chims Author

Level 1

14 points

Reading iBooks on macBook Pro??

Is it possible to download and read iBooks on my MacBook Pro?

mac book pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 10, 2010 6:57 PM

236 replies

macuco

Level 1

0 points

Aug 28, 2010 3:32 PM in response to chims

Without the kindle, that is right. But, it is great to coordinate the MacBook Pro, my iPod, and my Ipad with my kindle seemlessly.

Sep 2, 2010 9:07 PM in response to chims

I'm really surprised nothing was added with the new iTunes 10. I was really hoping there would be something provided for reading ePub files.

Sep 6, 2010 7:28 AM in response to Andrew Vit

same here iTunes10 offers me nothing more

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

122,034 points

Sep 6, 2010 6:01 PM in response to Andrew Vit

I'm really surprised nothing was added with the new iTunes 10. I was really hoping there would be something provided for reading ePub files.

I'm puzzled why you would expect to see something like that in iTunes. What is required is a version of iBooks for OS X.

DJACID

Level 1

30 points

Sep 14, 2010 1:19 PM in response to chims

there are plenty epub readers around,
http://www.jedisaber.com/ebooks/readers.asp

i use the adobe one not the best but does the job,

you can also use free converter software and convert epub to which ever format you like...

DJACID

Level 1

30 points

Sep 14, 2010 1:31 PM in response to DJACID

if you use firefox you can also use this addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/45281/

works fine

Sep 27, 2010 7:19 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Well, until apple makes an iBook app for their computers, you can still use the Stanza desktop.

From what I understand, the ebook formats for iBook are in epub format and stanza lets you convert epubs, azw, xhtml, txt, rtf and so on into each other as well as pdfs.

So basically you can either read through the stanza desktop or convert your ebooks into pdf or xhtml and read them through your browser.

Message was edited by: johnsong4

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

122,034 points

Sep 28, 2010 7:51 AM in response to johnsong4

Well, until apple makes an iBook app for their computers, you can still use the Stanza desktop.

Best not to assert this unless you have accomplished it yourself with a paid book (which will be protected by DRM and presumably not be readable on any other app than iBooks).

Oct 11, 2010 12:26 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I agree - I have tried Firefox, Stanza, Sony, Calibre, Adobe etc. and none of them were able to open the book that I purchased using the iBooks app on my iPhone and synch'd to my MacBook Pro.

Oct 14, 2010 10:56 AM in response to forhisglory

This works great. First time I've come across this solution. Thanks for sharing. I imported my iBooks into Adobe Digital Edition free software and it works great! Anyone who wants to read their iBooks on their Mac, this is how to do it. Why wait for Apple to come around with iBooks for the Mac?

Oct 14, 2010 11:13 AM in response to Hokus Pokus

Follow up:
Many books showed blank pages, even though I could import them into Adobe Digital Editions. Maybe 1/3 of the books I imported were readable, the rest had all blank pages. Problem probably because of drm for certain books. 😟

Dec 1, 2010 7:10 PM in response to Hokus Pokus

have you try mozilla firefox with add on? i can read epub file in my wind*ws but i haven't try to install it on my mac... but it's works find but without turn page effect...

Dec 3, 2010 1:23 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I'm puzzled as to why you'd be puzzled at the expectation that a music player that also plays movies, organizes mobile apps, manages (poorly) AppleTV content, and stores/syncs iBooks, would be able to read the books as well. Makes as much sense as anything about iTunes.

The puzzling thing is why Apple would not provide such a simple solution. Until they do, Kindle will be getting my iBook money.

MTG68

Level 1

12 points

Dec 14, 2010 6:14 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Apple does not have an ibook function for your mac or macbook for one simple reason. If they did, you wouldn't rush out and buy an ipad. Ipad doesn't support flash for one simple reason. If they did, you wouldn't rush out and buy a mac. It's not rocket science, just bad evil marketing by a company that has lost sight of it's customers. Enjoy.

Dec 29, 2010 11:00 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I'm thinking this may be possible when Apple release the App Store on the Mac, expected January 6th, 2010.

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