Reading iBooks on macBook Pro??

Mikolysis wrote:

Is this problem fixed in OS X lion?

There is no mention of it in all the info made available about Lion, and it really has nothing to do with the OS anyway. Apple has to create the app and put it in the app store.

I100,000 percent agree I am moving to nook. I have 4 iPhones 3 iPad’s and1 air and 3 macs and it is a shame I cannot read a book on my computer sitingat my desk instead of on the Ipad or phone! I will not buy another book on apple until it is fixed. I can use Nook on all platforms including myMac’s.

not sure why so many wrong answers. what is wrong with adobe digital editions? you can read all your epub books on that.

philfromnottingham wrote:

what is wrong with adobe digital editions? you can read all your epub books on that.

You certainly cannot read any epub book you buy from the iBookstore which has DRM (that means almost any book you pay for) with Adobe Digital Editions. There is no way at all to read such books on a Mac or PC. Have you not understood that is the whole point of this thread?

No, i hadn't realised that. Must be my autism. ADE does however let you read ePub books. Sorry for my original misinformation.

You can browse and download books in the iTunes Store under Books. Using the iBooks in iCloud beta, they can be sent to your iOS devices. But, as far as I know, there is no way to read them.

"Requirements: Books can only be viewed using iBooks an an iPad, iPhone (3G or later), or iPod touch (2nd generation or later). Samples can only be sent to iBooks on your devices running iOS 4.3.3 or later that have Automatic Downloads enabled."

-Apple

Message was edited by: nate.t

nate.t wrote:

Using the iBooks in iCloud beta, they can be sent to your iOS devices. But, as far as I know, there is no way to read them.

Surely they can be read on your iOS devices using iBooks, no?

The problem which this thread is devoted to how to read them on OS X devices.

Sorry, I meant there is no way to read them on the computer. I wasn't clear. You can only browse and send them to the iOS devices on the computer, not read them. iCloud will send the books to the iOS devices, where you can read them. Thanks, I'll have to fix that.

The newest version of the Kindle allows you to loan a book for 14 days.

But as there is no iBook client for MacBooks, it doesn't resolve the issue of viewing on a laptop, unfortunately ...

Your library is a great resource for free ebooks and audiobooks using Adobe Digital Edition to download. Only problem is that not a lot of these books that can be used on Macs. Apple will soon come too realize that this is what customers want and that we don't necessarily want 4 devices to get what we need from technology. They should really expand the ibook to the mac pro's - they're missing out on an up and coming hot market. If all else fails - print will never die.

The whole thing is ridiculous and makes me wonder if Apple has done this to convince people who haven't bought an iOS device to do so. There's no reason not to have this, Apps are so easily ported from one device to another within Apple's software platforms.

This is certainly sad. Apple should try to negotiate with publishers a better DRM agreement so Ibooks can be used on MACs or use a DRM that can be unlocked with ADE or similar for use on ereaders or Macs. I am really disappointed that I now have to strain my eyes to read on my IPOD what I had hoped to at least read on my Mac Pro. Won't be buying books from ITunes store anymore.

Apple simply doesn't have the know how to make iBooks compatible on their computers. It's just that simple. I assume they would like to sell more books, I assume they care what their customers are asking for, making those assumptions one can only assume that they don't offer it because they simply do not know how to do it accross platforms. Otherwise, we'd have to assume that Apple doesn't care what customers want and we couldn't ever think that could we? No be quiet and go buy an iPad for $600, you didn't need that money anyway.

Surely Apple knows that every other ebook reader is making a version available for computers.

Either they don't plan to go any further with iBooks or they're insane.

And judging by the stock prices today, I don't think that insanity is their problem!

Maybe this is just one too many avenues to pursue, and they're letting it go?

Dunno. What do you think?