Not impressed! No edit info, no library management!

iTunes 11.1.2 here ... followed exactly my steps 1) - 8) posted in this thread in that very sequence with no hassle and all works well ever since.

I did exactly the same.

first time I started iTunes it had the books tab but it loaded a page where it said they were moved. Then books disappeared and never returned.

I already removed iBooks with Appremover, same for the service.

I'm really out of ideas now. 😟

Also, now every time I enter in the Store for more than 10 seconds, iTunes freezes. :(

StoneSoup,

I did what you said, and was able to load the epub from Finder using Adobe. However, when I try to click on the epub within iTunes, it tells me "This book cannot be viewed with this computer." Is there a separate way to get it so that I can launch Adobe to read the epub from within iTunes itself? Like the way Preview opens up when I click on a PDF within iTunes.

update: a reboot solved itunes crash. still no books tabs, thu.

Julian,

No, setting file opening defaults in Finder apply at the operating system level. Individual programs can set their own file handling defaults that override Finder defaults. iTunes has taken that approach.

Steven

Works like a dream.....Brilliant

I strongly suggest everyone having issues with this submit feedback. I did.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks.html

Yes everybody should give feedback, I did it too!

Ok, I guess I've finally found a solution for all those can't have the books category reappearing in iTunes:

I have a second partition, with Mavericks installed as well (a sort of emergency in case main partition have problems). Well, Mavericks sees applications even on other partitions. So, once deleted iBooks.app on the second partition too, "books" reappeared for magic.

Hope this will solve your problem too.

It will be helpful to others to know the location of the bookstoreagent:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/boo kstoreagent

Thank you so much.... Steven, Andy, Kevin... and everyone else..

I love this group... Funny enough I have gotten so much better and knowledgable tech support for

Apple products from this group then over 20 hours on the tech support with Apple..

I read in another line going somewhere about a program called Marvin, I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about it ? I really hate to think I am at the total mercy of Apple for the availability to read my books on my ipads..

I submitted feedback and did some serious yelling too... I am just dying to know what they are

going to say when the engineers FINALLY get back with me.. and I tell them.

SORRY.. I deleted your sorry *** program... : )

Totally agree with everything said here. Ridiculous that we need to start developing "Microsoft-like" workarounds. A few hours ago I posted a summary of my experience migrating to iBooks including a summary of what needs to change. Guess what? Post deleted by Apple. At least it tells me that they are taking this seriously.

As a matter of related but different topic, iBooks moves your epubs to a hidden folder and basically "undresses" the original epub towards the individual (html) components. As far as I can see iBooks also deletes the original epub file in that process.

Is there somebody here with technical knowledge who knows whether that original epub file is indeed gone and/or what the options are to migrate back from the hidden iBooks format towards the original epub format (needed for other platforms and simple archiving and backup reasons of course).

thx