kbehnke

Q: family sharing ibooks

My family just set up Family Sharing and I want to share my ibooks with them and I'm having issues finding how to do this. I went into iTunes Purchases and I can't find my ibooks purchases, I went into iBooks and I don't see a way to do it, so I'm running out of ideas. Can anybody help? Thank you!

MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Dec 17, 2014 9:41 PM

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  • by jeffd55,

    jeffd55 jeffd55 Dec 19, 2014 2:22 PM in response to kbehnke
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    Dec 19, 2014 2:22 PM in response to kbehnke

    Hello kbehnke,

     

    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    The following article should help you share book purchases with other members of your family.

     

    Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing - Apple Support

     

    Regards,

    Jeff D. 

  • by hungrysokoke,

    hungrysokoke hungrysokoke Aug 7, 2016 8:06 PM in response to jeffd55
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    iTunes
    Aug 7, 2016 8:06 PM in response to jeffd55

    Hi Jeff,

     

    My family and I are able to share purchased apps and music, so at least part of the sharing system is working (as a positive control).

     

    However, when we go into iBooks>Purchased>Family member's name>Books, nothing shows up. Even if we wait for a while (as is sometimes necessary for apps), nothing shows up. We have tried restarting the phone and logging in and out of iCloud.

     

    What should we do?

  • by mmb001,

    mmb001 mmb001 Aug 8, 2016 6:00 AM in response to hungrysokoke
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Aug 8, 2016 6:00 AM in response to hungrysokoke

    Hello community,

     

    I've the same challange

    Myself as the Family organizer bought a book for my child in ibooks a few minutes ago.

    I can see the Family members in the ibooks purchased section and can click on their names and after that I can select books.

    Than a list with categories turns up which Shows me the correct number of books in this categories - this Shows me that I've Access to the Family members accounts.

     

    But than I can not see the books within this categories to download them to other devices.

    Please help!

     

    Kind regards

     

    MMB

  • by hfitkin73,

    hfitkin73 hfitkin73 Aug 9, 2016 8:21 AM in response to kbehnke
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iPad
    Aug 9, 2016 8:21 AM in response to kbehnke

    I am having the very same problem.  I can get to the family share for apps, and music, but when I try to see the books of my other family members, it just gives me a list of the genre with the number of books next to it, but when I click on the list nothing happens.

  • by mmb001,

    mmb001 mmb001 Aug 14, 2016 8:14 AM in response to hfitkin73
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Aug 14, 2016 8:14 AM in response to hfitkin73

    Good to know that there are more user with this issues out there.

    Looking forward that this will be picked up by Apple Support...