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Export from Apple Books on iPhone to desktop without a cable
I have a iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 18.1.1. I have 15 no-DRM eBooks I want to export from my phone, but with one problem: I can't use a cable.
I also have an MacBook Pro 2019 running macOS 15.1.1.
How ...
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On iPhone, how to open a book in format epub in the app Books?
On my iPhone, in the app Files, I have a book in format epub. I want to open it in the app Books. This is simple. But I did not find any way.
When I click the book in the app Files, the iPhone goes in ...
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Looking for solution for bulk conversion of an epub packages to regular epubs [duplicate]
I need a functional solution for bulk conversion of more than 2000 epub packages to regular epubs. I've been uploading books to the Books app on my mac to sort by author, as I have a lot of them, and ...
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Can't open ePub in Book "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory" report
I have a bunch of ePub files a friend of mine gave me, but some of them won't load into Books (3.2). I'm running macOS Big Sur 11.6.1
The warning "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such ...
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Managing epub filenames in macOS
I have a bunch of ebooks in PDF and epub format on my Mac. I also have a reMarkable tablet that I would like to use as my e-reader.
Importing the books is easy, the trouble is that the filenames of ...
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How to force Books to keep local files offline?
I have many PDF and epub books that I have manually added to my Books library. However, when I try to open them, many times they have to be downloaded from iCloud because somehow they were uploaded ...
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I cannot export highlights from Apple Book on iOS13
I try to export highlights from a book purchased in Apple Book but when I select all my highlights, the “Share” button is still gray (so it cannot be clickable).
When I try with other ePub file this ...
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BKAgentServiceErrorDomain error 8
This error is shown in a dialog when you're trying to open a book. The dialog appears and you get a spinning HUD.
"BKAgentServiceErrorDomain error 8"
Today I solved the problem together with the ...
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Unable to change author name in an ebook on iPad
I have a Mac computer where I downloaded an ePub and then changed the author on the Mac in the list view of iBooks.
MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra
iOS 12.3.1 for the iPad
Then I dragged and dropped the ePub ...
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Can't open some ePub books in Books.app on macOS Mojave
Two ePub books that I've bought won't open in Books.app in macOS Mojave 10.14. The books have social DRM (personal information added to the content of the book), and I don't think this should be a ...
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Using dates for page numbers in iBook Author?
Is there a way (XSL?) to use iBooks Author (or to edit the underlying HTML) so that the page numbers are dates?
The value (for me) is an easy to navigate calendar with documents as separate pages ...
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Download epub that's on iCloud
I have an epub that I unfortunatley deleted from my pc. It is however, still on iCloud and available to me on iBooks (when it's synced with icloud). I would like to download that epub again to my pc, ...
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How to copy a book from iBooks with highlighting?
I have a book on my iMac at work which has highlighting all over the book. But when I put the book in my Dropbox and open it on my MacBook at home there are no highlights. Is there a way to preserve ...
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How do I create a 'series' of iBooks not originally purchased as a series from the iBooks Store?
Is it possible to create a series of iBooks from epubs not donwloaded from the iBooks store?
For example, I have all the series of "Game of Thrones" in epub format (not purchased from the iBooks ...
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How to recover a deleted book in iBooks?
I deleted accidentally a book that I was reading and it already automagically synced to my iPhone as well.
It was a downloaded ePub. I added notes and bookmarks there.
Now that's gone. Is there any ...
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Epubs from iBooks not showing up in iTunes on Mac OS X Sierra
I have about a few hundred of epubs that I’d regularly been syncing on my iOS devices until I’ve updated to Sierra a few days ago, when suddenly only a few books showed up in iTunes.
I tried turning ...
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How to convert an epub package to regular epub?
I have some epub files in my iCloud Drive that are essentially packages. I can show package contents and then it shows me a hierarchy of files and folders.
How can I convert this structure to a ...
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iPhone 6 Plus will not open epub files
When I try to download epub files on my iPhone from the internet it used to go directly to iBooks, now it just goes to a blank page. How can I make them open in iBooks again?
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iBooks disable page scroll animation
I want to disable page scroll animation in iBooks on my Mac when reading epub files. Because it slows down my reading speed and makes my eyes dizzy. I cannot endure the animation.
PS. I'm happy to ...
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iBooks Author imports ePub text very large
I have an inDesign file that I'm exporting as a fixed ePub. When I import it into iBooks Author using the blank template, the text is gigantic. For instance one text box is set to 389 pt. The text is ...
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Page width in iBooks
Is there anyway to make the maximum page width in iBooks larger than 560 px?
I am using iBooks in Yosemite as an EPUB reader but find it frustrating that text columns' maximum width seems to be fixed ...
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How to export annotations in iBooks for Mac?
I've been using iBooks to read .epubs that I've downloaded from the Internet, and made many annotations in them.
How can I export the annotations to another Mac, or share them all at once?
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How to backup ePubs and pdfs to iCloud
Is it even possible? I have hundreds of books in all these formats sitting in my iBooks library on my Mac. Now, I do notice that I can safely delete my iBooks (purchased off iBooks Store) from my ...
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iBooks vs epub: What's the difference?
Until now, I was under the impression that ePub was the de facto standard for Apple and the default format used by iBooks. But recently I downloaded some ebooks from the iTunes store and found them to ...
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iBooks margin is a waste of screen space
On my 7.9" iPad Mini Retina, I'd like to use the full screen to shown content. Currently, the iBooks app simply wastes too much screen space on left/right margins.
Is there an alternative for reading ...
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How to fix poor font rendering in Mac iBooks?
The font rendering in iBooks (version 1.0.1) on my Mac (Mavericks 10.9.1) is outright horrible. The text is jagged and rough looking. I've tried changing the font but that doesn't help, it still looks ...
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Read epub book purchased from iTunes on Windows
I have purchased a book through iTunes, it is formatted as an epub. Is there anyway I can read it in a Windows PC?
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iPad children's storybook with audio: is there a way to create a paid iBook AND free version?
I've been researching what it would take to create a children's storybook (including custom audio containing music and narration as well as moving imagery) and publish it on the iPad.
I discovered ...
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iBooks does not read modified epubs
I recently modified several epubs. I just turned "..." ellipses into the "…" type. Calibre has no problem with the modified epubs, and Sigil validates them. They can be imported to iTunes, only the ...
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How to sync position, bookmarks and notes over iCloud on ePub books
I recently bought several ePub books from the Humble Bundle and from Smashing Magazine, hoping that I would be able to side load them into iBooks and then use iCloud to sync position, bookmarks, ...
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How do I open an EPUB from an email in iBooks on my iPad?
I have my iPad now with iOS 5.1. In the email I have a .epub but when iPad's email program download the file, there is no way to open it on iBooks? Tapping or double tapping on the attachment ...
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