All major web browsers on iPhone and iPad render PDFs pretty well. But reading long documents is not feasible because they seriously lack any of the features that a suitable PDF reader offers. And since iOS already offers great PDF viewing as a Books app, the most logical move would be to copy the PDFs you come across there.
While the Share Sheet on your web browser has the option to download PDFs to the Books app, the actual process can often be confusing due to stark UI differences between browsers. Below, you’ll learn exactly how you must save PDFs to the Books app on the five major iOS browsers — Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera Mini.
The hunt
For a long time, Safari, the default browser on iPhones and iPads, had a handy ‘Open in iBooks’ option whenever you uploaded a PDF file. However, that changed with iOS 11, where the option was built into the browser’s Share Sheet. And with Apple renaming iBooks to Books starting in iOS 12, the Open in Books option now takes up the same space as well.
On iPhone, open the Share Sheet by tapping the Share icon at the bottom of the screen.
Swipe the top row of the Share Sheet to the left and you’ll see the Copy to Book option. Tap it and the PDF will automatically copy and launch in the Books app.
After opening the PDF, you can return to Safari and continue browsing. You can access a PDF you’ve saved at any time by tapping the PDF in the Library section of the Books app.
On the iPad, the process is similar, except that the Share icon is located in the upper-right corner of Safari.
Google Chrome
Chrome for iOS didn’t have the option to save PDFs locally to the Books app, let alone everywhere, for a long time. Thankfully, that changed a while ago, and you can now download even more PDFs. But the process can be a bit confusing because the Share Sheet accessible by the Share icon listed next to the URL bar doesn’t actually have a Copy to Book option.
Instead, briefly tap the screen after opening the PDF and you’ll see an OPEN IN link displayed in the lower right corner of the browser.
Tap it and a separate Share Sheet will show up. Tap Copy to Books in the row above to save the PDF to the Books app.
firefox
Firefox doesn’t have the easy-to-access Share icon nor OPEN IN option like Chrome. So how do you save a PDF file to the Books app? Do you see the horizontal ellipsis (three dots) icon in the address bar? Tap it, and then tap the Share Page With… option on the drop-down menu.
In the upper row of the Share Sheet, tap Copy to Book and that’s it! The PDF file will be saved to the Books app.
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Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge, one of the latest browsers to launch on iOS, integrates convenient features and is quite good compared to Safari. And to make matters even better, you have two possible ways to display the Share Sheet with the option to copy via PDF to the Books app.
On iPhone, tap the Horizontal ellipsis (three dots) icon in the lower-right corner of the screen. On the menu that appears, tap the Share icon.
Tap Save PDF to Books on the Share Sheet and the PDF will be copied to the Books app.
On iPad, the horizontal ellipsis icon is in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Alternatively, briefly tap the screen and you’ll see an Open With… option in the upper right corner of the screen, which you can then tap to bring up the Share Sheet.
Opera Mini
Opera Mini stands out on iOS thanks to the great data savings it brings. And like all the other web browsers listed above, it offers the ability to save PDF files to the Books app. Start by tapping the Opera icon, located in the lower-right corner on iPhone or the upper-right corner on iPad.
On the menu that appears, tap Share.
Tap Save PDF to Books to save the PDF to the Books app.
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Read them PDF
The Books app is great for reading PDFs. It has an improved interface over the older iBooks app, lets you bookmark pages, and even has a complete set of annotation tools that are easy to use. And Dark Mode turns on and off automatically due to the sophisticatedly implemented ambient light levels. However, it fails when it comes to sharing your PDFs, which is sadly limited to the Mail app.
Instead, choose to save your PDFs to the Files app. Not only does it offer more flexibility when it comes to sharing and managing your PDFs, but it can also open them easily in any other PDF viewer of your choice (including the Books app). Share Sheets on Safari, Chrome, and Edge lets you save PDFs directly to the Files app. On Firefox and Opera Mini, you can save to the built-in cloud storage and still access them via the Files app.
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