iBooks questions

2. The app description says you can use iBooks for PDF files sent by mail. How do you get them from mail into iBooks?

Open the PDF in Mail. There should then be a button in the top-right to open in iBooks. Once in iBooks you can choose to save the PDF in the iBooks library PDF section.

I'm having the same problem as the OP. iBooks attempts to download Winnie the Pooh but although the progress bar reaches the end, it never completes.

I've tried to re-download several times and each time its the same.

I have just synced my phone with iTunes and I now have 5 copies of the book in the iTunes book library but still only one inaccessible one on my iPhone!

Strange. In the Mail list the attachment is showing as a PDF.

What "Mail list"?

But when I open the mail item, the PDF is displayed inline in the mail, without any option to open it separately.

If I drag a PDF into the Mail window on my Mac, instead of Attaching it, it does show inline in the Mail window on the Mac, but on the iPhone's Mail app, it shows as a file in the mail message, not inline. Selecting the file, then displays the PDF (with the "iBooks" button).>

So there is no "button in the PDF" itself.

Not if the Mail app is displaying the PDF as inline text.

It's almost like Mail thinks the PDF is an embedded image.

How are you sending the PDF?

Do you have Stanza installed? It may be forcing the PDF inline.
<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2469728&tstart=0>

Another question on iBooks? How do you zoom pictures? If i try to pinch, it gives me option to select/add note? Any ideas ?

Do you have Stanza installed? It may be forcing the PDF inline.
< http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2469728&tstart=0 >

I have the same issue with Mail - the PDF appears as an image in the message but theres is no option/button to open in iBooks. I removed Stanza and the result is the same.

Further more, if I drag PDFs to the iTunes Books pane and then sync them to my iPhone, they do not appear when iBooks is launched. I've tried several times with different PDFs and have removed and re-installed iBooks.

It may be necessary to reset the iPone after removing Stanza. Hold the Home and Sleep buttons until the white Apple appears (ignore the Power Off slider), then release the buttons wait for it to restart.

I tried large and small, dragging into the window, and attaching, PDF files in Mail, and couldn't make them show up inline on the iPhone. They all showed as files that would work with iBooks. I have never used Stanza (and am not likely to now!), so I don't know if it is the real cause. Maybe you could contact them.

Maybe a Restore after removing Stanze (and setting iTunes not to sync Stanza) would help.

I've a feeling that, in my case, the problem is more fundamental than a problem with Stanza.
I tried a hard restart, as you suggested and that made no difference to PDF in Mail App (they still appear inline). Now when i go to iBooks and attempt to redownload Winnie the Pooh, it asks for my password but then I get a message: "Sign in Required. Tap continue and sign in to continue syncing your bookmarks with other devices". I sign in again with my password but after 10 seconds or so the same message pops up again (20 times so far).
The book does appear to have downloaded but the progress bar is still showing and it cant be opened.

It's hard to believe that Apple would approve Stanza if it modified the behavior of one of their standard apps. From what I know of the app store approval process that would raise all sorts of red flags.

Apparently Stanza has been causing the same problem on iPads.
<http://getsatisfaction.com/stanza/topics/stanza causes_the_ipad_mail_app_to_render_pdf_attachments_asimages>
They say a fix is coming.

I am getting the same error for iBooks I hope this can be fixed soon!!

Message was edited by: justinj2

NVM, I just did a restore and iBooks now works fine!!