I have spent 5 years creating 3 textbooks on iBooks Author that are now ready to be published. Included in my content are 200 videos that need DRM protection. Can I still publish my books to iBooks store using iTunes Author and Producer?
iPad, iOS 9
filmdesk wrote:
We are left hanging, wondering if iBooks Author has to export to Pages, to then publish on Apple Books.
Interesting point. The Book store accepts epub made with any app, including iBA, and I can't imagine that would change. But how long it will continue to accept the .ibooks format which only iBA can produce is not spelled out yet.
filmdesk wrote:
We are left hanging, wondering if iBooks Author has to export to Pages, to then publish on Apple Books.
Interesting point. The Book store accepts epub made with any app, including iBA, and I can't imagine that would change. But how long it will continue to accept the .ibooks format which only iBA can produce is not spelled out yet.
Apple's note on the topic
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211136
says "You can continue to use iBooks Author on macOS 10.15 and earlier, and books previously published to Apple Books from iBooks Author will remain available." So I would assume the answer to your question is Yes.
That's helpful Tom. I hope that is the what Apple's note's intent is too.
The note reads, "You can continue to use iBooks Author on macOS 10.15 and earlier, and books previously published to Apple Books from iBooks Author will remain available."
If Apple's note read, "You can continue to use iBooks Author on macOS 10.15 and earlier to publish Apple Books....", it would be clearer. We are left hanging, wondering if iBooks Author has to export to Pages, to then publish on Apple Books.
Thanks for taking the time to help me out Tom. That all makes sense. Have a great day!
All my work is on iBooks Author. Can I still publish without Pages to iBooks Store?
