|  12-14-2011, 06:21 PM | #1 | |
| Addict            Posts: 351 Karma: 70000 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Australia Device: ADE, iPad | 
				
				Apple Store Rejecting ePubs with chapter images...
			 
			
			I've just had a Client tell me not to use images in place of chapter headings from now on because the Apple store are now rejecting epubs with images. Can this really be true? I tweeted Liz castro. Her reply: Quote: 
 How are people suppose to add font design elements into ePub without embedding fonts, now??? I'm flabbergasted if this is true!!!   | |
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|  12-14-2011, 06:25 PM | #2 | 
| Resident Curmudgeon            Posts: 80,746 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3 | 
			
			You can embed fonts in ePub for use with iBooks and it works. I've done it. But in order to sell the ePub, you have to have the rights to embed the the font(s). | 
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|  12-14-2011, 07:47 PM | #3 | 
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 28,882 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD | 
			
			Font embedding aside... "no images that contain text" is a pretty ridiculous (not to mention random) restriction. And how would they even know? Are they proposing to OCR each and every image looking for alpha-numerics?
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|  12-14-2011, 07:59 PM | #4 | |
| Guru            Posts: 698 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none | Quote: 
 They would probably spot-check the images, looking for text. I suppose they want all text in html so they can grep for illicit text, such as advertisements for other sites, pricing information, etc. that isn't allowed in the iBookstore. Hmm, I hope this doesn't apply to the cover image! | |
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|  12-15-2011, 08:08 AM | #5 | 
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			So... they'd reject all graphs, diagrams, maps... Somehow I doubt it. Graham | 
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|  12-15-2011, 08:57 AM | #6 | 
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