Apparently after researching on Google it appears that Ibooks is notorious for only reading DRM protected content and cannot read freely available non protected epub books. All books have to be sourced from the Apple store.
Does anybody on this list disagree with this? If this is true it is a very odd limitation to put on the program by Apple. I followed a link to a program which apparently got around this. It is called Syncios It does this by offering an alternative to synching by Itunes. In theory by using a synch to the I device will fools Ibooks into thinking it is a book it is allowed to read. Although this program is freeware it has massive accessibility issues which makes it impractical to use. It is also a Windows program and I want to use the Mac. I think I need to use another Epub Reader on the IPod for non DRM non purchased books. What are people using? David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of ROBERT CARTER Sent: 09 February 2013 00:08 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Further Ibook Problem Hi, Try quitting iTunes restarting it and syncing again. Robert Carter On Feb 8, 2013, at 2:11 PM, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I have three non-DRm Epub books which I am trying to read with Ibooks > on my IPod. > > 1. Ibooks is showing a book that I purchased absolutely fine. > 2. I imported 3 further Epub books without DRM into ITunes on my Mac. > 2. I then synched my IPod with ITunes on my Mac. > 3. On ITunes I investigated under the On my IPod button and this > confirmed under Books the presence of all four Books. One purchased > and the others transferred using ITunes. > I waited for the synch to finish and then after the tone disconnected > the IPod and opened Ibooks. > > The problem is that, despite ITunes confirming the non-purchased books > have transferred , Ibooks is only showing the purchased Ibooks. > > I have opened each of the Epub books with Adobe digital editions and > there is no problems with the actual books as they display and read > fine under Adobe. > > On Ibooks the only buttons I can hear are Not necessarily in this > order. > > Edit > Purchased Books > Review > Author > Title > Category > Store > > None of these buttons reveal the non purchased books. > I have also tried going to the store and looking under Library and > again the only book available is the Purchased book. > > How is it possible to read a non purchased Epub book on the IPod > using Ibooks? > > Is there an easier app to use? > > I notice that there is an App provided by Robobraille.org but I am not > sure how Voiceover friendly this is as it appears aimed at people > with limited sight. > > David Griffith > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. 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