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How to quickly add your O'Reilly eBooks to iTunes/iBooks
iTunes 9 introduced a new feature, a folder that acts like a queue for new media you want to import into your iTunes Library, even if iTunes isn't running (the media will import next time you launch iTunes). So to quickly add your O'Reilly EPUB ebooks to iTunes, just download them into that folder, which on a Mac is in:
~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Automatically Add to iTunes If iTunes is currently running, the ebook will import immediately, otherwise it will import next time you run iTunes. (This folder also works for music and movies.) Unfortunately there's still no way to add the ebook to the iBooks app on your iPad without syncing to iTunes. Related Posts: How To Read O’Reilly eBooks on the iPad How to read O'Reilly ebooks on the iPad that aren't from the iBooks store 5 Replies
andrewsavikas
: May 17 2010 12:44 PM
On a Mac, the following command will move all EPUB files from your Downloads folder into the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder described above. This command could be set up to run automatically on a regular basis using the cron command.
find ~/Downloads -name "*.epub" -exec mv '{}' ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Music/Automatically\ Add\ to\ iTunes/ \;
GrammyPuter
: May 31 2010 12:53 PM
This is EXACTLY what I needed!!!
 And for books that are NOT in epub format (.prc, .mobi, etc) look at this open source conversion tool. <http://calibre-ebook.com/> I was using stanza, but this gives a superior visual.
Even better than a cron job, you could use launchd's WatchPaths to kick off the copy script every time your Downloads directory is changed. It would look something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>local.iTunesQueue</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>updateItunesQueue.sh</string> </array> <key>WatchPaths</key> <array> <string>/Users/username/Downloads</string> </array> </dict> </plist>
gretchenthroop
: Dec 13 2010 12:23 PM
I'm trying to read two new eBooks that I downloaded on iBooks on my iPad and I put them in this folder and they are not showing up in the Sync window in iTunes. I am using iTunes 10.1, has it changed in this version? The folder was still there... thanks for any help on this.
WOW, was I over thinking that, drag and drop them into iTunes!
>>Unfortunately there's still no way to add the ebook to the iBooks app on your iPad without syncing to iTunes.
Just throw the ebook from your desktop into your Dropbox folder, select the ebook in your Dropbox on iPad (which is nearly instantaneously-synced with no wires and no fuss), and choose "Open in iBooks". |
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