iBooks store vanishing categories ?

Varley · 06-15-2010, 03:44 PM

A couple of days ago when I browsed the iBooks store on the iPad it had a science fiction & fantasy link. Today that appears to have vanished and I have links for cookery, crime & thriller etc

How do I just get science fiction back ? Or is this Apples way of encouraging people to use kindle instead ?

Bremen Cole · 06-15-2010, 03:50 PM

I had never even looked at the iBooks store before, so thanks for the motivation to at least look at it....

I still show the Sci-Fi and Fantasy in the Categories..... perhaps try again?

And, since Apple is nice enough to allow Kindle reader on the iPad, I am sure they would be fine with you using it....

Varley · 06-15-2010, 04:07 PM

I guess the UK iBookstore is simply broken. If I search for the books by a science fiction author such as Neal Asher I can see his books are listed as being in the Science Fiction category, but theres no way of picking that category.

Bremen Cole · 06-15-2010, 04:34 PM

Ahhhh, you are in UK... I didn't know that. In that case I have no idea..... It would make no sense for them just to randomly drop a category, so there must be some kind of problem.....

scottjl · 06-15-2010, 07:44 PM

us book store still has sci-fi.. remember, you can scroll the category list. just touch it and flick up/down.

HarryT · 06-16-2010, 04:18 AM

You're right, there's something strange going on. Every book shows a category, but the actual list of categories doesn't contain many of those categories. "Humor" is another one missing from the list - a book will say that it's in category "Humor" but when you go to the list of categories, "Humor" isn't one of them.

Tim_A · 06-16-2010, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottjl

us book store still has sci-fi.. remember, you can scroll the category list. just touch it and flick up/down.

There are not enough categories in the UK list to scroll! Just 7 as of this morning. It really is dire.

Bremen Cole · 06-16-2010, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim_A

There are not enough categories in the UK list to scroll! Just 7 as of this morning. It really is dire.

Wow, that is lame. Is there any way to contact them and find out what is going on? Why would they remove several categories of books? Makes no sense............

06-15-2010, 03:44 PM	#1
Varley Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Gen3	iBooks store vanishing categories ? A couple of days ago when I browsed the iBooks store on the iPad it had a science fiction & fantasy link. Today that appears to have vanished and I have links for cookery, crime & thriller etc How do I just get science fiction back ? Or is this Apples way of encouraging people to use kindle instead ?

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06-15-2010, 03:50 PM	#2
Bremen Cole Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 2718 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: iPad	I had never even looked at the iBooks store before, so thanks for the motivation to at least look at it.... I still show the Sci-Fi and Fantasy in the Categories..... perhaps try again? And, since Apple is nice enough to allow Kindle reader on the iPad, I am sure they would be fine with you using it....

06-15-2010, 04:07 PM	#3
Varley Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Gen3	I guess the UK iBookstore is simply broken. If I search for the books by a science fiction author such as Neal Asher I can see his books are listed as being in the Science Fiction category, but theres no way of picking that category.

06-15-2010, 04:34 PM	#4
Bremen Cole Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 2718 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: iPad	Ahhhh, you are in UK... I didn't know that. In that case I have no idea..... It would make no sense for them just to randomly drop a category, so there must be some kind of problem.....

06-15-2010, 07:44 PM	#5
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	us book store still has sci-fi.. remember, you can scroll the category list. just touch it and flick up/down.

06-16-2010, 04:18 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You're right, there's something strange going on. Every book shows a category, but the actual list of categories doesn't contain many of those categories. "Humor" is another one missing from the list - a book will say that it's in category "Humor" but when you go to the list of categories, "Humor" isn't one of them.

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