I tried using iCloud to do this by syncing the books through the iCloud drive, however only a couple of my books have been transferred this way. I have quite a large collection, so it would take a very long time to transfer the books by email. Also, these books have not been purchased through iTunes.
Also for reference, my old iPad is the iPad 3rd gen and the new one is the iPad Air 3rd gen
iPad Air 3 Wi-Fi
Hello,
Unfortunately this gets pretty tricky as the only other way to get these book files out of iBooks on your iPad (2nd generation) would be to use a 3rd party application as a mediation point. However, there are little to no 3rd party applications that are compatible with iPad 2.
The only thing that may work is to connect your iPad 2 to a Macintosh or Windows PC running iTunes > iPad > File Sharing > Books. From here if your books are listed then you could try saving your books to your computer however if this does not work then there is nothing else you can do.
Hello,
Unfortunately this gets pretty tricky as the only other way to get these book files out of iBooks on your iPad (2nd generation) would be to use a 3rd party application as a mediation point. However, there are little to no 3rd party applications that are compatible with iPad 2.
The only thing that may work is to connect your iPad 2 to a Macintosh or Windows PC running iTunes > iPad > File Sharing > Books. From here if your books are listed then you could try saving your books to your computer however if this does not work then there is nothing else you can do.
Hello,
For any book that you did not purchase from the Apple’s Book Store > You will need to tap the ••• (Ellipses) > Share > AirDrop these to your new iPad.
How to use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
I managed to find a solution for this by connecting my old iPad to an older version of iTunes and then copying all the books from there and transferring it to my new iPad. Took a while, but was worth it. Now have managed to keep my 1000+ books
The old iPad is a 2nd gen not a third gen iPad
thanks but my old iPad doesn't have airdrop, it's pretty old. Is there any other way?
Oh I see. Thank you for that information. I however did manage to transfer a certain number of books through iCloud, but now it has stopped syncing. Is there any way to fix that?
How do I transfer my iBooks from my old iPad to my new iPad?
