Books in iBooks not visible in iTunes

This problem appeared in the Yosemite and persists at El Capitan.  He is still rampant in iTunes 12.5.1.21 that just came out (September 2016).

The books in my library iBooks may be assigned to my iDevices via iTunes.  When I boot my Mac, launch iTunes, select a device (for example, iPad) and click on books in the sidebar, I see all the books in my library, iBooks.

However, if I close iTunes and then reopen it again books are not visible.

It is repeatable.

Hello Bernard,.

Looks like your iBooks library seems to be disappearing from iTunes when you close and re open the app and it has happened for a long time. First, he need to know if this is happening to another user on your computer. Use this article to test this possibility and let us know how it works in another user:

OS X El Capitan: set up users on your Mac.

    • Choose the Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click users and groups.

    • Click on the lock icon to unlock, then enter an administrator name and password.

    • Click on the button Add below the list of users.

    • On the pop-up menu click new account, and then choose a user type.

      • Administrator: An administrator can add and manage other users, install applications, and change the settings. The new user that you create when you set up your Mac is an administrator. Your Mac can have multiple administrators. You can create new ones and convert standard users to administrators. Don't set up the automatic connection to an administrator. If you do, someone could simply restart your Mac and access with administrator privileges. To secure your Mac, don't share administrator names and passwords.

    • Enter a display name for the new user. An account name is automatically generated. To use a different account name, enter it now, you can't change it later.

    • Enter a password for the user, and then enter again to verify. Using an index of password is recommended to help the user remember the password.

    • Click on create user.

You may need to copy some of the books to the new user using iCloud drive or download your past buys iBook for testing purposes. For more information, see the following articles:

iBooks for Mac: import books or PDF documents

Download your latest purchases

Sincerely.

Tags: iTunes

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