India iBook Store shows only free books. We need a solution in place so that we can buy any type of iBook.

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India iBook Store shows only free books. We need a solution in place so that we can buy any type of iBook.

If you want people in India to create fake US/UK Accounts and then access the ibookstore then I guess thats not the best way out but the only alternative we have. There are so many books that we need to access but are unable to due to the same reason. I have an iPhone 4S and New iPad but with a very limited access to books which I aint very happy with.

Please find a solution to whatever problem you guys are faceing.

iBook, I guess India Specific Issue

Posted on Jun 1, 2012 4:47 AM

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Apr 13, 2017 10:57 AM in response to rohananeja

I was initially on a UK market site while I was in the UK. I had books on my iBooks and since I came back to mumbai I changed my store for obvious reasons. And now all my books are gone! :( even the ones I had purchased. I'm so disappointed!!

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Tom Gewecke

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Apr 13, 2017 11:31 AM in response to Anadorable

Can you go back to using the UK store? The India store does not support paid for books yet.

In general, when you post here, best to start a new discussion instead of tagging on to one that ended 5 years ago.

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King_Penguin

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Jun 1, 2012 5:45 AM in response to rohananeja

You are talking to fellow users here, these forums are not monitored by Apple (there are too many forums, threads, messages for that to happen). As to there only being free books, Apple can only sell what the book distributors/copyright holders grant them licenses to sell in a particular country (and there only being free books doesn't just apply to India). Do you have access to other ebook apps/stores that you can use instead ?

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Tom Gewecke

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Jun 1, 2012 6:01 AM in response to rohananeja

rohananeja wrote:

Please find a solution to whatever problem you guys are faceing.

For now you need to get your books via one of the other sources which provides free ereader apps for the ipad, such as Kindle, Kobo, Nook, or Googlebooks.

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Nov 28, 2012 7:02 AM in response to rohananeja

This is a problem for now i guess till then you can download epub files by buying them from kindle and then draging them to your ipad tab in itunes. The only way for now that is

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Tom Gewecke

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Nov 28, 2012 7:04 AM in response to rohan_somji

Normally you would just download the Kindle app to your ipad. Then you get the books directly without any messing with iTunes.

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Apr 13, 2017 11:46 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

1. I was oblivious to the date until I hit reply. Plus i thought there would be a solution after 5 years. :(

2. Can't go back. Don't have a card from there anymore. Sadly.

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