Need iBooks for mac!

I guess this is more a comment than a question. I can't believe there isn't an iBooks app for mac! I have iBooks on my I-Phone 4, and was astonished to see, after purchasing a book on my phone, that there's no companion app that will allow me to read it on my macbook.
I can purchase books from amazon and read on either my phone or my macbook through the Kindle App. So why should I purchase books from Apple's iBook store?.....
Apple, are you listening?

LexSchellings wrote:
Reading Books yes.
You need to understand that most people who are asking this question want to read best sellers and other paid-for books from the iBookstore. They are not interested in free books or pdfs. Aside from a very few publishers which do not use DRM, it is NOT possible to read a paid-for iBook on anything other than an iOS device. This is very, very annoying to huge numbers of people. The same problem does not exist if you buy a book from Kindle, Nook, Kobo, or Googlebooks.
Every purchase page in the iBookstore actually says right on it that an iOS device is required (even in the few cases where this is not true, because there happens to be no DRM).

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nano_art wrote:
yea , after reading lots of discussions about this issue , it looks like its happening with lots of people. they try to read books on their macbook pro and they cant. it looks Apple wants u to buy other devices like ipad in order to be able to read books. and they do that in purpose. cuz mainly they make money from selling hardware not from selling other products through their website.
cuz it doesnt make any sence to me that u can read books on your iphone and u cannot on your macbook pro!!! this is rediculous!
however, Im buying an Ipad anyway for my daughter and im wondering how i can download and read the book i already purchased throu my macbook, im i still able to use the same Apple account and download whatever i purchased on other devices?
Actually, Apple makes a nice profit from songs, video, book, and apps. They also have apps in the AppStore for all of their major competitors in the eBook market some of which do have apps for reading on Mac OSX machines. So, no, it's not about trying to con you into buying hardware.
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