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Originally Posted by Katsunami
it's idiotic. It is the same as Parker Pens (Apple) saying that a book written with one of their pens (iBooks) may only be sold in officially approved Parker stores (iStore), and that Parker (Apple) has the right to take the work out of print, or even reject it for release, if they so please.
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But Apple make this perfectly clear, and the software is free. Nobody is forcing you to use iBooks Author. Given that the tool is specifically designed for creating interactive textbooks, etc, which will ONLY work in iBooks, I'm afraid I must, with the greatest respect, disagree with you.
A better analogy would be if Parker pens had a bookstore and they said "we will GIVE you a nice pen, free of charge, with the proviso that what you write with it you'll sell in our bookstore". Personally I have absolutely no problem with that. Apple are giving you a free tool - they want something from you in return. It's not a free lunch.