Books not syncing/uploading, not clear why

Hi all,

I have certain books that don't upload to my iCloud account so they do no sync. Not clear why since i have ample space on my iCloud drive. For example, you can see the first 3 book are local only and the other are in the cloud.

This is consistent across all collections - most upload but some do not for no apparent reason.

Thanks in advance.

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 23, 2019 12:25 PM

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2 replies

solomani Author

Level 2

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Mar 9, 2019 6:38 PM in response to solomani

I guess its just me?

Mar 12, 2019 7:11 AM in response to solomani

I also have books that won't update. It has been happening for a couple of months, since the app upgrade. Please explain why and if this will be fixed

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