iOS 9.3 messed up iBooks

Yes, I put iPhone instead of iPad for the folder name by mistake. Looks like the iPad .ipsw files are deleted from the folder now, unlike the iPhone ones. The only way is to save it from the trash when the updates are downloaded by the looks. That's what I do anyway with every update, having run IOS on the phones since version 1 and past experience with broken updates. All you can really do is delete all the books from iTunes, reload them and then restore the iPad. Works but takes a long time and you are still left with the useless version of iBooks on the iPad. With iBooks around there is no incentive for any developer to write a decent reader app anymore, and the other ones that are around are even worse than iBooks. I'll be looking at other reader hardware options when this iPad mini wears out. I have no idea why Apple has degraded iBooks over time, but from past experience my guess is that in the next IOS release the only things you'll be able to load or read with iBooks are Apple-bought books (as with Amazon and the Kindle readers) and the app is being altered to accommodate that. The pressure in 9.3 to move to cloud-based storage for the books is a hint. That works if you are in an environment where you have permanent and continuous access to a wi-fi source, but not much use if you don't - as is the case for most people outside Silicon Valley.

It's probably too late to help the OP but if you restore your device and use the most recent iCloud backup to restart it, it should fix the problem.

That's what I did.

At least, not until they find a way to charge you extra for these...after all, they are a "struggling" company...

nwe ios for iphone 4g?

I updated my ipad yesterday and it messed mine up too which really ****** me off. But thank god I fixed it. I got in contact with apple support and they told me wipe everything clean from my ipad which was really nerve racking so if you have anything important on it you might want to take some screenshots. I had everything backed up on iclouds before I updated my ipad so I just reset and wiped everything and my bookshelf went back to normal--keep in mind that everything you do after your last backup will be lost. If you backed up your ipad after you reset it then I don't know what you would have to do. I hope this helped.

yeah, the issue is just as you described. but i wanted to adress 2 things you mentioned.

1. deleting ibooks

i just wanted to let you know that you can delete ibooks in ios 10. but only kinda.

but the thing that really happens is that what you really delete is just the icon. ibooks itself still belongs to the phones "major things" and the information for ibooks (not the contents itself that were in ibooks) will still be in the phone without being able to be deleted.

so for people who hope that deleting ibooks and reloading it will help, it does not because the reload just opens the software that always stayed on the phone and was never deleted. you just will be able to access it again. it is not like a few years ago where you reloaded the software. ykwim? you can read more about it on the internet.

2. mapleread

i downloaded it a few weeks ago. i guess one can use it. it's a question of taste. but in my opinion the app interface looks hideous and outdated. like what apple looked maybe 5-6 years ago. you can change a few things concerning looks but nothing makes it look appealing. also: no scrolling effect.

i had around i think 2,000 books/pds in ibooks (now 5,000 because my library and it's content went missing because of trouble shooting and i don't know what are the 3,000 already read/deleted books/pdfs from the last 5 years are) that all were sorted dilligently and what currently works for me is:

Having 3 apps for reading/different sorting on my phone.

a) Gerty

b) Marvin 3

c) Marvin SxS

I switch between these three as substitue folders and use the shelves and collections to sort through everything. i can live with it, but still, the ibooks folders were better...

10.3.1 too. Apple guys keep ******* up my ibooks setup upgrade after upgrade.

I wonder why these guys wanna **** up their customers.