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Q: Limited Audience with iBooks

Hello,

 

Is it possible to upload a book created in iBooks Author for a limited audience? I would like to share a scrapbook with several family members but not with the general public.

 

Thanks!

Jane

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 12:51 AM

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  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Aug 10, 2015 1:56 AM in response to kopita
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    Aug 10, 2015 1:56 AM in response to kopita

    There may be a way to publish a family album or equivalent

    online, with text & images; there had been a way to create

    and have physical image albums sent to you from Apple.

    Not sure what the current capabilities have morphed to now.

     

    You could set up a family web page where certain members

    may have access to add content or edit. The means to limit

    viewers among a small group was a feature google sites

    had allowed for a time; I've not kept up with their feature set.

     

    To not publish entire content to the open internet is/was handy.

    Also, it was helpful to proof the site before a wider launch. As

    a google account holder, (gmail, etc) this should be open to

    look into, test, and see if you could make use of their product.

    Some persons may or may not wish to yield too much personal

    information online, but as a closed family web site, only your

    family and google may know its content.

     

    The google model may have a wider business level where

    beyond a basic one, you would pay for its use. A standard

    google account used to allow one to build & use a free site.

    Beyond that, additional capacity or features cost monthly.

     

    •Google Sites

     

    Example:

    http://learn.googleapps.com/products/sites/#/list

     

    •Google Sites Help:

    https://support.google.com/sites/?hl=en#topic=1689606

     

    Start from scratch

    • Create a new website
    • Add and edit pages
    • Insert maps, forms, video, and more
    • Embed calendars and documents
    • Customize site layout and appearance
    • Share your site for internal or external use

     

    Another idea may be to create a blog, and see if any providers

    of such services online allow for you to have private pages for

    those who may have to log-in to view them.

     

    •Create Blog - a google product

    https://www.blogger.com/home#create

     

    There should be a field of competitors in this area, needing a

    certain amount of research before committing to actual use.

     

    Perhaps others will/have seen your thread here and offer other

    ideas; some may still be available through Apple software such

    as sharing and iCloud services, with new Apps and so on. You

    may be able to upload documents and share them across all

    the family's Apple products. An online web page may allow more

    family who hasn't any one brand to share or add content, though.

     

    PS: you asked a similar question last year, and it had a reply:

    can i publish an ibook for a very limited audience

     

    Good luck in any event!

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Aug 10, 2015 2:59 AM in response to kopita
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    Aug 10, 2015 2:59 AM in response to kopita

    kopita wrote:

     

    Is it possible to upload a book created in iBooks Author for a limited audience?

     

    Not via Apple's iBookstore.  You have to use some other method to distribute your book.  Also Apple does not offer any service to create hard copies of ebooks created with iBooks Author.