How can I read my iBooks on my PC?

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

hmmmm I wonder why it doesn't work for you, 🙂

here is a screenshot of mine

can you send/email me some books that you've purchased on iBooks?

I'll try if I could open it on firefox.

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

Those were app Developer's books by the way.

Cheers.!

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.

okay I get your point, sounds like there's no solution for your problem as of now.

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.

yes sadly vicky you're right...

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.

Also, on the ipad, you can read any type of ebook. There is an app for Kindle, an app for Nook and any other epub format ebook you buy or rent from the library.

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.