Language of books

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Language of books

Hi there, after checking a few topics in this forum, I didn’t find my answer. I want to read books in English/Arabic/Korean, but I literally cannot choose the language that I want to have recommandations. I don’t care about the books, I just want to read in these specific languages, but as I live in France there is no books in an other language that French. I tried to change my residence country but it asked me a foreign phone number. Why can’t I access to books in other languages? I just want free books to read and to not have any recommendations in French.

Kind greetings,

Jeanne.

iPhone SE, iOS 17

Posted on Aug 10, 2024 8:00 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

118,440 points

Aug 10, 2024 8:51 AM in response to sst_ningmeng

You need to search for the books by title. If Apple does not carry what you want, it is because the publisher decided not to offer them in apple’s store. Then you need to look elsewhere. Amazon books are read via the Kindle app.

To ask Apple to improve the books app, go to

hhttp://www.apple.com/feedback

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Answer 2

sst_ningmeng Author

Level 1

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Aug 10, 2024 9:05 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks, but I don’t want to search books, I want to have recommandations in English, and categories (books in en, ar…). It’s not fair that just because I live in a country, I cannot have access to recommendations. In every other apps we can select the language we want for books, and they show us all the books available in this language. So please read again my question because I explained it very well that I wanted to have recommendations in another language, and that I don’t have to search them. I don’t care which books are there lol I just want another language.

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Answer 3

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

118,440 points

Aug 10, 2024 9:17 AM in response to sst_ningmeng

Apple's Books app simply can't do what you want yet. To ask Apple to add that feature, you can use the feedback link provided earlier. In these forums you are only talking to other users like yourself trying to give useful advice.

I understand your frustration. I live in the US and normally read books in French, German, Italian, or Spanish. It's not a problem for me because I know the authors and titles already and have no trouble finding them.

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