How do I read iBooks on my Macbook Air?
MacBook Air, iOS 5
snorre1900 wrote:
Also prefer DRM-free if you have the choice.
If your book is DRM-free, you don't have to worry about any of this. Kindle provides reader apps for everything, its format is not a problem. If your book does have DRM, you need to use the reader for the store where you buy it. iBooks doesn't read Kobo DRM epubs any more than it reads Kindle format.
To all ya:
I think the only way is to install software called "calibre"
it is freeware and it is a tank! it can do a lot. Really good to turn any file into ePub, ePub into PDF, or whatever you want.
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Ranahim wrote:
I think the only way is to install software called "calibre"
Unfortunately neither Calibre nor any other app will read paid-for ebooks from the iBookstore with DRM (or any .ibooks Textbooks), which is what most people want to do and why these threads exist.
There has never been any problem to read epub ebooks without DRM on your Mac or any other platform.
dissagree. I was able to convert, read, and do anything I want in Calibre with any ePub file so far.
I also like to convert ePub files to PDF, than upload them to my Acrobat.com account and read my eTextbooks on iPad with ability to mark text etc. (no edit or changing text). It is useful, because that way it lets me to read the same, marked text, on my MacBook Pro using Acrobat Reader. I'm just opening a PDF file from my acrobat cloud . Then, save that boy on Mac, open on iPad and voilà!
There are 4 ways to read and mark PDFs with Adobe:
-iPhone
-iPad
-Mac OS
-online at Acrobat.com
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Ranahim wrote:
I was able to convert, read, and do anything I want in Calibre with any ePub file so far.
None of those books were from the iBookstore and had DRM. The same goes for Adobe Digital Editions. You are just ignorant of the issue being discussed here.
ignorance is worse than fascism
Thanks. From your experience, is the book quality good enough compared to original ePub?
they look good, but if you trying to do ePub from a PDF file, it converts only text. I converted many PDFs to ePUB using calibre, but they were mostly fiction ebooks. If you have pictures and stuff, calibre will messed the file up. It has some major problem with PDFs. Sometimes what I do is, I'm converting PDF to docx file with Adobe Acrobat Pro, then the docx, I'm saving as HTML file with OpenOffice Writer, and than HTML to ePub with calibre. This is way aroung, but when I have like 10 books to convert, it is worth to spend that extra 10 minutes. Anyway, iBook ssuucks, iTunes ssuucks, I prefer Adobe cloud sync and calibre.
I wrote to calibre support while ago about problem with PDF and they wrote me back it is not their fault, it is just PDF. However I prefer to read books in Adobe Reader, because I have more options and I can sync them and read on my MacBook as well. Also, when using calibre, I can manage, delete, add, eBooks to my iPad without syncing all the time, which is time consuming. It takes like 1-2 minutes to sync iPad with iTunes. When I want to add or delete only 1 eBook, why to do that? No sense. iTunes ssuucks. Check out the latest version of calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx
they have video tutorials too
Thanks for sharing the tips. I just ended up with iBooks as best app, and while most of my eBooks are from other drm-free stores like O'Reilly, I do have to chose between DRM stores like Apple and Amazon sometimes.
Ranahim,
Tom is right about not being able to read ibooks. Have you tried actually tried opening an ibook?
I have (using calibre) and it doesn't work.
Please let me know what I'm missing.
Ranahim is talking about epub books without DRM, for which there has never been a problem. Everyone else here wants to read ibookstore books with DRM (or even .ibooks textbooks without DRM) on their OS X device, for which there is not yet any app.
Amen, Mark. Apple is making a huge mistake by thinking that those of us who have already shelled out for Mac computers will now pay for an iPad merely to read books from iTunes. I read books from Amazon on my Kindle app on my MacBook Pro.
I agree with everyone. It's an embarrassing failure of Apple to not enable any Macs to read their stuff. I don't have an iPad and refuse to read every single book ONLY on my iPhone. Actually, I read most on my computer. I think I would actually buy quite a few books in the iBooks store since I like the way they display it better than the kindle version. But since I can't read it on my MBA I switched.
But short question: Is there any official way to complain or is it already enough to write in forums like this? And do you guys think that there's a realistic chance of Apple changing this stupid system in 2013?
silvermondfee wrote:
Is there any official way to complain
Yes, via
Writing in these user-to-user forums most likely has no impact.
After nearly 3 years of complaints already and no response from Apple on this issue so far, I would not be optimistic about any change.
How do I read iBooks on my Macbook Air
