What the deuce? Turns out that the Kindle app can sometimes take a few seconds to notice that there’s a new file available. It’ll take 15+ seconds to sync and copy, but once it’s done, go into the Kindle app on the iPad itself and… I’m poised to read a pre-publication edition of Ted Galdi’s “Elixir”, but the idea’s the same.Īll ready? No additional PDFs or epubs you want to put on the iPad? Then click “Apply”. To add one, click on “Add…” and choose the PDF file in question. In this case, it’s the Kindle App for the iPad and there are no current docs. Down below all the app icon layout content.īelow that there’s a whole ‘nother section:Īs you can see, on the left are shown Apps that have file sharing capabilities, while on the right you can see the files or documents associated with that particular application.

To start, plug your iPad into your Mac system (on a PC the process is the same, but the screen shots would be different, of course) and make sure you know where your brother’s latest PDF manuscript is located too. You sure can, though the experience isn’t quite as good as when you have a proper epub format Kindle book because functions like the ability to resize the text or change the width of the margins vanishes, but assuming that he’s formatting the document in a reasonable format prior to converting it into a PDF, yes, you can download it to your iPad, iPad Mini or iPad Air and read it in the Kindle app just like all your other ebooks.Īs with so much related to the iTunes program, working with apps that can have their own file store on your iOS device is not particularly intuitive…

Import books into kindle app ipad