Impossible to search books on Ibooks.

I go on Ibooks logged in to my Apple ID, but when I type a book's name in the search bar and press search nothing happens. It used to work a while ago, but now, it is impossible to access the search result. Does anybody know how this could happen?
Cheers,
R.

Keep the Powerbutton and the Homebutton pressed at the same time until you see the Apple logo in your screen.

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Impossible to delete books from iBooks on my Mac

I've read the answers to more or less similar questions, but they do not solve my problem. On my iMac (Yosemite) I can select the (non Cloud-)books I want to delete but when I answer Yes, I am sure I want to delete them from my Mac, nothing happens. The books stay were they are. It doesn't matter if I work in All Books, Lists, Sets or whatever. Closing and reopening iBooks also doesn't make a difference.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!

Back up all data before proceeding.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.
Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
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Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
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I bought the wrong book in ibooks. How can i get a refund?

I bought the wrong book in ibooks. How can i get a refund?

A refund may not be possible since the terms of sale for the iTunes Store state that all sales are final. You can contact the iTunes Store, explain the reason for your request, and ask, though:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html
It's possible they'll make an exception for you.
Good luck.
Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Communities page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums and in the Apple Knowledge Base, before you post a question.

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I have a lot of eBooks, used on a Kindle and have tried to get iBook to see them on my iPad. It does not.
1. I converted from azw to epub with Calibre
2. I tried dragging and dropping the file onto iTunes->iPad->Books and onto iTunes->iPad which didn't work.
3. I used Add to Library from the File menu and they imported ending up in iTunes->Library->Books.
4. I tried dragging each book from iTunes->Library->Book to iTunes->iPad->Books and onto iTunes->iPad and it would not work
5. I Synched my iPad and cannot find any of the epub books with iBook. Nothing but Winnie the Poo which came with iBooks.
What and I doing wrong?

There are some threads on the use of Calibre with the iPad on their forums. This thread might be of help:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79093&highlight=Ipad
and if not searching that forum for "iPad" may turn up additional suggestions.
Good luck.

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I have created a family recipe book in iBooks - can I print it using iPhoto's print service? I don't want to print it on our home printer - I want to print multiple copies for family members through the Apple iPhoto book printing service. Can anyone help me please?

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Print your iBook to pdf. Then you have several option:
Save the pdf to a thumbsdrive/stick and take it to the nearest print shop close to your home.
Search online for "self publishing" services available in your country.
Recreate your book as an iPhoto Book. This will be a lot of work, since iPhoto's templates are more suitable for Picture books than books with lots of formatted text. To speed things up, you could use "Preview" to export the pages of your book as jpegs (high quality, at least 300 dpi) and add themas full-page photos to a new PhotoBook. This can be sent to apple for printing.
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Hello I wrote a technical french book on " iBooks Author" and I would like to Know witch catégorie I should choose?

hello I wrote a technical french book on " iBooks Author" and I would like to Know witch catégorie I should choose?

Sorry, I cannot remember all teh many options of category and sub categories offered during the delivery process.
A very simple solution for you is to use Google Translate to convert the category titles to French
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How do I add or change a cover of a book I have in iBooks (Mac, pad, & phone)?

Tested and working:
How to edit iBooks meta data under Mac OS X Mavericks
First of all, I GOT THIS FROM ANOTHER SOURCE. I take no credit nor responsibility.
IT WORKS
Edit metadata with Calibre for Mac
Although edit metadata with iBooks is impossible, it doesn't mean this is the end of the story. With another software, Calibre for Mac, we can edit book's metadata then load the book into iBooks for Mac app.
First we import the book into Calibre and delete it from iBooks
Right click on the book title, choose "Edit metadata", then "Edit metadata individually".
In this window we can customize almost all the important metadata, including adding a cover to the book
After you finish the editing, click "OK" to confirm.
But job is not finished yet, in fact the editing is only done in Calibre's library. To display the edited book in iBooks for Mac, we need add the editing into the book file.
No matter if we are adding cover or modifying other metadata like title, author & publisher, genre, etc. , converting the book to EPUB again is necessary, only in this way, we can completely edit the metadata inside the book, not only in Calibre library.
So the last step is to convert the book to EPUB, even this file is already an EPUB file.
Find the converted file in Calibre's library and drag it into iBooks for Mac, now we can see the book displayed in iBooks for Mac with all the gorgeous editing present.
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I have tried this and it works!!!

