PocketBook InkPad Color 3 · Guides
Get books onto the PocketBook InkPad Color 3
Copy books to the InkPad Color 3 by USB in almost any format, send them by email with Send-to-PocketBook, or sync from a cloud folder. No conversion needed.
The InkPad Color 3’s format range means “getting books on” is usually just copying a file, and colour comics and magazines are what it is built to carry. Use USB for large colour archives, Send-to-PocketBook for ordinary ebooks from your phone, and cloud sync to mirror a folder. Conversion rarely comes up here.
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Understand what makes the InkPad Color 3 different
Unlike a Kobo or Kindle, it opens most formats directly — EPUB, PDF, FB2, DjVu, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML, CBZ, CBR, MOBI and others. You almost never need to convert a file first. Colour comics as CBZ or CBR, and colour PDFs, are exactly what this screen is for.
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Method A — copy by USB cable
Connect the InkPad Color 3 to a computer with the USB-C cable and choose the connection prompt. It appears as a drive. Drag your book files into any folder, or into the "Books" folder to keep things tidy. Large colour comic archives copy faster over USB than any wireless method.
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Method B — Send-to-PocketBook by email
With a PocketBook account, the device has its own address such as "yourname@pbsync.com" (find it under Settings, then Accounts and Synchronization, then Send-to-PocketBook). Email your book files as attachments to that address. On the device, open the "Send-to-PocketBook" folder and sync; the files download over Wi-Fi.
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Method C — sync a cloud folder
Under Settings, then Accounts and Synchronization, you can link Dropbox or Google Drive, or use the PocketBook Cloud. Put books in the linked folder from any computer, then sync on the device to pull them down.
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Open a book and check the layout
For reflowable EPUBs, the reading menu (tap the top centre) has font, spacing and margin controls. For comics and colour PDFs, use the view and crop controls covered in the colour-screen guide so panels fill the page.