Hi Mike, Zack has already answered your question about using the free iBooks app to both purchase and read ePub books. (There's both a "store" for purchasing books and a "library" for holding ePub books or PDF books that you read in this app. Your library can include both books you purchase from the iBooks store, and any DRM-free eBooks that you load into the iBooks app, either by emailing them to yourself as an attachment, or downloading them from a linked version from a web page or Dropbox file, then opening the file in iBooks, or exporting to iBooks.) "Talking to Siri" is available in the Austrian iBooks store. On the main iTunes Store home page, there's a link for "Change Country". I just checked by changing my iTunes Store country to "Österreich" and clicking on the link in my earlier post for "Talking to Siri". The link worked, which means that the title is available in your store, and the price came up as 3.99 Euros.
The easy way to change back to your country's iTunes Store is to sign into your account, since when you change countries you are immediately signed out. On my Mac I just press Command-Option-F to go to the search field, then VO-Down arrow to the sign in link and activate it with VO-Space. When I enter my login and password, I'll get a dialog window telling me that my Apple ID is only valid for the US iTunes Store, and that I will be switched there, so that I can try my purchase again (even though I'm not purchasing anything). I VO-Space on the "OK" button, and I'm switched to my account, which in my case is in the US iTunes Store. I think that the restrictions on iBooks titles to German language titles may apply to eBook versions of printed titles that are released and subject to copyright licensing distribution agreements by country -- for example, a popular novel for which different publishing groups in each country will bid on, for distribution sales rights. But titles like "Talking to Siri" exist only in electronic distributable form, and the authors make the distribution arrangements directly with Apple's iBookstore. There is no print copy of "Talking to Siri" distributed, as far as I know. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > This is helpful information indeed, Zack. My only concern thus far is that > to date, I keep hearing from English-speaking iPhone users here in Austria > that only German language titles can be purchased from the Austrian store. I > sure hope that I can purchase and enjoy books in English from the US app > store when I fly to the States. > > Best regards, > > Mike > . > On 7,Feb,2012, at 9:05 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> Apple's iBOoks app will read eBOoks quite handily, including the one Ester >> mentioned. It's also the way you purchase books via the phone, though you >> can also do this on a mac or PC with iTunes. The app is quite accessible, >> and free, so I recommend taking a look at it. The available book catalog, at >> least in the US, is extensive, and though you can't read most of the books >> on any other device you can use iBooks with the vast majority of them, >> excluding some which contain bits of inaccessible graphical multimedia. >> Hope this helps, >> Zack. >> On Feb 7, 2012, at 12:00 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >> >>> Hello Esther, >>> >>> Firstly, I would like to thank you for responding, and the same goes for >>> everyone else who has taken the time to assist me. >>> >>> In your response,Esther, you mentioned Talking to Siri: Learning the >>> Language of Apple's Intelligent Assistant" by Steve Sande and Erica Sadun. >>> It has been my impression that ebooks can't be read on the iPhone. If I >>> purchase the book, which app should I use to read it? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On 6,Feb,2012, at 8:41 PM, Esther wrote: >>> Hi Mike, >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>> However, if you're willing to spend $4.99, I'd recommend getting "Talking >>>> to Siri" from the iBooks Store: >>>> • "Talking to Siri: Learning the Language of Apple's Intelligent >>>> Assistant" by Steve Sande and Erica Sadun >>>> <http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/talking-to-siri/id479419244?mt=11> >>>> <--- 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> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
