This is a follow-up just in case anybody makes the same mistake I did of assuming that just because iTunes shows you your books, removing iBooks worked.
Sadly, for whatever strange reason, removing iBooks in El Capitan also has the side effect of preventing all iTunes Store operations. You can’t sign in, update your apps, or authorise your iDevices. By removing iBooks, iTunes becomes merely a music player, including audiobooks. In summary, then, if you were avoiding iBooks because it’s crap, it is time. Time to beat the festering pile into submission. Make a backup of your library, ensure you have a copy of your books in their original library, and unleash iBooks. It will destroy your book structure and metadata, but you’ll be able to read and sync your books and, as of El Capitan, use the iBooks and iTunes Store. Thank you Apple, for giving us choice. I’m speaking, of course, of the choice between iBooks for Mac or Microsoft Windows. You win. I surrender. I hope you won’t remember all your lives that you’re utter bastards. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
