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Old 01-24-2012, 08:21 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
So, you spend a year to create an iPad book. Then you wish to publish it, and Apple says: "No, thanks. Bye." The eula states that you cannot sell the book through one of the 500 publishers that do want to sell it. The only thing you can do is spend another year to recreate it in another program. Or worse: Apple decides that your books all get wiped out of the store for whatever reason *they* feel is OK, possibly bankrupting your company. They specifically state that they're not responsible. You think that's fine?
Which is all exactly the same as if you had made that book as an iOS app instead.
What iBook Author is doing is provide an easier way to create media-heavy books than creating a custom app each time. For 'normal' books there is no need to do either.
It isn't so much whether it is fine or not, but why all the fuss about something that hasn't really changed? Make it as an app, Apple control whether it can be sold or not. Make it as an iBook, Apple control whether it can be sold or not. It just takes less time to do it the second way.
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