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Q: How Can I Read iBooks on my Laptop?

On my Laptop, I can:
a) Listen to songs I purchased, with iTunes
b) Listen to podcasts I subscribe to, with iTunes
c) Listen to Audio Books I purchased, with iTunes
d) Watch Videos i purchased, with iTunes

WHY CAN"T I READ BOOKS I PURCHASED with iBooks, with iTunes?

Amazon's Kindle lets me read Kindle Books on my iPad, my iPhone, and my LAPTOP.
Shouldn't APPLE let me do the same?
Please, Apple, give me an iBook Reader for my laptop.

iMac 21, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 17, 2010 4:57 PM

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  • by mcelano,

    mcelano mcelano Feb 18, 2014 8:22 AM in response to jarodcore
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    Feb 18, 2014 8:22 AM in response to jarodcore

    Hi Jarod you had inquired earlier about being able to hand pick apps for your son.  There is a parental control app called Mobicip that allows a lot of flexibility including the amount of time your child is on the device.  It might offer what you're looking for.

     

    Good luck and koodos to you for looking out for your son ... I don't think enough parents are doing that nor do the maker of the technology make it easy for us.

  • by 129348,

    129348 129348 Jan 6, 2015 2:26 AM in response to Sleeptite
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    Jan 6, 2015 2:26 AM in response to Sleeptite

    sending feedback now

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jan 6, 2015 5:01 AM in response to 129348
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    Jan 6, 2015 5:01 AM in response to 129348

    129348 wrote:

     

    sending feedback now

     

    What for?  Apple released iBooks for OS X back in 2013

  • by totallykvothe,

    totallykvothe totallykvothe May 4, 2016 2:58 PM in response to Sleeptite
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    May 4, 2016 2:58 PM in response to Sleeptite

    The simple answer, since Apple doesn't care about their customers, is to just not buy books from Apple. Books purchased from Amazon work on literally everything. Maybe if Apple sees a major exodus of iBooks users, they'll start to listen.

  • by Alex Leigh,

    Alex Leigh Alex Leigh Jun 22, 2016 11:54 AM in response to Sleeptite
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    Jun 22, 2016 11:54 AM in response to Sleeptite

    You're completely right, I just bought LotR for my iPhone and I'm surprised and frustrated that I can't read it on my desktop. I actually prefer the iBooks app, but I'm going to be using Google Play Books for now on.

     

    This is a serious flaw on Apple's part.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 22, 2016 12:30 PM in response to Alex Leigh
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    Jun 22, 2016 12:30 PM in response to Alex Leigh

    Alex Leigh wrote:

     

    You're completely right, I just bought LotR for my iPhone and I'm surprised and frustrated that I can't read it on my desktop.

     

     

    Is yours a Windows desktop?  Apple provided the app needed to read books from the iBookstore on Mac desktops 3 years ago already.

  • by Alex Leigh,

    Alex Leigh Alex Leigh Jun 23, 2016 4:59 AM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 23, 2016 4:59 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

    It is new, but its PC and I've been unable to find an app to read iBooks on PC. What confuses me the most ids why they don't have a web browser reader like literally ever other major eBook reader out there.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 23, 2016 5:50 AM in response to Alex Leigh
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    Jun 23, 2016 5:50 AM in response to Alex Leigh

    Alex Leigh wrote:

     

    I've been unable to find an app to read iBooks on PC. What confuses me the most ids why they don't have a web browser reader like literally ever other major eBook reader out there.

     

    It would appear that Apple gives higher priority to selling ipads than to expanding the market for ibooks to android/windows.  Logicially I would have expected them to have produced iBooks apps for those other platforms years ago.  They do state on every purchase page in the iBookstore what devices are required to read their books, but many buyers don't read it.

  • by appreciate,

    appreciate appreciate Jun 23, 2016 6:28 AM in response to Sleeptite
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    Jun 23, 2016 6:28 AM in response to Sleeptite

    An apple article is there : About iBooks - Apple Support

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