You cannot "undo a delete" in iBooks on the device itself. If they were downloaded through a source other than the iBooks Store, they're likely deleted for good and you'll have to find them again somewhere on the internet. They may also still be in your iTunes library if you've synced your iDevice using iTunes.
The ebooks are still on your hard drive (or ssd), but they're hidden inside the iCloud drive (e.g., iCloud Drive > iBooks > xxxxxx.
How to recover lost iCloud Drive documents
- Head to iCloud.com on the web (works on Mac, iPad, and other desktops)
- Log in and click Account Settings (under your name or click the arrow in the top right corner)
- In the very bottom left-hand corner under Advanced, click Restore Files.
- Wait for files to populate, click individual files or use the Select All checkbox.
Based on what I have seen, and on similar reports over at MobileRead, iCloud for iBooks is automatic. It will back up your entire iBooks ebook library to iCloud, including the ebooks you have downloaded from free ebook sites (as well as the annotations for those ebooks).
Restoring Missing PDFs in iBooksClose iBooks app & go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud. Wait about 20+ seconds…. NO rush or it won't work! Once your device is reset & ready to use, go again to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud & turn the slider for iBooks back to ON position (it should be green).
Go to the device where the iBooks are not synced, choose Settings > [your name] > iCloud, turn off iBooks, and then switch it on again. To sync iBooks from iPad to iPhone, you need to make sure you have turned on Sync Collections under Settings > iBooks.
Here are the detailed steps to do it.
- Sign in to your iPhone and iPad with the same Apple ID.
- On your iPhone and iPad, open the "Settings" App,
- Choose "[your name]."
- Tap " iCloud."
- Turn on iCloud Drive and make sure iBooks (Book) is enabled.
- Turn on AirDrop on your iPad.
- Open your iBooks (Book) app.
9 sites with free books for iPad and iPhone
- Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is the top place to download free classics from the public domain.
- Internet Archive.
- Open Library.
- Smashwords.
- Europeana Collections.
- ManyBooks.
- DigiLibraries.
- BookRix.
The easiest place to pick up a book for your iPad or iPhone is in the iBooks Store itself. Click on Free Books. On an iOS device, tap iBooks, tap Store, and then tap Featured at the bottom of the screen. Scroll down to Quick Links at the bottom of the page and click Free Books.
How do I get back a library book on my iPad? First, tap the book to open. If you are in the regular view, reading a page, just pinch the page to return to your library. If you have the menu open (one tap on the screen), you can tap “Library” in the top left corner of the screen to get back to your list of books.
The release of iOS 12 includes a revamped iBooks app. In fact, it's no longer called iBooks. It's now Apple Books, or Books for short. The basics are the same, but several new features have been added and the look and organization of the app have changed significantly.
Apple makes the official user guides for its devices available for free in digital formats. You can find physical copies from various third-parties ranging from around $10-$20 on Amazon, but the free official Mac guides have some benefits.
Apple Books has dedicated sections for special offers and free books, as well as a "Top Free Chart" for books provided on the service at no charge to the user. Depending on the market, Apple also offers some classic titles, including works by Lewis Caroll, Jane Austen, and Shakespeare.
The question is: does the Kindle app backup the list of books downloaded to the device to iCloud? YES it does.
Fortunately, you can read Amazon ebooks on an Apple iPad (or on Android and Windows tablets). You don't need to manually transfer files - simply download the free Kindle app from the app store on your tablet.
Most ebook files in the Apple Books store are protected with Apple's own DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology. And it means that you will have hard time trying to open it on a Kobo e-reader or an epub-reading app on your Android-powered tablet.
Because the Kindle app is available for the iPhone, you can use your phone to buy and read Kindle books. You can't buy Kindle books on your iPhone using the Kindle or Amazon apps, though. You'll need to log into Amazon using the Safari app on your phone (or a browser on your computer).
Unfortunately, it's not possible to transfer these digital books. Both Apple and Amazon prefer to lock their customers into their 'environment' via the music, books and videos you download. So Apple-branded iBooks aren't in a format that can be read on a Kindle - they can only be read on an Apple device.
Run the Apple Books application on Mac. Navigate to "File"->"Add to Library" and it will pop up a window for us to load the converted Amazon kindle books(drm free). At last, press "Add" button and it will automatically appear in the Books library when you switch to "All Books" option.
Launch the Kindle app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap Library to see all of the e-books in your Amazon library. Tap the book you wish to download onto your device. When it's finished downloading (it will have a checkmark next to it), tap the book to open it.
On the left sidebar, successively open "iPad > LIBRARY > Books" option and then click "Add File" button to browse and add converted Kindle books to iTransfer. After selecting books, click the "Open" button. This book transfer software would automatically transfer converted Kindle books to your iOS devices.
Go to read.amazon.com to open Kindle Cloud Reader. You may need to sign in with your Amazon account. Your Kindle Library is displayed on the main page. Select a book to start reading.
Any e-books in the iPhone's Kindle app are displayed in the "Documents" box, where you can select them and save them to your computer.
On your Windows PC, open File Explorer and copy the PDF file you want to transfer to your iPhone or iPad. Go to iCloud Drive and paste the file into an existing folder or create a new folder. The PDF file is available on your iPhone or iPad using the Files app.
In the Books app on your Mac, choose File > Add to Library. In the Open dialog, select the books, audiobooks, or PDFs you want to import, then click Add.
Drag the pdf files to the Books heading under Library on the left sidebar. Then select the books to sync in the books tab of the iTunes window on the right. The pdf files will appear in iBooks - assuming that you have installed it on the iPad. You can install Adobe Reader as well and use file sharing as explained here.
