Why can't I copy text from ibooks?

I have just downloaded Mavericks and I am looking into the desktop version of ibooks. It seems like I can copy text from free books but not from a book that I bought. It is the first and only book that I have bought on ibooks. I would like to start using ibooks for my studies, but it only really makes sense for me if I can copy text from the book and paste it in Word or Pages. Is this a common problem? And is there a way to solve it? The only thing that I have been able to work out myself is this: Select Text; choose "More" and "Search book"; pres "cmd" and "c".

Found a thread of someone making the opposite complain that text CAN be copied freely, must be an option for the publisher to decide.

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