iBooks crashes when opening a specific book

Question

Opening one specific purchased book in iBooks causes iBooks to crash.OS X 10.10iBooks: 1.1Book: Inside Smart GeometryIs there a workaround for this error, if not how can I request that Apple fix the book layout so that it can be a read in iBooks.Andyerror is as follows:14/03/2015 21:17:52.856 iBooks[3829]: An uncaught exception was raised14/03/2015 21:17:52.856 iBooks[3829]: Book does not have fixed layout dimensions: file:///Users/andy/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/i Books/Books/901115888.epub/14/03/2015 21:17:52.856 iBooks[3829]: (  0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a38464c __exceptionPreprocess + 172  1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff93a236de objc_exception_throw + 43  2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a3844fd +[NSException raise:format:] + 205  3   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4f0fe1 _ZNK12ITEpubFolder28copyIsLinearFromReadingOrderEj + 1343  4   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4e5fb5 _ZNSt3__118__tree_left_rotateIPNS_16__tree_node_baseIPvEEEEvT_ + 6840  5   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4e506d _ZNSt3__118__tree_left_rotateIPNS_16__tree_node_baseIPvEEEEvT_ + 2928  6   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4e5003 _ZNSt3__118__tree_left_rotateIPNS_16__tree_node_baseIPvEEEEvT_ + 2822  7   iBooks                              0x000000010267b027 iBooks + 213031  8   iBooks                              0x000000010267d6a2 iBooks + 222882  9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff97c7c323 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12  10  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff97c77c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8  11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff97c83cbf _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 861  12  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a2d7c59 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9  13  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a2942ef __CFRunLoopRun + 2159  14  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a293838 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296  15  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9b94643f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235  16  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9b9461ba ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431  17  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9b945ffb _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71  18  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d66821 _DPSNextEvent + 964  19  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d65fd0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194  20  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d59f73 -[NSApplication run] + 594  21  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d45424 NSApplicationMain + 1832  22  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff9026e5c9 start + 1)14/03/2015 21:17:52.856 iBooks[3829]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception &#x27;NSIllegalState&#x27;, reason: &#x27;Book does not have fixed layout dimensions: file:///Users/andy/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/i Books/Books/901115888.epub/&#x27;*** First throw call stack:(  0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a38464c __exceptionPreprocess + 172  1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff93a236de objc_exception_throw + 43  2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a3844fd +[NSException raise:format:] + 205  3   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4f0fe1 _ZNK12ITEpubFolder28copyIsLinearFromReadingOrderEj + 1343  4   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4e5fb5 _ZNSt3__118__tree_left_rotateIPNS_16__tree_node_baseIPvEEEEvT_ + 6840  5   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4e506d _ZNSt3__118__tree_left_rotateIPNS_16__tree_node_baseIPvEEEEvT_ + 2928  6   BKAssetEpub                         0x000000010d4e5003 _ZNSt3__118__tree_left_rotateIPNS_16__tree_node_baseIPvEEEEvT_ + 2822  7   iBooks                              0x000000010267b027 iBooks + 213031  8   iBooks                              0x000000010267d6a2 iBooks + 222882  9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff97c7c323 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12  10  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff97c77c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8  11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff97c83cbf _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 861  12  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a2d7c59 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9  13  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a2942ef __CFRunLoopRun + 2159  14  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9a293838 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296  15  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9b94643f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235  16  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9b9461ba ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431  17  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9b945ffb _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71  18  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d66821 _DPSNextEvent + 964  19  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d65fd0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194  20  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d59f73 -[NSApplication run] + 594  21  AppKit                              0x00007fff91d45424 NSApplicationMain + 1832  22  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff9026e5c9 start + 1)

Linc Davis · Answer

It looks like the book is corrupt. You could try deleting it and downloading it again, but I doubt that there will be any change. You would have to contact either the uploader or Apple customer service.