Why can't I read iBooks on my Mac?

The user unfriendly way of selling ebooks is very disapointing!
I can not read them on my computer, only on my iPad.
I can not lend them to my daughter, as I would do with any other form of book.
no way I am going to buy anymore books this way!

lucienvv wrote:
The user unfriendly way of selling ebooks is very disapointing!
I can not read them on my computer, only on my iPad.
I can not lend them to my daughter, as I would do with any other form of book.
no way I am going to buy anymore books this way!
Because Apple has chosen not to make iBooks readable on the Mac. As fellow users, we cannot speculate on why they have decided this.
However, you can still read books on your Mac. The best approach is to download the Kindle app for Mac. Then you can buy electronic books from Amazon, and read them on your Mac (or iPad).

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