ibooks store is only free books - all ancient classics

in addition to the conversation:

i have recently downloaded “Kobo” and “Kindle”. Both do not give you the option to load books directly to my iphone because Apple has set their rules so that you can only order or add books on the websites of each app. I am finding it more and more inconvenient to have this expensive phone. I am already annoyed that China is censoring my television and radio here in Hong Kong, but now it seems the influence is infiltrating the corporate world back in the States as well. Maybe I’m wrong in my assumptions, but I don’t want to read “Alice in Wonderland” or see “Aristotle” in the fiction section. So now that I have to go to another website at home and find the books I want; how then do I read them on my phone? when i open my itunes i don't see a file that says books under devices. :-(

With Kindle, you buy ebooks at Amazon website. The copy does not go to your iTunes.

Once your order is confirmed at Amazon, when you sign in to your kindle app, automatic search and sync occur instantly (of course you must be wirelessly connected). You will get your copy anywhere on the surface of earth on any devices with kindle installed.

I think Kobo works similarly.

If the Books section isn't showing on your computer's iTunes then make sure that Books is ticked on the General tab in Edit > Preferences. Books shows as a tab on the device on the right-hand side of iTunes, not under the device name on the left ( and the tab syncs to the iBooks app not to other apps).

To get books bought from Amazon into the Kindle app you use the Kindle app (there should an Archived Items button at the bottom), and similarly Kobo books are loaded via the app (on an iPad I drag the bookshelf down and it then refreshes which any new purchases from their site).

Apple introduced rules that meant that 30% of anything that was bought from within an app had to paid to them. So Amazon and Kobo decided rather than paying that they would remove the Store buttons from within their apps - which for Kindle all it did was take you to a browser anyway, so all that has changed is that you have to go to their website yourself instead of pressing a button.

Books that you buy on other sites, if they don't have any digital rights management which would then tie them to that store's app, can be loaded onto the device via the Books tab (for iBooks), or via the file sharing section at the bottom of the device's apps tab (Kindle and Kobo show there for me)

apple really *****. after all the mania, and i received my apple iphone thru my job. The phone in itself is not that intuitive, example cannot initiate a phone call to a person who send SMS.

The itunes store is just a complete fiasco. BAD APPLE.

That's really strange - I thought you would be able to get any app anywhere in the world. On the other hand, Apple does seem to have different agreements with different countries. Still, I would think that since Kindle is supplied by Amazon and not by Apple, there shouldn't be any problem.... Did you try the Amazon US site?

It's actually frustrating. When we buy iPad or any other apple device, we expect that all stuffs would be entertained. Why the **** does apple advertise that one can be entertained with lots of musics and iBooks? Is it only for games? Moreover some videos which need adobe flash player can't be seen. Now I advise my friends to by a laptop or notebook instead of iPad especially for Indians, because at same price they can get more stuff with laptop or notebook.

I know it's been a while, but I can download many, many Greek titles on iBooks - even modern ones, too of course, and all at a price ... But it's worth it - I used to order online and postage was killing me

Enjoy searching - I simply punch in letters of the alphabet and see what pops up - have yet to find something more efficient

Same here in Ireland. Only free classics showing up. No choice available. Gave up on iBooks and just use the Kindle app for iPad now.

Same here in Japan.

Identical problem in Greece. Only free ancient books are available. Even if greek publishers are forwarding you to ibookstore for purchasing their ebooks!

Regards

That's a Good Advice but the problem I have now is that Kindle is only available in the US App Store. Was it always like that? And any ideas on a good alternative?

I did actually, got an itunes link to the Kindle App. Sadly it is not available in the Indonesia App Store. Looks like Europe and US Stores have no problems.

mariettafromgroningen wrote:

Did you try the Amazon US site?

The only place you can ever download an app from is the Apple store, not Amazon or someplace else, regardless of who makes the app.