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Q: .ibooks book to be downloadable in Russia?

hello

 

i've made a book in russian language in ibooks author

i've uploaded it to the ibookstore, the book got approved and i got a link to it in itunes store

 

i want this book to be downloadable for russian users, but there is no russian market available in ibookstore!

so this book is not searchable and downloadable for russian users (both using appstore on ipad and itunes on computer)

 

if i open the itunes page in safari on my ipad, safari redirects me to appstore application which says that i should change the store, because the book is not available in my region (russia)

 

so what should i set to get this book downloadable in russia?

 

thanks

 

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  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 25, 2012 6:34 PM in response to dimaninc
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    Jun 25, 2012 6:34 PM in response to dimaninc

    You will have to find another bookstore that can make your book available in Russia (like Kindle, Nook, Kobo, or Googlebooks) and then convert your book to the format they require.

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 25, 2012 7:16 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 25, 2012 7:16 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    thanks for idea!

     

    but i can see a lot of russian books in appstore (on ipad)

    how did they do it? or are they all just applications which look like books?

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 26, 2012 2:54 AM in response to dimaninc
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    Jun 26, 2012 2:54 AM in response to dimaninc

    dimaninc wrote:

     

    but i can see a lot of russian books in appstore (on ipad)

    how did they do it? or are they all just applications which look like books?

     

    They are probably apps.  Without a title it is impossible to tell what you are talking about exactly.

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 30, 2012 10:41 AM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 30, 2012 10:41 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

    the best example is E.O.Wilson's Life on Earth, which is downloadable even in Russia (this book has iBooks format)

     

    also Arthur Conan Doyle "A Study in Scarlet" is downloadable (it has epub format)

     

    and a lot of apps which look like books are tthere, yeah

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 30, 2012 11:26 AM in response to dimaninc
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    Jun 30, 2012 11:26 AM in response to dimaninc

    dimaninc wrote:

     

    the best example is E.O.Wilson's Life on Earth, which is downloadable even in Russia (this book has iBooks format)

     

    also Arthur Conan Doyle "A Study in Scarlet" is downloadable (it has epub format)

     

     

    Are those books in Russian?  You said "I can see a lot of Russian books...."

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 30, 2012 11:56 AM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 30, 2012 11:56 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

    nope, these are in english

    okay, may be all russian books are just apps looking like books

     

    but my book has 2 versions: russian and english, and i want at least the english version to be downloadable

    how can i do this?

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 30, 2012 12:03 PM in response to dimaninc
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    Jun 30, 2012 12:03 PM in response to dimaninc

    Is your book free?  Only free books are available in Russia.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3599

     

    Did you classify it as a "textbook"?  I think you might need to clasify it otherwise for access outside the US.

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 30, 2012 1:36 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 30, 2012 1:36 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    yep, my book is free

    but i can't set its availability in itunesconnect, there is no 'Russia'  option in the list

     

    also, i classified it as a 'book' , not 'textbook'. it has a lot of photos inside, so i decided that is not a textbook.

    by the way, what is the difference between 'book' and 'textbook' for ibookstore?

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 30, 2012 2:02 PM in response to dimaninc
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    Jun 30, 2012 2:02 PM in response to dimaninc

    dimaninc wrote:

     

    but i can't set its availability in itunesconnect, there is no 'Russia'  option in the list

     

     

    Then, as I suggested in my first reply, you will have to find another bookstore. Or put it on a server and advertise it yourself someplace.

     

    I think at present "textbooks" may only be available in the US and are intended for use by schools.

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 30, 2012 2:14 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 30, 2012 2:14 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    so this is very strange: my book is classified as 'book'  (not textbook), it's free

    and russians still can't download it

     

    but E.O.Wilson's Life on Earth is available in Russia!

     

    thank you for help, but i can't understand this...

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 30, 2012 2:20 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 30, 2012 2:20 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    may be i will be able to solve my problem if i upgrade my account to payed? how do you think?

  • by dimaninc,

    dimaninc dimaninc Jun 30, 2012 2:25 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Jun 30, 2012 2:25 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    or may be should i use an aggregator to solve my problem? (i'm planning to sell another my book in the future)

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 30, 2012 5:32 PM in response to dimaninc
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    Jun 30, 2012 5:32 PM in response to dimaninc

    dimaninc wrote:

     

    or may be should i use an aggregator to solve my problem?

     

    Sure, give that a try.  But I don't think there is anything you can do about the fact that iTunes connect has a certain list of countries and that Russia is not on it yet.   I would expect that the same list applies to aggregators too.  There is nothing you can do to change that list and nobody here can tell you why it isn't bigger or when Apple will make it bigger.

     

    An aggregator can perhaps at least suggest other bookstores to use and generate the appropriate formats for them.

     

    Life on Earth is irrelevant -- it's a sample provided directly by Apple to illustrate what iBook Author can do.

  • by tk0us,

    tk0us tk0us Jul 10, 2012 6:28 AM in response to dimaninc
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    Jul 10, 2012 6:28 AM in response to dimaninc

    epubbud will publish your free book

     

    use Dropbox and provide a link to the ibook file

     

    check out the new series to help create publications. just search in the iTunes Store for An iBuild Opportunity


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