01-28-2012, 09:08 AM | #136 |
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I thought Apple's new ibooks format supported Javascript as well, though you'd need to do that using custom widgets/templates.
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02-03-2012, 04:20 AM | #138 |
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I feel the bigger impact of Apple's announcement is to cast light on the paucity of simple text-to-epub authoring tools for Windows. Apple's offering is software to allow a broader audience to create both mass audience ebooks but also targetted ebooks for education, business training, church groups, etc. The proprietary format includes drm and offers Apple's device ecosystem in exchange for a 30% cut. But you can also export to pdf for targetted audiences. You won't have the media capabilities but you will have output that looks like an ebook in a widely accessible format.
Apple has consolidated the necessary functions (importing assets, basic editing, formatting appropriate for ebooks) into ONE program, in contrast to the common windows practice of juggling multiple programs to get from text to ebook. Sigil is the closest but its code-monkey design limits its broad appeal. I'm a little surprised by the the discussion of media and interactivity here when in the windows world its still a theoretical proposition, assuming you are not hand-coding to epub3. InDesign will certainly support these standards eventually but it won't be free, will be more complex to use, and will remain priced beyond the reach of the audience that Apple is targetting. There seems to be a lot of passion regarding how to handle media and interactivity even though well designed but affordable tools to create even epub2 ebooks are scarce. Last edited by Fugubot; 02-03-2012 at 04:31 AM. |
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Huge difference. It means the Kindle books can be used on any Android device, or any PC, or any Mac, for that matter (including iDevices). But there's an even bigger difference: Amazon doesn't stake a claim on your content. Publishing through the Kindle storefront doesn't mean you have to forego publishing anywhere else unless you specifically sign up for the Kindle Select program for that work. Quote:
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02-20-2012, 01:03 AM | #141 |
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It seems the most ardent criticism of AUTHOR is by people who are not inclined to make e-books for the iBooks app in the first place. Their complaint is that they can't sell iBook files from AUTHOR to anyone except through iTunes.
Can someone please explain to me how a publisher would sell AUTHOR created iBooks for profit in any other way than that which Apple has defined? What am I missing out on here? |
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There are other options--selling a CD of a dozen books to school libraries; authors selling customized packages comprised of parts of several textbooks, and so on. But the obvious one is direct competition with the iTunes store, counting on iTunes to catch the first few customers and then directing them to another site for followup purchases. |
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02-20-2012, 04:38 AM | #143 | |
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Realists will know Apple's marketing department follow the Jesuit principle "Give them to me for the first seven years and they're mine for life". Both finish up with fanatical believers, though sadly for them their dropout rate is probably higher than they would like. I wonder what Jobs' Ninth Circle looks like? |
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So, Yes you are right Elfwreck. It's precisely that scenario that Apple are trying to ensure that businesses don't get a free ride at their expense. If you use Apple's new FREE software for profit then pay the Ferryman. Last edited by wannabee; 02-21-2012 at 07:45 AM. Reason: EDIT: How many books are out there that haven't paid a cent to Sigil and Calibre creators? Apple have more clout and resource |
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One is Microsoft with Word, Excel, Adobe with PDF, and so on. They sell (or give way, I don't think it really matters) creation software, but impose no restrictions on what you can do with the output. That doesn't match what Apple is doing. The other is games console manufactures. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all have online game stores where you can buy downloadable games. They all provide development kits to let people create these games. And they all require you to only sell games through their stores, and maintain full control of what is and is not allowed to be sold through their stores. (And, in some cases, how much it can be sold for). This is what Apple is doing. |
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02-21-2012, 10:46 AM | #146 |
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I mentioned this much earlier in the thread, but didn't have a link to back it up.
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I think the point you're missing is that the Author portion doesn't matter. As far as I know, once you publish iBooks with Author, you're not allowed to sell your book in any other form, either. Yes, you can give it away, but you can't make any money off of it outside of iBooks -- regardless of the format. They don't just own the content in that format -- they own the content completely, as far as any royalties are concerned.
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You can use the same content you put into an iBook to make a Kindle book using other software...or write a program to create a dynamic book app to run on an Android device. Basically, you simply can't SELL your iBook output from any other site than iTunes. Lee |
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02-22-2012, 05:56 AM | #149 |
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I didn't know they made that change to their EULA. Thanks.
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