alias gordon mann
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Q: no books for sale in ibooks in ipad2

When I open ibooks in my ipad2 all I get is the free books. Nice as this is I'd rather get books for sale.

 

Am I right in assuming this is because I live in Mexico?

 

If so does anyone know when the 700000 books will be available for users in Mexico? Amazon do/does! (I don't want a Spanish version though my wife who is Mexican might!)

 

And - if I'm right why does Apple not simply flash up a notice telling me openly?

 

Thanks for anyone's observations

Posted on Apr 24, 2012 8:38 AM

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Q: no books for sale in ibooks in ipad2

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Apr 24, 2012 9:02 AM in response to alias gordon mann
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    Apr 24, 2012 9:02 AM in response to alias gordon mann

    There are currently only free books available in the ibookstore in Mexico, and nobody on here will know if/when that might change - but Apple can only sell in a particular country what the distributor/copyright holder grants them a license to sell.

  • by PogoPossum,

    PogoPossum PogoPossum Apr 24, 2012 9:16 AM in response to alias gordon mann
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    Apr 24, 2012 9:16 AM in response to alias gordon mann

    You can use the Kindle app on the iPad, and purchase Amazon ebooks.

  • by javiernp91,

    javiernp91 javiernp91 Aug 3, 2012 3:41 PM in response to alias gordon mann
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    Aug 3, 2012 3:41 PM in response to alias gordon mann

    I feel so discriminated. It's just impossible that all authors from all over the world don't want their book distributed on Mexico. I'm a mexican author, my book is available on the US and SPAIN shop, but not available on my own country! This is just ABSURD!

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Aug 3, 2012 4:59 PM in response to javiernp91
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    Aug 3, 2012 4:59 PM in response to javiernp91

    Ask your publisher why that is,  nothing to do with Apple. 

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Aug 3, 2012 5:06 PM in response to javiernp91
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    Aug 3, 2012 5:06 PM in response to javiernp91

    Yes. It is a conspiracy directed at YOU. Everyone involved has decided to not sell books in Latin America just to discriminate against you personally.

     

    In case something is lost in the translation, yes, that was sarcasm.

     

     

    Full Latin America launch of iBooks is expected around the end of this month.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Aug 3, 2012 5:13 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 3, 2012 5:13 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    It is likely something to do with Apple.

    I'd bet large $$ there are many, many publishers in Mexico and many other countries that would love to do business with Apple/iBooks.

     

    For whatever reasons, Apple has not enabled the iBooks Store in certain countries.

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Aug 3, 2012 5:33 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Aug 3, 2012 5:33 PM in response to Chris CA

    It's called licensing and distribution rights.

    If you don't license it for distribution,  it can't be sold.

    This is entirely up to the publishers,  not Apple.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Aug 3, 2012 5:49 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 3, 2012 5:49 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    That does not explain why there is no iBooks store in iTunes Mexico and many other countries. It could explain why there is not certain content.

     

    You are saying there is not one single publisher in any of 123 countries shown here that are ready, willing and able to provide licensing & distribution rights to Apple/iBooks?

    ->iTunes Store: Which types of items can I buy in my country?,

  • by javiernp91,

    javiernp91 javiernp91 Aug 3, 2012 6:54 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 3, 2012 6:54 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    I AM my own publisher, it HAS to do with apple, because my book is distributed in the US and SPAIN store, and I never specified I only wanted it to be published there, I made it available to all stores.

  • by javiernp91,

    javiernp91 javiernp91 Aug 3, 2012 6:58 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout
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    Aug 3, 2012 6:58 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout

    Who's talking about conspiracies? I am not making it personal. I am just complaining, and I have every right to do so. I don't need translating; in my country, unlike yours, we learn more than one language.

    Nice try, yankee.

  • by alias gordon mann,

    alias gordon mann alias gordon mann Aug 7, 2012 7:06 PM in response to javiernp91
    Level 2 (153 points)
    Aug 7, 2012 7:06 PM in response to javiernp91

    Hello guys!

     

    My wife (Mexican) complains that even on Amazon Kindle the choice of Spanish language - original or translated) novels is limited or unsatisfactory. (I had to buy her one of those paper things from a bookstore for her birthday.)

     

    I think it must be Apple (and to a lesser extent Amazon) not wanting to pay enough to major publishers though my guess is that the duddies in the retailers are also holding the publishers to ransom as my second guess. (I haven't tried Barnes and Noble online though.) Retailers are usually the cause of bottlenecks.

     

    It must be in the publishers' interest to have access to the zillions of tablet readers - at an acceptable price to all parties (excluding of course the readers who don't count usually).

     

    But I did recently hear a rumour things may be changing ...

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Aug 8, 2012 4:52 AM in response to alias gordon mann
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    Aug 8, 2012 4:52 AM in response to alias gordon mann

    Apple doesn't pay for rights, they get a cut of each book sold. They do have to have to negotiate the structure within which books are carried, and that can get involved due to not only the corporate structure of each and every major publisher, but regional and local copyrights. In some cases, these laws may not be quite up to date or comprehensive when it comes to electronic versions of works. There is far more involved than Apple's iBooks store policies.