Moving eBooks from a PC to an iPad: I have a number of eBooks I've downloaded from various photography sites. I'd like to view them on my iPad, particularly when I'm travelling. Any...

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

I have a number of eBooks I've downloaded from various photography sites. I'd like to view them on my iPad, particularly when I'm travelling. Any tried and true methods to do what I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

doduce wrote:

I have a number of eBooks I've downloaded from various photography sites. I'd like to view them on my iPad, particularly when I'm travelling. Any tried and true methods to do what I'm trying to do?

I think you just need to move the eBook file to the iPad. As long as you have an app on the iPad to open that file format, it should work.

I've only tried pdf files. I use the free program "Dropbox" on both PC and iPad to move the file. Once the file downloads to the iPad in Dropbox, I click on the file then select Open With and Copy to iBooks. The file is now permanently on the iPad in my iBooks library. I assume other eBook formats would work similarly.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Math78 wrote:

I think you just need to move the eBook file to the iPad. As long as you have an app on the iPad to open that file format, it should work.

I've only tried pdf files. I use the free program "Dropbox" on both PC and iPad to move the file. Once the file downloads to the iPad in Dropbox, I click on the file then select Open With and Copy to iBooks. The file is now permanently on the iPad in my iBooks library. I assume other eBook formats would work similarly.

I have an Android tablet and I just hook the tablet to the computer and copy the files (PDF) to the tablet in the directory (folder) I want them. I do have the PDF reader on the tablet. I imagine it would work with .DOC and .TXT files also if you had Word type program on the tablet.

jm76237

doduce wrote:

I have a number of eBooks I've downloaded from various photography sites. I'd like to view them on my iPad, particularly when I'm travelling. Any tried and true methods to do what I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

Download Goodreader. Open iTunes on the pc and drag files into Goodreader. Once you sync, they will be there.

Picdude Loc: Ohio

doduce wrote:

I have a number of eBooks I've downloaded from various photography sites. I'd like to view them on my iPad, particularly when I'm travelling. Any tried and true methods to do what I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

Good luck with that. I have never been successful doing what you want to do. I'm hoping someone on here can steer both of us in the right direction.

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

Lots of good ideas--at least a good place to start. Thanks to all.

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

Picdude wrote:

Good luck with that. I have never been successful doing what you want to do. I'm hoping someone on here can steer both of us in the right direction.

Ditto.

Al Beatty Loc: Boise, Idaho

It would seem that you can e-mail them to yourself then open and save them to your iPad. Take care & ...

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

doduce wrote:

I have a number of eBooks I've downloaded from various photography sites. I'd like to view them on my iPad, particularly when I'm travelling. Any tried and true methods to do what I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

Assuming they are in PDF format, or some such, set up a Dropbox account and copy them there. That makes them available, despite the device you are on.

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

Al Beatty wrote:

It would seem that you can e-mail them to yourself then open and save them to your iPad. Take care & ...

That works for some, I find this morning, but some of the eBooks in .pdf format are too large and my email server bounces them back. I'll keep working on "the ultimate solution."

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

As usual, the Hogs are a great help. Emailing the eBook/pdf to yourself from the eBook itself works if the file isn't too large. Open the attachment on the iPad, and them select "Open in iBooks." It's now saved to the device. If the file is too large to email, you can use Dropbox. As before, once the file is open on the iPad, select "Open in iBooks" and, voila--there it is. You can the go back to delete the file from Dropbox so you don't waste space.

Thanks for the assist.

jimkh

I don't have an easy reply but I've been successful in getting PDFs and Kindel stuff onto my iPad. But each time I do it it's a relearning experience so I can't be very specific. However, I know that I get the book into iTunes and then connect the iPad to the computer and then synch it with the iTunes. Probably not much help but maybe a direction to try.

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

I have a large collection of books on Photography in PDF. Ibooks works well for reading both PDF and Epub on my Ipad. I use a third party utility called Syncios to transfer files from my PC to the Ipad.