Hi.
I got an email from Apple saying about how you can get money off Macs for college students, and that they get £65 to spend.
But, it says you can spend it on the 'iBookstore' and in the picture, it shows a book being displayed on a MacBook Pro.
So how do you read a book on a Mac?
Cheers!
Contact the number on the e-mail and tell them it is deceptive advertising. Their support articles show nothing about iBooks being readable without an iPad. If there is a method of doing it, they should say how to do it in the advertisement. I seached http://www.macupdate.com/ a popular search engine for Mac software and found no evidence the iBookstore is available for Mac OS X.
Contact the number on the e-mail and tell them it is deceptive advertising. Their support articles show nothing about iBooks being readable without an iPad. If there is a method of doing it, they should say how to do it in the advertisement. I seached http://www.macupdate.com/ a popular search engine for Mac software and found no evidence the iBookstore is available for Mac OS X.
I believe I got the same e-mail yesterday, though in my case it's $100 not £65. Nowhere in the e-mail does it claim you can read books on your Mac, although I'd be surprised if Apple did not make this possible at some point at or near the release of iOS 5. You're not the only one who wants to be able to read iBookstore books on the Mac.
If you're referring to the part of one of the images shown below, note that there is no information about what that is. Could just be a PDF file in full screen mode.
Look for ePUB readers for the Mac... though I'm not sure there are any good options yet. But I don't know that for sure.
I use http://calibre-ebook.com/about to convert books, and it has a reader built in. perhaps that is what was shown?
It's odd how it says 'iBookstore' when there is NO 'iBookstore'. Even if it was just a PDF file, it seems odd that it says you can spend the £65 in the 'iBookstore'.
I've just asked one of the 'Apple Experts' (yeah right) on the online Apple Store. She says that there are books available in the Mac App Store - by searching "books". BUT, they are just kids' books and do not look like the one (if it was a book) featured in the picture in that email.
Unless it's just a leaked image, like "a brody" said - it's deceptive advertising.
That Calibre might get it into a PDF format, as it does support the iPad, and conversion of the iBook format. I would would contact them and ask if once converted to PDF it can be imported into the Mac.
By the way, please look at the spelling of my name. It is not Broody. It is Brody.
In the email, it says 'iBookstore'. According to the online 'Apple Expert', there is no iBookstore, there is only 'iBooks' for iOS devices...
So sorry! Corrected now.
It's odd how it says 'iBookstore' when there is NO 'iBookstore'.
Google "Mac iBookstore". You'll find numerous hits on Apple's own web site. For example:
http://www.apple.com/ipad/built-in-apps/ibooks.html
Ok, but there is no 'iBookstore' for Macs. The email doesn't suggest you need an iOS device with your Mac to spend the £65 on books.
The only mention of the iBookstore in the e-mail is in the fine print at the bottom that explains where the card can be used. That does not constitute deceptive advertising or an implication that there is an iBookstore for the Mac. It also states that you can use the card on the App Store (which is not the same as the Mac App Store, mentioned separately in the fine print), and the App Store does not exist on the Mac. The App Store is for iOS apps only.
Are you suggesting you would be happier if the card could only be used for Mac-related purchases and not for everything offered for sale by or through Apple?
Well, that's kinda how it works. Take a PDF, make an epub. U can read on the mac, but the interface rots compared to iBooks on the iPad/iPhone (no swipes):
I'm just saying that the email does not suggest you need an iOS device to spend in the iBookstore. That's all.
To me, although it may be a PDF document, it still looks like a book on the Mac's screen.
For someone who doesn't have a Mac, it looks as if you can visit all of those stores on your Mac - when you clearly can't.
I'm just saying that the email does not suggest you need an iOS device to spend in the iBookstore.
It also does not suggest you can use the iBookstore on the Mac. It's the fine print, and it simply describes where you can use the card. That's it. Continuing to argue about it here and make claims about deceptive advertising is not only ridiculous, but it's a violation of the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use. (For that matter, this entire topic is a violation.)
How do you read iBooks on a Mac?
