Highlighting and copying lines in Books.
I can’t select any text in recently purchased Apple books. I like to do that to take notes.
Also sometimes I want to look up definitions of single words by selecting them.
I no longer can select text in Books.
iPad Pro, 12.9-inch, 6th Gen, Wi-Fi
Interesting those same books in Kindle allow me to dopy. I like to make occasional text high lites or text notes. I believe Books used to support that except it added information about the text copyright at the end of any paste. Now if I want to read a book where I make notes for highlighted text it needs to be with Kindle.
The ability to do that and search on terms in the text of a book is for me the advantage of ebooks.
Interesting those same books in Kindle allow me to dopy. I like to make occasional text high lites or text notes. I believe Books used to support that except it added information about the text copyright at the end of any paste. Now if I want to read a book where I make notes for highlighted text it needs to be with Kindle.
The ability to do that and search on terms in the text of a book is for me the advantage of ebooks.
Ensure that you have updated your iPad to the most recent version of iPadOS - at time of writing, this being iPadOS 16.2.
Having updated to the most recent version, if difficulties persist, perform a forced-restart of your iPad:
Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)
If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:
Force restart iPad (models with the Home button)
Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.
I have force restarted twice. iPad os is the latest released version. Still I am unable to select or highlight text. I am wondering if some other installed app could be interfering. This removes a lot of value from the books app for me. No problem with Kindle app. I would actually prefer using the Books app. Not sure where to go from here.
I am able to select text from ePub documents just not books I have purchased from Apple for the books app.
Some books will likely have copyright protection - and may not allow you to copy text.
How can I select text in Books
