How to Transfer eBooks to iPad

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To transfer books from computer to iPad you must have books in ePub file format and available on your PC or Mac. If you have some books in PDF file format and want to convert into ePub file then first see how to convert PDF to ePubs. Lets see how to transfer DRM-free ebooks to iPad for reading in iBooks.

Transfer ebooks to ipadHow to transfer ebooks to iPad

Step-1

Run iTunes

Step-2

Click on File menu and select “Add to Library…”

Step-3

Select ebook (.ePub) file from computer that you want to transfer and click Choose button

Step-4

On the left side under Library section, click on Books. Your books will be listed on the right side.

Step-5

Connect your iPad with computer and after few seconds your device will be listed under Devices section on the left side, select your device (iPad)

Step-6

Select the Books tab on the top

Step-7

Check the “Sync Books” checkbox and you can Sync all the books by selecting the “All books” option or few selected book by selecting the “Selected books” option

Step-8

Finally click on Sync or Apply button

Step-9

When iTunes completes syncing process, you can view these books in iBooks app on your iPad.

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Comments:

  1. Soreya 1 May 2010 at 4:44 am #

    Its easy to transfer books

  2. hould 1 May 2010 at 7:41 pm #

    How sweet dude i have transfer my ebooks

  3. Haleem 2 May 2010 at 11:13 pm #

    how to convert to epb?

  4. Gerry 2 December 2010 at 10:42 pm #

    Thanks for the advice. Do you know how to download books from the public library on to my iPad? I can do this easily when using my PC and then downloading to my Sony Reader. This is done by using Adobe Digital Editions software, but I am told that Apple do not like this Adobe software because it enables direct competition with the purchase of books. I have contacted Apple helpline but they do not seem to know the solution.

  5. incig 4 April 2011 at 2:22 am #

    when I click “sync books” (from PC to ipad), an dialog box appears saying “All existing songs, movies and tv shows on the ipad will be removed”. what does that mean and how can I solve this problem?
    Same things happens when I tgry to sync photos!
    Thanks very much…

    • Ahmed 4 April 2011 at 3:12 am #

      First, you need to transfer purchases from your device to computer.
      So, right click on your device in iTunes and select “Transfer purchases” option, or view how to transfer songs from iPad to computer (This will transfer all purchases to computer from device)

      • incig 6 April 2011 at 12:30 am #

        Ahmet, thanks very much for your reply. I still don’t understand. Why is this “transfer the purchase” process important for syncing books, music or photos? I haven’t seen this info in any ipad manual when I search solution.
        Every time I connect the ipad to PC, I click sync. Isn’t this enough? When I do transfer purchases, will I be able to transfer selected photos, books, or music from the PC to ipad?
        Why does ipad want to remove all the existing content for syncing files from the PC?

  6. Relish 27 May 2011 at 1:02 am #

    Hi, I am unable to find “books” written under the Library section, only music, podcast etc are there. I downloaded this itunes today only from apple site so I guess this is new version.

  7. limeybean 29 October 2011 at 3:23 pm #

    Hi there – Need so advice on ebooks. I’ve had a libary of ebooks on my ipad (1st generation), 718 of them – and when I added iCloud this week, I’ve lost them! Where the hell did they go? It shows the ‘covers’ of the books, but when I click on them, nothing…any idea how/if I can retrieve them. BTW, when I’ve tried to add ‘new’ books to my libary, doing exactly what you had said above – it doesn’t work! Always did before – so, you can imagine, right now, to me, iCloud totally sucks. Would appreciate advice/help.

    Cheers,

  8. judy 6 November 2011 at 9:03 pm #

    Has anybody tried this since Apple changed the non Apple ebook apps? I followed the directions and could not find a ‘choose’ button in step 3.

  9. judy 6 November 2011 at 9:04 pm #

    I followed the directions but could not find a ‘choose’ button in step 3.

  10. Ameer 1 May 2010 at 4:50 am #

    I don’t like iPad

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