Q: Is Ibook author available in the UK?

iBooks author is for os x and you must look for it in the os x Mac apps store which you access from a Mac using the mas app.  Is that how you have been looking for it?

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Hi,

I am a bit confused by the ibooks2, iBooks Author iBooks textbook category availability in the UK...

Am I correct in assuming that

a) iBooksTextbooks can only be created using iBooks Author?

b)iBooks Author is available in the UK as an app as mentioned above but the content can only be viewed using iBooks 2?

c)  and iBooks 2 are currently only available to US customers...

Is the above correct?

Comments appreciated!

I'm sure iBooks 2 is available everywhere, but what books you can buy with it depends on the country.

a) Correct. Multi-touch files (.ibooks extension) can only be created in iBooks Author, the Mac application.

b) iBooks Author is a Mac application available for free download through the UK (worldwide actually) Mac App store on your Mac 10.7.2 or better machine. The content that it creates can be saved as .ibooks formatted multi-touch books which can be viewed only on an iPad. It can also export to a flat PDF file without multimedia embedded or plain text for use on other devices. - More information: http://www.apple.com/support/ibooksauthor/publishing/

c) iBooks 2 is an App available for iOS devices from the App store. It is available for free to all iOS users worldwide. The published .ibooks files that play back on the iPad can be sold worldwide. However, there is currently only a "Textbooks" category to place these books into on the US store.

Daryl Hawes wrote:

 

The published .ibooks files that play back on the iPad can be sold worldwide.

Not really worldwide.  Paid books from the iBookstore are only available in a limited number of countries, as published by Apple in

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