why do we need to convert ibook to pdf? Suppose you have bought some ibooks from ibookstore and you want to share them with your parents, but they don’t have an ipad. what would you do then? or maybe you have created an ibook from ibooks author which works perfectly on your ipad, but now you want to read them on different devices like nook, kobo or kindle, so how to deal with such situation?
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Usually in this case I would suggest you convert ibook to pdf, because:
-the ibooks author .ibooks file extension can be read on a computer or other devices only by converting to pdf (exported to .pdf).
– ibooks books are mainly in epub format and can only be read on ipad, ipod or iphone, with drm limitation. not available to read ibook on other devices.
-some e-readers support the pdf format better than the epub format.
-kindle supports pdf format, but does not support epub. so if we want to read ibook on kindle, we need to convert it to pdf.
-for those books that have images, diagrams or anything like that, they are better in pdf format.
Here I will guide you how to convert ibook to pdf. and you’d better remove ibooks drm and convert e-book format for better reading experience as well as share your ibook with your friends or family.
scenario 1: convert .ibooks to pdf
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what is the ibooks author document? is a document created by ibooks author (iba), a program used to create ibooks for apple ipad. iba files are saved in .zip format, so we can open them with any zip decompression program to see the content.
iba file can be exported to .ibooks format, if you just want to upload it to your ipad or share it with others. choose file > export, then select ibooks.
but if you want to read ibook on other devices, you’d better export .ibooks to .pdf. choose share > export, then click pdf. select image quality and security options, click next, enter a name and choose a location for this file, and click export.
scenario 2: convert ibook epub to pdf
This “ibook” part is intended for those books purchased or downloaded from the ibookstore. since most of them are in epub format, so all we need is to convert ibook epub to pdf.
We know that ibooks is an amazing ebook library and reading app. but the fact is ibookstore books are with apple fairplay drm which prevents us from reading them on non-apple e-readers and reading apps. so before converting ibooks to pdf, we need to remove ibooks drm first.
step 1: convert ibook to convertible
first, to remove ibooks drm successfully, find the downloaded ibooks on your computer please. usually the location is: …my documentsmy musicitunesitunes mediabooks.
then, install this requiem tool. Please run this tool I recommended, it will help you remove drm from purchased ibooks, then it won’t link with ibooks app anymore.
step 2: convert ibooks without drm to pdf
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First of all, please download the ebook converter to your computer and run it. is a good ibook to pdf converter.
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then click the “add” button to upload your ibooks without drm. If you have successfully removed drm from ibook, this tool can detect drm free files automatically. In other words, in this step you only need to add those drm-free epub books to this program.
To continue, select “pdf” as the output format. this tool provides 2 common font settings for you, common a4 font or default large font (new version only provide common a4 font output).
Finally, just click “convert” to start ibooks epub to pdf conversion.
update: new version of epubor ultimate removes output options from devices.
from the output folder, you will see your converted pdf files. Now you can transfer them to your non-IOS devices, like Kobo, Nook, Kindle. or transfer them to those softwares on your computer, like adobe reader, stanza, caliber, etc. plus, you can share your own files with your friends or family (but no commercial purposes please).
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