(iBooks question) How can I share a DRM-free epub book that is downloaded in iBooks?

[a7thton]

I have a DRM-free epub book that I downloaded to iBooks on my iPad. I can't seem to find I way to move the file to my iPhone.

Any ideas?

EDIT: To be clear, I did not download this from Apple. I downloaded via the web.

 

[Frosties]

What happens when you sync with iTunes?

 

[shandyman]

I have a DRM-free epub book that I downloaded to iBooks on my iPad. I can't seem to find I way to move the file to my iPhone.

Any ideas?

EDIT: To be clear, I did not download this from Apple. I downloaded via the web.

You can sync via iTunes, by choosing for iTunes to sync the book to the device under settings.

Or you can just email it to yourself.

 

[a7thton]

You can sync via iTunes, by choosing for iTunes to sync the book to the device under settings.

Or you can just email it to yourself.

I can't figure out how to email it.

When I go to the book and then click on the hamburger menu, I go to the share sheet and select email, but it doesn't attach the file.

 

[a7thton]

What happens when you sync with iTunes?

Synching with iTunes isn't an option I want to explore.

 

[shandyman]

Synching with iTunes isn't an option I want to explore.

How did you get it onto the iPad? Can't you use the same way to get it onto the iPhone?

 

[a7thton]

How did you get it onto the iPad? Can't you use the same way to get it onto the iPhone?

I downloaded the epub file from Safari. Ios then prompted me, asking where I wanted to store the file. I chose iBooks.

 

[shandyman]

I downloaded the epub file from Safari. Ios then prompted me, asking where I wanted to store the file. I chose iBooks.

Why don't you just do the same on the iPhone?

 

[a7thton]

Why don't you just do the same on the iPhone?

Fair question. I suppose I could, but I've lost the link and it is not the type of thing one could just Google.

Additionally, it seems ridiculous that I can't move a file out of iBooks without synching to iTunes. So, in that respect, it is more of an intellectual exercise.

 

[shandyman]

Fair question. I suppose I could, but I've lost the link and it is not the type of thing one could just Google.

Additionally, it seems ridiculous that I can't move a file out of iBooks without synching to iTunes. So, in that respect, it is more of an intellectual exercise.

Should be in safari history though?

There's plenty of apps made where you can't get things out of. It would be nice if iBooks would have a way to sync non-iTunes books across devices, but I guess they assumed that people would import them to each device in the same way.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Your problem is that iBooks basically wants to send a link to the book in the iBook Store, but your file isn't a purchased book, so it can't do anything. If you try saving it to a file manager, it just saves a .txt file with the message to check the book out, again without an actual link.

Some of the ePub readers in the App Store will send an ePub over AirDrop and whatever else, if that is something you want to constantly be doing, I'd look into it.