Apple Books Automatically offloading books

Hi. I have many books in my Apple Books app and for some reason, they are offload after sometime. If I am not near internet it makes it impossible to use them. How can stop Apple Books apps from offloading my books, pdf etc automatically. They are mine and it should not be done. I have plenty of space on my ipad, phone etc

iPad Pro

Posted on Aug 25, 2023 8:24 AM

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2 replies

Nov 17, 2023 2:23 PM in response to RevFernando

Long-standing problem that Apple simply ignores.

Dec 3, 2023 1:55 PM in response to RevFernando

Bumping this. Please fix this issue, Apple!

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