Apple
iBookstore uses the services of LibreDigital as one of its approved four aggregators for the North America region.
Not exact matches
So your publication date for your internal business
use is when you launch it on Kindle, Smashwords, Kobo,
iBookstore, and PubIt!.
But if you
used your Mac, or you hired someone like AuthorImprints to setup your
iBookstore distribution, you can manage and monitor key details from any... [Read more...]
At least monthly, Apple bounces one of my ebooks because I am
using what they told me to
use, i.e. the
iBookstore, and now they don't allow that.
So effectively this means there can only be one in - app ebook retailer now, Apple with its
iBookStore, giving it a big ease - of -
use boost over its competition.
When you publish in the
iBookstore, you can
use all of your JPEG or other image files that you
use in Photoshop, Illustrator, or whatever program you primarily
use for your digital construction.
The last thing the online retailer wants is for its customers to have a reason to test out the
iBookstore instead of that free iPad app they currently
use.
To see if your ebooks are on the
iBookstore,
use the iTunes Link Maker tool.
I'm sure that in releasing this easy - to -
use app, Apple will hope to start driving more traffic — and more sales — to its
iBookstore.
To sell books in Apple's
iBookstore, publishers are required to
use the agency pricing model.
If you want full access right now to the USA version of the
iBookstore and you live internationally, your best bet is to buy a USA iTunes coupon on EBAY, and open a USA account on your iPad and for payment
use your USA iTunes voucher.
Also, why would an author sign up to pubit when
using Smashwords once means they get their books on Smashwords site, in B&N, on Apple's
ibookstore, in Sony and in Kobo?
The
iBookstore is really hard to get into, but if you
use a service like FastPencil it's a snap.
Apple's
iBookstore was the second most
used ebook platform, with 9 % of respondents saying that was their preferred choice.
EPUB files are
used by all other retailers, including Apple's
iBookstore, Barnes & Noble (the Nook) and Kobo.
But Apple's plan to
use FairPlay instead of Adobe's flavor of copy protection will lock customers in to Apple's ecosystem, says Bogaty, as iPad owners will only be able to buy from Apple's
iBookstore, and will not be able to transfer their purchases to other devices.
I have created an animated picture book
using iBooks Author which is currently available on the
iBookstore.
• iTunes Producer — the software
used to package and upload your book to the
iBookStore.
It may be because I've been dealing with them for almost 14 years, but I find their website easier to
use than Amazon's or the quirky iTunes Author upload app for Apple's
iBookstore.
We will only
use Smashwords to deliver newer titles that are not already sold through the
iBookStore... should this new distribution method prove itself.
We have assumed that the new «agency model» will be
used for all books sold on the
iBookstore for split of revenue between Apple and the Publishers.
If the provider chooses «Amazon» and / or «
iBookstore» although she / he has already uploaded the eBook to «Amazon» and / or «
iBookstore» by herself / himself or
used another service provider, XinXii charges a compensation fee in the amount of 9,99 EUR (12.99 USD; 8,49 GBP) incl.
As a workaround, you can consider
using an aggregator service that distributes your eBooks to the
iBookstore, Nook, and elsewhere.
The
iBookstore is particularly notorious for this; and your eBooks can get held up in review for weeks if you are
using an aggregation service like Smashwords or Draft2Digital to get onto iTunes.
First the good news: iBooks Author is free It is relatively easy to
use Anyone can upload their completed book to the Apple
iBookstore The not - so - good news: The completed title can only be viewed on an iPad The only way to charge for it is to sell it through the
iBookstore You need a Mac running OS X Lion to author your title The program and tools is targeted at the K - 12 educational market where Apple already has a strong presence.
Format your book
using our Pre-made HTML files into EPUB and MOBI for Kindle formats that you can
use for Amazon, Barnes and Noble,
iBookstore and other online ebook retailers.
epub, however, is the type of file
used by most other distributors, including the Apple
iBookstore, Kobo, Diesel Books, Sony, Barnes & Noble, and Blio.
But this week, comics publisher IDW is trying something different: The company has released its first foray into the
iBookstore, rolling out 20 graphic novels
using the new fixed - layout ePub format, in an attempt to target new readers.
These titles are some of the first comics to
use the fixed - layout ePub format Apple's made available in the
iBookstore.
Apple counters that the system of agency pricing it arranged with the publishers is the same as what it
uses with all other retailers in iTunes, and that the launch of
iBookstore created competition in the marketplace.
But if you
use iTunes to add a cover to your EPUB, as described in this video by Terry White, and then upload that EPUB to iTunes Producer, that EPUB will not validate and thus will not be accepted into the
iBookstore, because the cover image is not properly contained in the OPF file.
By
using protection — usually via three DRM types, Amazon for Kindle, Apple's FairPlay for
iBookstore and Adobe's Digital Editions Protection Technology — publishers (or copyright holders) are able to control what users can and can not do with digital content.
Rates
used to be lower before the
iBookstore and B&N began competing for self - published clients, so the argument goes that once Amazon forces out their competitors, they're gonna halve the royalty rate and rake in all those juicy profits (the Wall Street crowd is laughing right about now at the concept of Amazon raking in profits).
They are
using the
iBookstore for distribution, but also the App store, where a lot of hybrid book products are already on sale.
Hot Tip: One way to get your book to show up on the
iBookstore more quickly is to
use a 3rd party aggregator such as Smashwords.
Publishing your book for the
iBookstore, can be done by PC and Mac users alike
using services such as Smashwords, which I introduce below.
Here are the major player where you should have a presence: Kindle,
iBookstore (
Use an aggregator such as Smashwords or BookBaby), Kobo, Barnes & Noble.
If you are
using an iPad but buy a book with the Kindle App rather than through the
iBookstore, does it show up as a Kindle sale or an iPad sale?
Alex — I'm glad to know people are
using the
iBookstore.
[Platforms like the] Amazon / Kindle and Apple's
iBookstore are so solid for us, and people are
used to paying for that content up front.»