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Firemanhammer

Q: Sharing between my mobile devices

Can I share e-books between my mobile devices without a home computer?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 11, 2013 1:54 PM

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  • by sheila_m.,Solvedanswer

    sheila_m. sheila_m. Nov 13, 2013 1:55 PM in response to Firemanhammer
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    Nov 13, 2013 1:55 PM in response to Firemanhammer

    Hello Firemanhammer,

     

    It sounds like you are trying to sync your iBooks between your iOS devices, and you can achieve this by signing in with your Apple ID: 

    If you buy a book on your Mac, it’s automatically available on all of your iOS devices with iOS 6 or later. The same is true if you purchase a book from your iOS device. iOS 7 even prompts you if you already have purchased content. You can even synchronize your bookmarks, notes, and collections across your devices.

     

    iBooks will prompt you to sign in, but you can also sign in at Settings>iTunes & App Store.  A Mac computer is able to sync the iBooks as well, but it's not necessary to sync the iBooks between your iOS devices. 

     

    If you don't see all of your purchased items in iBooks, make sure you "Show All Purchases" is turned on:

    • To see all your purchased books on your iOS device, choose Settings > Books > Show All Purchases.

     

    If you start reading a book on one device, you can pick up right where you left off on another device. Collections, highlights, notes and bookmarks sync across all your devices. Use these settings to synchronize these features:

    • On your iOS device, open Settings > iBooks. Then, select the options to "Sync Bookmarks" and "Sync Collections".

     

    You can find the full article below.  It includes the steps for a Mac computer, but you can just focus on the iOS instructions:

     

    iBooks: How to sync iBooks between devices

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5826

     

    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    Best,

    Sheila M.

  • by Firemanhammer,

    Firemanhammer Firemanhammer Nov 14, 2013 11:00 AM in response to sheila_m.
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    Nov 14, 2013 11:00 AM in response to sheila_m.

    This is apparently only true if you have iTunes installed on a computer.  Otherwise the books are not shared between devices.  So not sure how your response was marked as "Solved", but it was not.