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Originally Posted by anamardoll
I believe you are conflating physical restrictions with legal ones.
There are fewer physical restrictions for ibooks in that -- even if the Apple store rejects the books -- you could still (presumably) sideload or download the books to an iPad and read the file format.
There are, however, legal restrictions being (apparently) imposed by the EULA that would curtail the above situation: it would seem that the ibooks created by the software may only be sold/distributed through the Apple store and if Apple rejects the textbook, the file becomes (legally) undistributable.
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... for a fee, not for free. You can distribute them for free in any way you like.
And with iOS apps, which was what the books are being compared to, as the only current way to deliver the same type of content, those alternatives are not available. It is Apple store or nothing. With these books it is Apple store or free distribution. That is less restrictive than with iOS apps.