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How to distribute iBooks VPP

  • August 24, 2020
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I am new to Zuludesk, I am having problems sending out iBooks to group iPads.
I purchased FREE iBooks through VPP about 6 weeks ago and have not had any luck distributing these to iPads.
I've located the books in document but when I assign the books to an iPad it comes up with "Device has no owner, no VPP assignment possible"
Any Ideas would be helpful.

Thanks you

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atomczynski11
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Unlike applications, books can only be distributed to Apple IDs.
Once a book license has been issued it can not be revoked/pulled back.


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  • New Contributor
  • December 18, 2020

@atomczynski
How would you recommend schools distribute readers to supervised iPads that don't have Apple IDs?


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  • Valued Contributor
  • December 18, 2020

Unfortunately this isn't possible the way you might want. The Jamf Pro admin guide covers it pretty well.

https://docs.jamf.com/10.26.0/jamf-pro/administrator-guide/Books_Purchased_in_Volume.html

eBooks purchased through VPP only support user based licensing and are one time use. Apple IDs are required. Once a book license is assigned to an Apple ID, it can't be revoked. Most places I've talked to avoid distributing eBooks through VPP. A better way is to distribute a PDF or use some other online curriculum for interactivity.


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  • New Contributor
  • July 27, 2021

What about iBooks that we created? Can we push those to Self Service?