iBooks stands for IBooks E-book Format. iBook files contain text, presentations, 3D objects and other media that is suited for the iPad. They are created with Author – a utility provided by Apple. iBooks format was introduced by Apple in January of 2010.
iBooks primarily follows the epub book format. This is a zip file with a set of interrelated resources embedded. The file always starts with a MIME-Type information. This is followed by a navigation document and optionally stylesheets and PLS documents. This format also allows for narrations to be embedded, if the format follows ePub 3 media overlay standard.
| File type | IBooks E-book Format |
| Developer | Apple |
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While searching for an answer to the question - How to open the IBOOKS file? - you probably found websites, which offer software that was able to open any file extension. Do not be fooled, there is no one program that will allow you to work with any file extension, including the IBOOKS file. Each program contains a different type of data and you need specialized software to properly work with the IBOOKS file. Here is a list of programs that are designed to work with the IBOOKS file - remember, these applications are able to open at most a few file extensions, they are designed to work with a specific data type.
If after installing the program from a list, you still cannot open a file with the IBOOKS extension, the reason may be that the file is damaged. The solution may be to find a new copy of the IBOOKS file you want to open
In this case, the easiest way is to use the tool built into the operating system for association of the IBOOKS file with applications to support it. Double click on the file you cannot open - the operating system will display a list of programs that are likely to work with your IBOOKS file. Choose one of them, or select the location on a disk where you installed one of the applications from our list. Windows should then open the IBOOKS file using the program installed earlier.
Entries containing links of the IBOOKS file extensions with applications is located in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. If you do not know how to get to the Windows Registry, or how to make changes in it, ask a specialist for help. Lack of knowledge on the subject may cause irreversible changes on your computer.
There may be a situation when a computer virus passes itself off as the IBOOKS file. In this case, such a file will definitely not be opened. Download a good antivirus program and scan the IBOOKS file mentioned. If the antivirus application detects malicious data, it may signify that the IBOOKS file is infected.
| IBP | IsoBuster Managed Image Information Format |
| IBB | LIGHTNING UK! ImgBurn Project Format |
| IBM | Commodore Amiga Graphics |
| IBW | IGOR Pro Binary Wave |
| IBK | Sound Blaster FM Instrument Bank |
| IB7 | Pixel Power Collage Image Format |
| IBY | Symbian ROM Image Component Include |
| IBAK | Password Safe Backup |
| IBOOKS | IBooks E-book Format |
| IBATEMPLATE | IBooks Author Template Format |
