How can I migrate my iBooks library?

Hi.
I'm moving from my old Mac to a new one and I've already migrated everything, except for iBooks.
How can I do it? Thank you.
Cheers,
TML

Hi,
I have migrate my books this way:
- Copy this directory on the old mac from
/Users/<YourHome>/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBo ok/Books
to your new mac.
- Open iBooks
- File->Add to Library... and select all the Files in this Books Directory for importing.
All purchased books can be downloaded direct from iCloud with your account.
This is working well for me.
I'm not sure about the "Collections" information. Are this tag's inside the book files or not. But my Collections are well back with all the books on the new mac.
If something goes wrong, you can close iBooks, delete the
/Users/<YourHome>/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBo ok directory and start iBooks again. This will reset the structure inside iBooks and you can start from begin.
Thomas

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