Buying an iTunes book for my Windows 7 pro laptop

Question

Hi, guys.  There's a book that I very much want, and it would be both cheaper and more useful to me in electronic format.  But I don't have an iPhone, iPod, or iPad; what I have is a Win 7 Pro computer, with the latest iTunes app for Windows on it.  According to the docs, this app will handle DRM just fine (and, yes, the book I want does have DRM).
When I try to buy the book, though, I receive the following error message:
Do I really have to have an iPad to read this?  If necessary I'll spend the extra money to buy the hard copy version, cut off the spine, and scan the whole darn thing into my computer, then recycle the paper (I hate to kill trees for paper), but, among other things, that means paying more, waiting for the book to be shipped to me, and then doing a whole heck of a lot of extra work.
In order to find the site, go to the iTunes store, click on books, and then enter "The Liberty Tuning Chord Book" in the search box.  But don't go ahead and buy it unless you really want your own copy -- I'd feel horrible if anyone wasted 15 bucks to research this for me.
I'm relying on the greater knowledge of people who've been doing this a lot longer than I have, and thank you in advance for any advice you can give me.
Margret

Answer 1

There is an iTunes application for Windows 7.  I have it.
The book is not available in Kindle or Kobo format, or I would already own it.  It has too many graphics for Kindle, so the author put it in iTunes instead.  iTunes is the only electronic option available for this book.  Personally, I think the author should have at least considered putting it into ePub format, but apparently he didn't.
And please factor the iTunes app for Windows into future responses.  You can find it online easily enough.  The question is not whether the book is available in some other format; that's already been answered.  The question is whether the iTunes app for Windows will do the job.  I have a friend with Apple machines, including iPads; I think I'll ask him whether I can come over this evening and try putting something heavy in graphics (without DRM, to avoid potential problems) from his collection onto my computer.  If it works; I'm golden (and will, of course, delete his book, since I'm not trying to violate anyone's copyright).  On the other hand, he's been pretty busy lately, which is why I've been asking here, instead.  If I'm able to get to his house and try this, I'll let you know how it comes out.  But until I have some kind of an answer that takes everything into account, the question remains open.
Margret