Thread: Opinions about Apple's announcement today?
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Old 01-22-2012, 11:26 AM   #66
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Originally Posted by petermillard View Post
None of which is hidden from the (potential) authors in advance; you pick your software and make your choice...


And as I understand it they're not saying that - the content you create is always yours. What Apple are saying is that any iBooks you make and sell for profit using the free iBooks Author software must sold through the iBooks store, where Apple wil take their usual 30%.

You can use iBooks Author to make books and give them away, no problem. You can use iBooks Author to make books and export the results as a PDF (albeit without all the bells and whistles interactivity, apparently) no problem.

At the risk of labouring the point, this free software is not called eBook Author, or TextBook Author, or ePub Author; it's called iBooks Author. If you want to make a multi-media-rich ebook for sale outside of the iBooks Store, then this isn't the free software for you - you need to be using something else.
Tut tut, you're trying to let facts get in the way of trad Apple bashing... get ready for the fallout...
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