Can I read ebooks on iPhone 4s without iOS 6 if I have Kindle?

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Can I read ebooks on iPhone 4s without iOS 6 if I have Kindle?

I have an iPhone 4s with iOS v5.1.1(9B206). I went to buy a book on my Macbook to read on my iPhone and when I tried to download a sample of the book iTunes Store said that I needed to have the nost recent version of iOS on my device to read it. I am waiting to see what happens with iOS6 and Mountain Lion before I download either of them for very good reasons. So I downloaded Kindle once more and installed it on my iPhone. If I buy the book from the iTunes Store will I be able to read it with Kindle? Will the book be rejected because as a download if I do not have iOS6? Will iTunes allow me to download it but refuse to allow me to use Kindle to read it? Preferably I would like to read it in HTML on my Macbook if ar all possible. I will double check on that idea in the mean time.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Nov 20, 2012 9:22 PM

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davesnewlion Author

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Nov 20, 2012 9:43 PM in response to davesnewlion

You would have to have a late 2009 Macbook with 5.1.1, and have Kindle to give me an opinion necessarily. In the mean time I will call up AppleCare and ask them before I actually prurchase the book. I can buy it from Amazon(at their profit) or I can buy it at iTunes(at their profit) buy the bottom line is that I want to read it on my Macbook with Kindle.

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King_Penguin

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Nov 21, 2012 1:13 AM in response to davesnewlion

You can't read ibooks from Apple in a Kindle app - ebooks tend to have digital rights management on them, so ibooks from Apple can only be read in the iBooks app on an iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch (they can't currently be read on a computer), and ebooks from Amazon can only be read on their Kindle ereaders and apps.

You should be able to download it from the ibookstore and read it in the iBooks app - the left-hand side of the app's description page in the store lists its current requirements as iOS 5+. If you go into the ibookstore in the iBooks app on your phone are you able to download the sample directly into the app ?

But if you also want to be able to read it on your Mac then you should buy it from Amazon as they have a Kindle for Mac app in the Mac App Store.

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