Stop books going to the cloud

I had this issue as well, but found a fix. I would download books over wifi, but the next time I opened iBooks the books would need to be re-downloaded. I saw this while on and off of wifi, but it was of course more of an issue when only cellular data was available.

The fix: My iPhone was almost completely out of storage (this issue would probably affect iPads as well). After freeing up some space, downloaded books stay downloaded. I freed up 20%, but I imagine 10% would be sufficient.

My guess is that on devices with very little storage space available, iCloud tries to free some up by removing content you're not using at the moment, content that exists in iCloud storage. This is pretty smart on Apple's part, and is much better than hitting a hard limit in most cases. It's definitely inconvenient when a book you're reading is no longer available and you only have cellular data, but keeping some free space available should avoid this.

I had the same problem too. This fix worked for me.

1 on your iphone or ipad go to settings> apple id > icloud > disable ibooks ----> this will make all your books disappear so make sure you have them in your computuer

2 in your computer go to itunes > file > add file ---- add all of your books

3 still itunes go to your device > books > check the books you want to sync

4 sync!

in my iphone i left the ibooks > sync bookmarks and notes & sync collections enabled

This stopped my books from going to the cloud and now I don't have to download them again and again.

Go to the top item in settings - your Apple ID etc. Then click on iCloud. My sister's default setting was to send iBooks to the cloud.

I wrote down the names of all her books, had her turn off iCloud for iBooks then I had to redownload all her books but they stayed on the iPad when we went camping last week.

Sorry you're still having trouble. How much free space do you have available on your device? Is it at least 10% of the storage total? You can find out by going to the iPhone/iPad Storage preferences section. That post includes some tips on freeing up additional space.

One thing you should know is that books purchased through Apple aren't "sent" to iCloud. They reside there by default and will always be available there (should you lose/damage your device, for instance). What's happening is that the local version of your book is being deleted, most likely to maximize the space available as described above.

see above it works for me; Go to the top item in settings - your Apple ID etc. Then click on iCloud. My sister's default setting was to send iBooks to the cloud.

You need to delete some stuff you don't need, 13 MB is not enough.

You need at least 10% of your total capacity.

FYI, We are not Apple employees.

All suggestion are given and since I don't have this issue with iBooks, you can make a genius bar appointment for an evaluation.

Settings > iBooks >Sync Collection: ON?

Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > iBooks: OFF?

Hi Babiba,

You may have to deactivate that option by going into your device to your iCloud account, scroll down until you find iBooks and make sure the feature is OFF.

Regards,

Joemac8 wrote:

I Fully download the books. I do all books the same and never stream. Still, some books go to the cloud by themselves. I have never sent a book to the cloud

Ok.

You didn't answer my question:

Do you have a computer at home?

With the iPad after you downloaded all the books, you transfer the purchases to your computer iTunes and then sync the books from there without using the Internet.

Read here: Redownload or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer - Apple Support

I have this problem too! I ask Apple when today, then she told me: "You can uninstall iBooks install it again! And upgrade your system to the newest! ". I do it, and successful! You can try out it!

Hi,

I am not 100%, but looks like you can stop it if in Photos settings (I know sounds ridiculous) disable “Optimize iPhone storage” and enables “Download and keep originals”

Seems if “Optimize iPhone storage” is enabled, iOS push to cloud ALL files, not only photos, but books, Numbers, etc.

Looks like a bug, but meanwhile try, hopefully it will help

Best regards

Artem

Do you have a computer?

You can use computer iTunes to download all the books you've purchased.

You can then sync books to your iPad as needed.

Info here: About iBooks - Apple Support

Joemac8 wrote:

But how do I stop the iPad from uploading the books? This is the heart of my problem. Am I the only person who has this problem?

Books do not upload itself. iCloud is there for downloading/streaming.

Maybe you didn't download the books but was using streaming to read?

I also have this problem.

It seems to me that the wording of the question is unclear, as I don't think the issue is that the books are "uploaded" to the cloud.

In my case, I loaded an ebook on my laptop, and chose to sync it with my iCloud account. That made the book available on my phone and ipad.

In order to read the book, I had to click the little cloud icon in the top left corner of the book, which downloaded it to each device. However, after some indeterminate amount of time, the book will no longer be on the device and will have to be downloaded again.

The problem is that iBooks is deleting the local copy from the mobile devices, and what we need is a way to disable this behavior.