How can i read ibooks on my mac?

how can I read Ibooks books on my mac?

I work in a high tech company (not in IT) and as a sideline I fix close friends and family's PCs and Macs, usually remotely over Logmein.  The reason I switched to Macs over the past  four years is that most of my friends and family that have switched from PCs to Macs require little or no support.  So I am an Apple fan boy by my experiences and not just for the sake of being a fan.  It just makes practical sense.
Which leads me to the point.  I am also an Apple stock holder.  So I prefer to buy a book on the Apple Store rather than the Amazon store even though I realize my recent purchase of an iBook at $13.99 is of no consequence to Apple's bottom line. 
In that light, I would of course like to be able to read my iBooks on my MacBook Air or the PCs and Macs I use at work. 
It just makes practical sense.

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