How to install .ibooks file on the iPad ?

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How to install .ibooks file on the iPad ?

Hello,

I have created a large ibooks (1,3Gb) and want to distribute it for validation before publication on the AppStore.

If I use a simple webpage with a link to my ibooks file, it works without any problem with a small iBooks (safari download complete and popup asking to open it with iBooks)

but when I tried with my 1,3Gb it will take "hours" before safari complete the download and the "Open with iBook" never appears...

Same problem with iTunes... I did not succeed to install it on my iPad 😟

How can I distribute a LARGE iBooks for peer reviews ?

In the past I used a plist file in order to distribute iOs app via Safari, but i don't know how to do it with a Book...

Thanx for your anwser,

TP

MBP, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 19, 2012 2:03 AM

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Answer 1

Fabe

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Mar 19, 2012 4:15 AM in response to Tom67

Tom - Put the 1.3 GB file on a server and let the reviewers download it to their computers. I'm assuming they have desktop computers with iBooks Author installed and iPads with iBooks installed. They can then Preview it on their iPads. Download time depends on server throughput speed. - Fabe

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Tom67 Author

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Mar 19, 2012 6:00 AM in response to Fabe

Thanx for your answer,

but I don't want to send them the .iba file, only the iBooks export.

and I cannot ask to my peer reviewer to buy a mac and install iBook Author in order to be able to preview my book on their iPad.

I hope there are easiest way to share large iBooks directly on iPad

TP

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Answer 3

Mar 19, 2012 6:13 AM in response to Tom67

Dropbox the exported book

Then let the reviewer drag it into iTunes > Sync to iPad

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Tom67 Author

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Mar 19, 2012 6:26 AM in response to earworms mobile

I would like to share it without itunes...

using only the iPad

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Answer 5

Mar 19, 2012 6:29 AM in response to Tom67

Use Dropbox on the iPads you want to send the books to

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Tom67 Author

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Mar 19, 2012 6:37 AM in response to earworms mobile

i tried to drag it directly to the book on my ipad, but it didn't work.

I didn't notice I should first drag it in my library 😉 and the sync it !

Anyway, I would like to find a way to be able to share it without itunes...

Thanx for your help,

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Tom67 Author

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Mar 19, 2012 6:38 AM in response to earworms mobile

I willl try dropbox now

and keep you posted

TP

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Answer 8

limtc

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Mar 19, 2012 7:17 AM in response to Tom67

As long as you can get the exported file to others, and let them drag to iTunes and preview on their iPad, that will do. How to pass them the file is another issue - the simplest is to use Dropbox public URL.

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Answer 9

Jul 9, 2012 9:01 AM in response to limtc

Hi,

I've a 390MB .ibooks file that I made and I need to put it on a few ipads without using iTunes.

I tried the dropbox method:

-after downloading the .ibooks file in dropbox and choosing "open with iBooks" dropbox app went stuck on "exporting file" spinning wheel forever.

So I tried the web download method:

-I put the .ibooks file on a webserver, downloaded the file with safari then pressed the "open in iBooks" button: the button seems unresponsive. After a *very* long time (20-30 minutes) the file was eventually transferred to ibooks.
This is going to confuse every user I ask to download the book.

Do you have any advice please?

TIA

Guido

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Answer 10

Jul 9, 2012 2:33 PM in response to guidobras

Get people to save the file to disk and put it into iTunes, then sync the book with their iPad.

Michi.

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Answer 11

Jul 10, 2012 11:41 PM in response to MichiHenning

Unfortunately iTunes is not an option: people using those iPads travels around the world without a computer

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Answer 12

Aug 22, 2012 9:56 AM in response to Tom67

Hi, same problem here. Although mine is only 20 MB.

I tried to send it per e-mail but the e-mail client from ipad doesn't know what to do with it. iMessage doens't know what to do with it.

Is there really no elegant way to do it? Dropbox not ok because of confidentiality issues.

[Update]: This book of my is a manual for functionality of a multinational organization. Is there a way maybe to install it on an internal itunes server?

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Answer 13

May 27, 2014 8:55 AM in response to Tom67

Hi

Did you ever find a solution to this question?

Thanks

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Answer 14

vinnyvg

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May 27, 2014 4:46 PM in response to Mobitek Studio

This is an old thread and many of those who replied/had problems are perhaps no longer subscribed to the thread.

Can you outline your problem ?

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Answer 15

May 28, 2014 12:02 AM in response to vinnyvg

Hi

I have created an iBook that will be supplied to the public for free. According to the Apple iBooks Agreement you are permitted to distribute the iBooks file from your own site.

Hosting the file via a link on a website is how we would plan to do this, however when you click on the link to the file in Safari on the iPad a blank white page comes up while the file is downloading, before you get the option to "Open in iBooks".

For a large file this could take several minutes, so the users assume nothing is happening and close the window thereby stopping the download and reporting they cannot open the iBook.

What I was hoping is to have some way to configure the HTML link or the MIME type to get the iBooks App to open on the iPad and show download progress in the same way as it does when you download from the iBooks store.

Thanks

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