518106 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Nook ST & iPad Air2	Yeah that's the same thing I do as well. I was just hoping to use the Calibre interface so I could see what's on the device already and what needs to be added.

03-12-2016, 12:42 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Unfortunately I don't think that method works with current versions of iOS.

03-12-2016, 06:14 PM	#6
JainaSJedi Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Yeah, this is my problem too. I was thinking of upgrading to a new ipad until I heard that iOS 8.3 bricked the ability of calibre to communicate with Marvin (my reading app). So I'm looking for a new device.

03-12-2016, 06:16 PM	#7
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I have an iPad Air 2 running the latest iOS 9.2 (?) and I really don't find it a problem, personally. I really don't need Calibre to tell me what books are on the device - I can just look on the device and see.

03-12-2016, 06:36 PM	#8
JainaSJedi Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	With iOS, you can still connect the ipad to Calibre using the content server. I'm just due for a device upgrade and I'm thinking of getting a traditional e-reader. Are there any that will communicate with Calibre in order to transfer large number of ebooks organized into collections without going through the painstakingly slow task of adding books one-by-one to a collection on the e-reader?

03-12-2016, 09:13 PM	#10
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	How you send eBook to your iPad depends on the app. What app are you using?

03-13-2016, 06:14 AM	#12
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Moderator Notice Please do not hijack somebody else's thread to ask an unrelated question. If you have a different question to the topic of the original thread, start a new thread to ask it. Thank you.