Renaming files in iBooks

I hope Apple will read this and add a feature to allow users the ability to rename files in iBooks!

I have been renaming some picture files in Finder,
and lately when I have been renaming them it will do
a few fine, but then when I go to rename the next
file I suddenly am not able enter any text in Finder
and can rename no more files.
I cannot offer a solution to this problem, although I can add the details of a similar situation that seems to happen to me: when I am creating new folders in Finder, after I create and name the first one, Finder no longer responds to keystrokes. Restarting Finder seems to help, but is an ugly solution to the symptom. What is the cause of this unresponsiveness?
15" Aluminum PB 1.5ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Hi
I rename selected files and after that want to open them.
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font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
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