Years ago I bought one book from Apple, quickly determined iBooks was a waste of my time, and returned to buying books from Amazon. iBooks, now called Books, seems to me to be the unwanted stepchild that Apple doesn't really want but feels it has to keep around. They never gave it the library/store of books it needed to compete in any meaningful way. It kind of reminds me of the tepid response both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had to the infant internet in the mid-1990s. Neither could figure out what it would be good for as far as making profits. MS blew it off at first, Apple came out with the pathetic garbage they called Cyber Dog, and it was a mangy dog to say the least. Thankfully they put a bullet in Cyber Doggie's head and put him down for good. I really think Jobs, and subsequent Apple leadership, have failed to understand the eBook industry. I only use Books to view an occasional PDF, and I hate PDFs with a passion. If I have a user manual to read then I might use Books, or I might use another PDF app. None of the apps do well with a PDF though. But as far as eBooks, my Books library of ePubs is static at only one.
Last edited by OtinG; 08-01-2019 at 10:16 AM.
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