How can I read my iBooks on my PC?

_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 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

Yes, You now officially can! First download the addon and get it set up. Oh! And before I forget you also need to have Firefox installed on your computer! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/epubreader/ . Then what you want to do is left click the book and then right click it and select "Show in Windows Explorer" and then right click the file and select "open with" and then select Firefox and begin reading!

Your Welcome! Good luck and happy reading!

connor48 wrote:

Yes, You now officially can! First download the addon

Most people ask this question because they want to read best-sellers and other paid-for books from the iBookstore. Your addon will NOT let them do that, it will only work for free books (or those from the very few publishers which do not use DRM).

It is important not to mislead people about this, because your advice could make them spend money on iBooks when to read them on their PC they must in fact buy them elsewhere.

orlok wrote:

I have a first gen iPod Touch, which iBooks will not load onto. Does anyone have any idea how I can now read a book I purchased through iTunes if I can't even load iBooks?

If it is a normal book with DRM from the iBookstore, there is no way to read it. Every purchase page normally says over at the left under Requirements that you must have an iPod Touch (2nd Generation or later). There are some publishers who do not use DRM, however. What is the title of your book?

Yes, I saw that after acquiring the book. Can't believe that there isn't a version of iBooks for earlier devices...

The book is Lee Child's James Penney's New Identity/Guy Walks Into a Bar short book which definitely has DRM, as I can't load it onto my Kindle. I am going to have to borrow my daughter's 4th gen Touch to be able to read this one.

Thanks for the reply.

orlok wrote:

definitely has DRM, as I can't load it onto my Kindle. I

I don't think a Kindle can read epubs even without DRM until you convert to another format.

http://techsupport.foreverwarm.com/how-to-read-epub-books-on-your-kindle

I have tried epub reader mozilla add-on and it work on books from iBooks,

the name of the books were:

Cocoa Fundamentals Guide

iOS Application Programming Guide

iOS Technology Overview

Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C

The Objective-C Programming Language

all of those books were authored by Apple and I believed were DRMed,

Download the add on here

install it to your firefox browser and browse your hardrive for your purchased books from iBooks which is ussually located at

C:\Users\XXXXXX\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Books\Apple Developer Publications

XXXXXX stands for your username.

Open mozilla firefox with epub reader add on installed and drag and drop any iBooks books you want into it.

Hope this helps,

Don't forget to hit like, thanks.

OS used: Win 7 ultimate

Firefox version: 8.0.1

EPUBreader add on verion: 1.4.1.0

I'm just trying to help here man, I'm not interested with your $40 book, 🙂

well if you will not cooperate, there's nothing that I can do more but to hope and pray that someone might have a better solution, if there is any.

techno_Geek wrote:

and oh, I'm sure apple DRMed their books even if it's free

What total unhelpful nonsense you have posted here, twice. No free Apple publications are DRMed, and that is exactly why you can read them with the mozilla addon. You can also read paid-for books from O'Reilly and Take Control, but they are exceptions to the rule.

So.... If I buy a book for my eReader it allows me to also read it on my PC, laptop and Droid (up to 6 registered devices) but if I buy a book on iTunes I can only read it on an iPad? Sorry, Apple, looks like I may as well stick to buying my books elsewhere since I don't have any other Mac products. Glad I'm doing this kind of research BEFORE I actually bought an iPad.

No, because Apple is a corporation intent on making money. I suggest going to the store and buying a paper copy, that will play everywhere and it will not require you to use an apple device.

I downloaded the iBooks app and again got suckered by apple into an underachieving application. I really hope apple eventually collapses under it's own pompoms business model which makes you jump hopes to get the simplest of items.

I doubt this response will help, but at least it helped me vent.

Don't get iBooks, GET KINDLE OR KOBO, anything but this poor excuse for an e-book reader.

If you buy a book on Amazon, it can only be read on a Kindle or a Kindle app. They are as specific as Apple's iBook. Nook is the same way. If you buy from books on board or kobo, you can put them on Nook or iBook but not on Kindle. Amazon books can only be read on Kindle or with Kindle app. That is much more restrictive. Until recentely, you could not even check out a book from the library. Even now they have their own mobi version.

People need to realize that the ebook trade is restrictive to the place you bought it. Each puts its own DRM on them which prevents them from being read on another ebook reader.

I didn't read the whole line of posts but if you purchased your ebook, you can find a drm removal program and then you can put them on any ereader, except of course, Kindle.

There is the option ( if you like science fiction ) of going to Baen for e-books.

$6 each, no DRM and available for download in all the common formats such as ePub, html, mobi ( Kindle ) etc.

I don't work for them but would point out that their business model seems to have worked OK for the last 10 years or so,

Oh, and if you buy a hardback version of one of their books it may come with a CD of DRM-free books that you are encouraged to share as they feel that this persuades people to try the books and then come and buy others.