On 27/12/2011, at 12:32 PM, cm wrote: > Hi Blitto, > > The Yellow Submarine ebook is in ePub format and so it can be read in iBooks. > Currently Apple only supports the iBooks app on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod > touch. There is no reason why there couldn't be a Mac based viewer of ePub > items (an iBook app say) but for some reason it does not yet exist. Amazon > has versions of its Kindle reader for all devices, including Mac and iPad, > and syncs your library over the cloud. > > Even if you find a third party ePub reader for the Mac, I suspect you will > not be able to view Yellow Submarine because of DRM. So the long and the > short of it is I believe the answer is yes, you can only view iTunes ePub > material on your iPad / iPhone -- at least for items that are protected by > DRM. I hope Apple remedies this shortcoming soon. > > Cheers, > Carlo >
Such a third party reader exists in the free application Calibre. While Calibre recognises the Yellow Submarine eBook and is happy to load it into its library, it will not, as Carlo predicted, open it because of DRM restrictions. Nevertheless, Calibre is your solution for viewing and managing unprotected eBooks on your Mac. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
