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The native Apple Books app, formerly iBooks, has the ability to save e-books and audiobooks to a wish list for later purchase. This feature, called Want to Buy, is perfect for keeping track of which e-book or audiobook you'd like to read or listen to next. Let's get started learning how to save audiobooks and e-books to purchase later in the Books app on your iPhone or iPad.
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We love reading and listening to books; that's why we've written articles about where to find free e-books, and free audiobooks. Now, we'll show you how to use the Want to Buy feature of your Books app to save the e-books and audiobooks you want to a wish list, so you can purchase them later.
- Open the Books App.
- Tap the Book Store tab to browse suggestions from Apple or genres, or Search if you have a specific e-book or audiobook in mind.
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- Tap an e-book or audiobook you're interested in.
- Tap Want to Read to add it to you book wish list.
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- To find this selection again when you're ready to purchase it, tap the Reading Now tab.
- You'll see your title in the Want to Read section.
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