PDF show up as blank in iBooks iPhone

Celestika

2010-10-12 00:35:02

Does iBooks even support PDF files? I added a PDF file (its a comic, so it contains a picture on each page) to my iBooks library in iTunes, and on my iPhone it shows up as 213 pages of nothingness. It doesnt seem to be loading (Ive waited 5 minutes and not even the first page showed up) either. It views fine on my computer, I mean its just a PDF file.
Additionally, I cant add book covers for my books either. I browse for a JPG image, it shows up in the artwork tab, I click accept, and absolutely nothing happens, the book still has no cover and if I open up the artwork tab again its still blank. Huh?
Finally there is a huge amount of lag on iPhone 3G for iBooks, turning the page of a TEXT-ONLY book takes like 10 seconds, opening the book takes a good 10-20 seconds.
It makes me think that iBooks is not even ready for release at this state...
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RE:PDF show up as blank in iBooks iPhone

julieda

2010-10-12 00:35:02

I added the iPhone Users Manual as a PDF to iBooks and have no problems. The only other thing I have is the free Winnie The Poo. When I access the App, it shows the choice (at the top)between Books/PDFs. You may need to re-download the App.
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RE:PDF show up as blank in iBooks iPhone

charliemezak

2010-10-12 00:35:02

I was having the same problem, but not with all of my pdfs. I noticed that the one that just wouldnt show up was an old book scan. It didnt even show page previews when I viewed it with Preview on my mac. I was able to fix the problem by opening the pdf in Preview, selecting file->print, and re-saving the document as a new pdf file. This ensured that whatever previews or metadata that were missing from the original pdf file were generated for the new one.
If youre not on a mac, I think you can use Open Office to save as a pdf.
It would be nice if iTunes noticed that an imported pdf file isnt compatible with iBooks and automatically re-generated it. It would be a pain to do this manually for many files.
Hope this helps
- Charlie
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RE:PDF show up as blank in iBooks iPhone

Chimbisimo

2010-10-12 00:35:02

Charlies fix works. I delete all copies of the pdf from my iPhone and from iTunes, open the pdf and re-save it to my desktop, and then drag it onto the iTunes icon. When I sync again, the pdf appears in iBooks with all the images.
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