With the help of technology, people can now read books any time on almost any electronic devices. Ebooks have gained popularity because people don’t need to carry physical books. Ebooks also allow people to take notes and bookmark on their devices. In this article, we will discuss four ways how to transfer books from iPhone to iPad.

Part 1: How to transfer books from iPhone to iPad via iBooks store (purchased only)

While it is convenient to read on iPhone, reading on iPad might be a better experience because of a bigger screen. iPhone users can easily transfer books from iPhone to iPad via iBooks store. However, iPhone users can only do that with purchased books.

To easily transfer books from iPhone to iPad, please make sure you sign in to the same Apple ID on iPad with which you bought books on iPhone. If you have a different Apple ID on iPad from iPhone, you won’t be able to see your purchases and thus cannot download purchased books on iPad.

1. Open your iBooks app on iPad

2. Tap “Purchased” at the bottom navigation bar and then tap “Books” to view your books

Tap Purchased at the bottom

3. Tap “Not on This iPad” to view books you haven’t downloaded to your iPad

4. Search and find the book you want to transfer to iPad

5. Tap the cloud-like icon with a downward arrow to start downloading the book to your iPad

start downloading the book

Part 2: How to send books from iPhone to iPad via email

You can also transfer books from iPhone to iPad through sending your PDFs in iBooks.

1. Open iBooks application on iPhone

2. Tap “My Books” at the bottom of the screen, and you will see your books and PDFs

Tap My Books

3. Select the book or PDF you would like to transfer to iPad

4. Tap the Share icon in the top bar, and you will see two options “Email” and “Print” pop

Tap the Share icon

5. Select “Email” and enter your email address

Select Email

6. Tap “Send” to send the book or PDF

7. Launch your Mail app on your iPad and log in to the email address to which you send the book or PDF from iPhone

8. Open the email, and you can download the book or PDF in the attachment

While this method makes use of email app and seems to a smart option, the size of books or PDFs might limit users if it exceeds the maximum file size.

Part 3: How to sync books from iPhone to iPad with iTunes

To sync books from iPhone to iPad, you need to first backup your iPhone on iTunes and then restore a backup on your iPad.

1. Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone to your computer

2. Select your iPhone in the upper left corner of the iTunes interface

Select your iPhone

3. Navigate to “Summary” under Settings in the left section of the iTunes interface

4. Under Backups, check “This computer” for a full backup of your iPhone on your computer

5. Check “Encrypt iPhone backup” if you wish to back up information such as account passwords, Health, and HomeKit data from your iPhone

6. Click on “Back Up Now” to start the process of backup

start the process of backup

7. When the process is completed, you can check the date and time under “Latest Backups” to confirm the backup is successful.

Next part is to restore iPad from this iTunes backup of your iPhone so you can sync books from iPhone to iPad.

1. Connect your iPad to your computer and launch iTunes

2. Select your iPad in the upper left corner

3. Go to “Summary” and find “Restore Backup” on the screen in the right section of the iTunes window

Restore Backup

4. You can select the backup based on the date of the backup

select the backup

5. Select the same backup as your iPhone’s

6. Click “Restore”

The backup restoration will start, and it will take some time to complete. During the process, please do not disconnect your iPad. When the process is done, you will have access to books from iPhone on your iPad.

Part 4: How to transfer books from iPhone to iPad with iTransfer

Leawo iTransfer is a program that helps iOS users manage data transferral between computers and different iOS devices. The user experience and process of transferral is simpler. With its help, users have no need worrying about how to sync books from iPhone to iPad.

iTransfer

Leawo iTransfer for Mac 

☉ copy files among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs with ease.
☉ copy up to 14 kinds of data and files without iTunes.
☉ Support the latest iOS devices like iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, etc.
☉ Play back, view, and delete data and files on iOS devices.

To transfer books from iPhone to iPad, you need to first transfer books from iPhone to your computer, and then transfer books to iPad with Leawo iTransfer.

1. Download and launch Leawo iTransfer

2. Connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable. Leawo iTransfer will detect your iPhone right away.

3. You will see content on your iPhone in the left section of the interface. Navigate to “Books” under your iPhone. All your books from iPhone will display in the right section of the interface.

4. Select books you want to transfer to iPad.

Select books you want to transfer

5. Click on the double-arrow icon on the file or the big transfer button in the lower right corner of the interface. A window will pop asking where you want to transfer these books to.

Click on the double-arrow icon

6. Check the option “Save to folder” and select a folder on your computer.

Save to folder

7. Click on “Transfer Now” to initiate the transferral process.

8. When the process is done, disconnect your iPhone and connect your iPad to computer.

9. Navigate to “Books” under your iPad.

10. Click “Add” and two options “Add File” and “Add Folder” will appear. Click “Add File” and select the book that has been transferred from iPhone to computer.

Add File

When the transferral is completed, you can find the book on your iPad.

While users have multiple of how to sync books from iPhone to iPad as discussed above, Leawo iTransfer offers a quick solution to sync books from iPhone to iPad without any hassle.