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Q: How can I read my iBooks on my PC?

Is it possible to read my iBooks on my PC

If yes, how do I do it?

If no - when is this going to be able to happen?

 

Thanks

 

I have a desktop PC with iTunes, but I have an Apple iPad with iBooks

I'm asking here in the iBooks forum as it relates to iBooks, I'll also ask in iPad because it relates to iPad as well

iPad, Windows 7

Posted on May 22, 2011 2:39 AM

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  • by ladislaver,

    ladislaver ladislaver Apr 8, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Apr 8, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    Tom, so you implying that the 8% out of all operating systems in the world  Apple OS users are on the mark and 90% of MS OS users are idiots? I just like to see Apple making my life easier; they are the ones who published iTunes for MS OS; but for some unknown reason to me, they limit its use. Take for example WeChat app; it is available for all platforms.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Apr 9, 2014 6:15 AM in response to ladislaver
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    Apr 9, 2014 6:15 AM in response to ladislaver

    ladislaver wrote:

     

    so you implying that the 8% out of all operating systems in the world  Apple OS users are on the mark and 90% of MS OS users are idiots?

     

    Not at all.  Apple should definitely make an iBooks app for Windows.  But not running OS X and the iBooks app it comes with on your iMac is your personal problem, nobody elses.

  • by Bright Zheng,

    Bright Zheng Bright Zheng May 19, 2014 3:51 AM in response to _PK_
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    May 19, 2014 3:51 AM in response to _PK_

    Hey _PK_,

     

    Check out Adobe Digital Edition 3.0. It is an epub reader, and it is free.

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin May 19, 2014 4:14 AM in response to Bright Zheng
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    May 19, 2014 4:14 AM in response to Bright Zheng

    That won't let you read the majority of ibooks from Apple, most have digital-rights-management on them which tie them to the iBooks apps - you will potentially be able to read free ibooks and those from publishers who don't include DRM on their ibooks, but it won't let you read most paid-for ibooks.

  • by Bright Zheng,

    Bright Zheng Bright Zheng May 19, 2014 4:54 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    May 19, 2014 4:54 AM in response to King_Penguin

    Oh, I am sorry, I meant use Adobe Digital Edition to open epub files. My bad.

  • by J-bot,

    J-bot J-bot Jul 17, 2014 8:38 AM in response to _PK_
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    Jul 17, 2014 8:38 AM in response to _PK_

    Open up the iBook you purchased with ePub Reader for Windows V5.2 (available for free on CNET http://download.cnet.com/ePub-Reader-for-Windows/3000-2125_4-75824080.html)


    Location of iBook:

    C:\Users\<yourname>\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Books\<bookname>

     

    This works for me on my PC.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jul 17, 2014 9:33 AM in response to J-bot
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    Jul 17, 2014 9:33 AM in response to J-bot

    J-bot wrote:

     

    Open up the iBook you purchased with ePub Reader for Windows V5.2

     

    Such apps cannot open books from the iBookstore with DRM, which includes most paid for books.  Or any books in the .ibooks format even if they do not have DRM.

  • by J-bot,

    J-bot J-bot Jul 18, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jul 18, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

    The book I paid for through the iBookstore is in a DRM free ePub format. I guess I just got lucky.

  • by BarryWalraven,

    BarryWalraven BarryWalraven Sep 1, 2014 11:28 AM in response to _PK_
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    Sep 1, 2014 11:28 AM in response to _PK_

    I have purchased for free "Honors Chemistry: Matter - Properties and Changes" by Sylvia E. Maffucci from my iTunes from my PC and I am unable to view or even read this book from my iPhone 5s's iBook app. I get a messages that says that I have to open it from my iBook app on iPad or Mac, but for some reason its not viewable from my iBook app on my iPhone. I only own an iPhone and do not own an iPad or Macintosh computer system. Am I really expected to purchase a brand new iPad or iMac computer system just to read a text book? Why can't I view this book from my iBook app installed on my iPhone? Its these kinds of problems that just make me not like Apple. I can't wait to get a Windows phone and completely do away with anything trademarked by Apple. Nothing works!!!

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Sep 1, 2014 12:13 PM in response to BarryWalraven
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    Sep 1, 2014 12:13 PM in response to BarryWalraven

    BarryWalraven wrote:

     

    Why can't I view this book on my iphone?

     

    Text books produced with the iBooks Author app can only be read on an iPad or a Mac running OS 10.9.  It tells you this in the Requirements section of the purchase page, so that you can avoid downloading things you cannot actually use.  To ask Apple to make such books available on an iPhone, use

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback

     

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  • by Andrew Blanche,

    Andrew Blanche Andrew Blanche Mar 28, 2015 1:40 PM in response to karenfromtaipei county
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    Mar 28, 2015 1:40 PM in response to karenfromtaipei county

    Piece of cake great thanks. Firefox and epub reader opens all with no trouble simply open file location and use open with and choose firefox. THANKS

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Mar 28, 2015 3:00 PM in response to Andrew Blanche
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    Mar 28, 2015 3:00 PM in response to Andrew Blanche

    Andrew Blanche wrote:

     

    Firefox and epub reader opens all with no trouble simply open file location and use open with and choose firefox.

     

    Unfortunately that will not work with any book from the iBookstore which has DRM, which is almost all paid books.

  • by Andrew Blanche,

    Andrew Blanche Andrew Blanche Mar 28, 2015 3:59 PM in response to _PK_
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    Mar 28, 2015 3:59 PM in response to _PK_

    I have 30+ purchased ibooks NOT free books and I have added them to a library in my firefox browser! Follow the simple steps from my first reply and see for yourself. mozilla Firefox and Epub Viewer add-on then open the ibooks file location in windows explorer and select open with Firefox and viola.

    _PK_ wrote:

     

    Is it possible to read my iBooks on my PC  If yes, how do I do it?  If no - when is this going to be able to happen?    Thanks     I have a desktop PC with iTunes, but I have an Apple iPad with…
  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Mar 28, 2015 4:38 PM in response to Andrew Blanche
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    Mar 28, 2015 4:38 PM in response to Andrew Blanche

    Andrew Blanche wrote:

     

    I have 30+ purchased ibooks NOT free books and I have added them to a library in my firefox browser!


     

    That's great that all your books were epub format and happen to be from publishers that do not use DRM! 

     

    But many books in the iBookstore are multi-touch interactive books in the .ibooks format, which cannot be opened with Firefox.   And most best seller .epub books are from major publishers which do use DRM.  In that case you will get this message from Firefox:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-03-28 at 16.23.09.png

     

    To avoid possibly paying for something they cannot use, people who want to read .epub books from the best seller lists on a PC should buy them from another bookstore, like Amazon, Nook, Kobo, Google, Sony.  (Books in the .ibooks format can only be read on an Mac or an iPad.)

  • by WikidAde,

    WikidAde WikidAde Apr 4, 2015 12:17 AM in response to _PK_
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    Apr 4, 2015 12:17 AM in response to _PK_

    I have found that any epub reader program will open these. DRM or not

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