Ibooks wont open my book

I bought a book on ibooks and it wont open.
I had no problem reading it a few days ago, but ever since it prompted me to enter my icloud username and password, it doesnt work anymore. VERY ANNOYING. I should have just bought it on amazon and used the kindle app.
I tried deleting and redownloading it, but it keeps asking for my icloud password over and over again.
Please help!

Hi prdannyb,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If this is happening with just the one iBook, I would report the issue to the iTunes Store:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
If this is happening with multiple purchases, I would try the steps here:
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
Cheers,
- Ari

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