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You can export a purchased book from Books on your Mac by dragging it out of the app https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7967098 https://discussions.apple.com

You can export a purchased book from Books on your Mac by dragging it out of the app https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7967098 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7967098

Kye 4y ago
Doesn't work if you don't have a Mac.
- mwint 4y ago
  Go to an Apple Store and do it, or buy an old MacBook Air / Mac mini for ~nothing off eBay.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    [Edited due to misunderstanding. Apologies.] Still, signing into public devices with your private credentials and data is a bad idea. What if they kick you out of the store or take away the device your were toying with before you manage to wipe/reset it?
    - akerl_ 4y ago
      The person you're replying to is suggesting "go to the apple store and use one of their demo computers to export the book", not "go to the apple store and buy a Mac".
      - waboremo 4y ago
        Which is also a very bad idea, never sign into demo devices anywhere.
- verdenti 4y ago
muhehe 4y ago
Can you confirm it works? Is from 2017 and afaik content bought through apple store has DRM.
- xavdid 4y ago
  It's up to the publisher whether content bought from the Apple store has DRM, not the store itself. Many books have it, but publishers like TOR and any books from Brandon Sanderson don't. There's sometimes a line at the bottom of the description that'll note it. For example, on Redshirts (https://books.apple.com/us/book/redshirts/id501758516 https://books.apple.com/us/book/redshirts/id501758516) > At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
- comex 4y ago
  I just tried dragging a purchased book to Finder, and it only gives me a .webloc pointing to the book's store URL. On the other hand, if I manually locate the book in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books, it appears to just be an (unzipped) ePub without any encryption.
- maronato 4y ago
  I just tried dragging a book out of the “library” tab to my desktop and it gave me an epub. Tried on macOS Ventura with a book released this year

You can export a purchased book from Books on your Mac by dragging it out of the app https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7967098 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7967098

Kye 4y ago

Doesn't work if you don't have a Mac.

mwint 4y ago
Go to an Apple Store and do it, or buy an old MacBook Air / Mac mini for ~nothing off eBay.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  [Edited due to misunderstanding. Apologies.] Still, signing into public devices with your private credentials and data is a bad idea. What if they kick you out of the store or take away the device your were toying with before you manage to wipe/reset it?
  - akerl_ 4y ago
    The person you're replying to is suggesting "go to the apple store and use one of their demo computers to export the book", not "go to the apple store and buy a Mac".
    - waboremo 4y ago
      Which is also a very bad idea, never sign into demo devices anywhere.
verdenti 4y ago

muhehe 4y ago

Can you confirm it works? Is from 2017 and afaik content bought through apple store has DRM.

xavdid 4y ago
It's up to the publisher whether content bought from the Apple store has DRM, not the store itself. Many books have it, but publishers like TOR and any books from Brandon Sanderson don't. There's sometimes a line at the bottom of the description that'll note it. For example, on Redshirts (https://books.apple.com/us/book/redshirts/id501758516 https://books.apple.com/us/book/redshirts/id501758516) > At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
comex 4y ago
I just tried dragging a purchased book to Finder, and it only gives me a .webloc pointing to the book's store URL. On the other hand, if I manually locate the book in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books, it appears to just be an (unzipped) ePub without any encryption.
maronato 4y ago
I just tried dragging a book out of the “library” tab to my desktop and it gave me an epub. Tried on macOS Ventura with a book released this year