Where is ibooks?

Good Evening,
I have an Imac and an Ipad. I books is installed on both devices but does not appear when i open Itunes so i ca not transfer neither books not mags or pdfs.
Thx for the answers.
Greg

Try this:
On the Mac, quit iTunes and open the iBooks app > File > Move Books from iTunes
Then open iTunes and try again

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You may submit your polite feedback to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks_ios.html

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