Can't open purchased book in iBook app

I downloaded an iBook and when I open it and look at titles it is not there. When I go to purchased it shows that the book is downloaded but it doesn't give me an option to open it. I have reset my phone and deleted and redownloaded the app and it isn't working.

It says requirements are an iOS device with iBooks 1.3.1 or later and iOS 4.3.3 or later. I have a 4s with the latest software update (7.0.4) and plenty of capacity. Thanks for your help though! Let me know if you have any other suggestions.

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