Hello Esther, Your posting below causes me to wonder something else:
Is it possible to peruse iBooks stores or other App stores on your Mac and have the item you purchased download to your iPhone when you go into the App store? I find that I am far more proficient on my Mac, in terms of web surfing than on my iPhone. If the answer to this question is in the affirmative, then how do I indicate that the item purchased is intended for use on the iPhone as opposed to on the Mac? Thanks and kindest regards, Mike to On 7,Feb,2012, at 10:37 AM, Esther wrote: > 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/> <--- 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/>. 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