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Shop the Book Store and Audiobook Store in Books on Mac
When you shop the Book Store or Audiobook Store, you can search for books or audiobooks, then buy or pre-order them.
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Note: You must sign in to the Book Store or Audiobook Store to get books or audiobooks. The Book Store and Audiobook Store aren’t available in all countries or regions.
Search for books or audiobooks
In the Books app
on your Mac, click in the search field.
Start typing in the search field to see suggestions. You can search by title, author, genre or publisher.
Select a suggestion or press Return to search for what you’ve typed.
To change your results, do any of the following:
See only books: Click Books in the upper-right corner.
See only audiobooks: Click Audiobooks in the upper-right corner.
See all results: Click All in the upper-right corner.
Browse the Book Store and Audiobook Store
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Book Store or Audiobook Store in the sidebar.
Scroll down, or click Browse Sections in the upper-right corner.
Choose a store section, like For You or Top Charts, or choose a genre, like History or Romance.
Buy, download or pre-order books
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Book Store in the sidebar.
Search for or select a book.
Click the book’s price, Buy Book or Get.
Note: If the price is shaded, the book isn’t out yet. Click the price, then click Pre-Order.
To try out a book and read a few pages, click Sample (if available). The sample is added to the My Samples collection in your Library
To save a book for later, click Want to Read. The book is added to the Want to Read collection in your Library.
Buy, download or pre-order audiobooks
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Audiobook Store in the sidebar.
Search for or select an audiobook.
Click the audiobook’s price, Buy Audiobook or Get.
Note: If the price is shaded, the audiobook isn’t out yet. Click the price, then click Pre-Order.
With many audiobooks, you can click Preview to listen to an excerpt.
To save an audiobook for later, click Want to Read. The audiobook is added to the Want to Read collection in your Library.
Note: If you have Family Sharing set up, and Ask to Buy is set for your account, when you click to get a book or audiobook, the Family Sharing organiser is asked to approve the purchase.