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I have 100s of PDFS and books currently in ibooks, however only less then half of the collection can be seen in itunes. Making it impossible to sync the books to my ipad!
Some are purchase from apple, some are not, however half of both collections are not present in itunes.
I have the lastest software for both mavericks and ibooks.
anyhelp on the matter would be greatiely appreciated,
thanks
mackiesmac

That seems to be the case now with iTunes 11, but in prior versions iTunes would automatically download all new books in iBooks, even ones not purchased in the iBookstore. That's why I developed the workflow I've been using. I'm just now running afoul of the changed behavior in the new version of iTunes.
Michael

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Have you already searched this forum for "arabic" to see the various earlier discussions of the topic?

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There is no edit function in iBooks after updating to ios 8. Removing or moving downloaded books is impossible.

select displaying books as list (top left button)
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Can't add pdf book to iBooks

Upgraded to iOS 8.3 on iPad Mini, using Mavericks and iTunes 12,1,2,27 on early 2008 MacPro
Can't add pdf books to iBooks like i used to . I normally use the add to library command to achieve this but books don't show up
Following numerous tries and un plugging iPad Mini and restarting iTunes, i searched for my iPad library in my home lib ray to discover the books i wanted to add are now in the iTunes Media folder (where my music is) but as unknown artist. I have separate libraries for my iPhone and another iPad and these show the books folder which seems to have disappeared from my iPad folder.
Also when trying to synchronize iTunes said it lost connection and could not save my iPad Mini numerous times.
Also the general info bar at the bottom of my iTunes window is now all confused as to the size and contents of my iPad Mini. I have about 25000 photos and it says i only have 235Mb of photos where it should be closer to 15 GB. The miscellaneous portion in that bar is rating this content at about 16Gb.
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This probably isn't helpful, but what you did does work in 10.6 Snow Leopard.
I dragged one of my PDF eBooks into iTunes and it showed up in the Books section.
But when I clicked on it, it displayed it in Adobe Acrobat, just the same as if I'd clicked on the original file itself.
I don't see any advantatge to importing eBooks into iTunes, especially PDF eBooks ... unless you're syncing with an iPhone, I guess ... even then you'll need a good pdf viewer on the iPhone unless you convert the PDFs to ePubs.
You might also post your problem in the 10.7 Lion discussion group.

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I have added numerous notes to a ePub book in iBooks. Now I want to search for some of those notes. How is this done?
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Hello Krishna,
Follow the steps....
Goto http://service.sap.com/notes... it will ask for the ur OSS user id and password. This may be available with u or speak to BASIS guys for the same.Once u have enterd the user id and password, it will display a screen asking for various inputs. Here on top right hand corner u will c "Number" with a box to enter ur note. Put in the note number given to u and press enter and u will get the note displayed on a new screen.

Seriously, is anyone as utterly lost as I am trying to do a search for an iBook?

I am trying to do a search for an iBook by author or title and I cannot find a serach box to key it in! Where is the search box????

Buckbahia wrote:
I'm looking for books in the store.
What device are you using? On an iPad, the search box is at the top right.
Use the camera icon here to post a screenshot of what you are seeing.
PS If you can't find a book you want, the fix is to go to another store which also has a free ereader app, such as Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Googlebooks, Sony.

Why isn't there arabic books in iBooks store ??

i have just 1 Q : why i do not find any arabic books in iBooks store to download ??? can anyone answer me and tell me how can i make suggestions to Apple ??
waiting ..

Hi guys,
I made a search and I found some Arabic books on iBooks. You can search: ويكيليكس or by the publisher's name: OWNI and you'll find the book I'm talking about.
In the beginning I thought the text is posted as pictures -since iBooks doesn't support Arabic- but it's all written as a text that you can select and highlight with all the features that English books have -except the dictionary-.
Does iBooks support Arabic? I don't know, but apparently, you can publish in Arabic
Thanks,
Abdullah.

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will not download purchased book from iBooks???

I Just figured this out. I had downloaded a bunch of books on my iPhone and had the greyed-out issue on my iPad with sync collections enabled. Had tried all the same fixes as indicated in this thread and others without success. What worked was restarting my iPad (this may not be a necessary stage) and searching for the titles that were stuck In the iBooks store. As expected each showed an 'in progress' download button. I was finally able to tap this to stop the (non-existent) download, which hadn't been possible within 'My Books' or the 'Purchased' tab on the store. When I tapped the button briefly jumped to 'Read' then changed to the standard iCloud download button for a previous purchase. Tapping this successfully initiated the download, which then synced into the right collection in my library.
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