Originally Posted by The Alternative

But your answer stated, and I quote "If you didn't buy it from iBooks, then iBook won't read it." Which is simply and unequivocally untrue.

Mark Twain once said, "Better to be thought of as a fool than open your mouth (or post something on an Internet forum) and remove all doubt!"

The "it" in my statement was referring SPECIFICALLY to the book the OP had downloaded that was in the wrong format. I was not referring to downloading books in general. If you buy a book from Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble or from any other vendor that has DRM, iBooks will not read it (unless you strip the DRM).