MrBones
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Q: Once my book is uploaded, how long before it appears in iTunes?

Uploaded the book several days ago and haven't seen it yet.

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 7:46 AM

by Fabe,Solvedanswer
Fabe Fabe
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A:

If this is your upload, it may take a while. New iAuthor files are taking a while on their own. I know the waiting period can be nerveracking. Others on the forum feel the same way. - Fabe

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 7:52 AM

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Q: Once my book is uploaded, how long before it appears in iTunes?

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  • by jamesfrombuellton,

    jamesfrombuellton jamesfrombuellton Apr 9, 2012 4:04 PM in response to K T
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:04 PM in response to K T

    I am sorry to hear that you were turned down. But at least they gave you some concrete information as to why. How long was the book and what kind of interactives did you have? Jim.

  • by Tars Tarkis,

    Tars Tarkis Tars Tarkis Apr 9, 2012 4:11 PM in response to K T
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:11 PM in response to K T

    I just got this in an email about an iBook thats been live and on new and noteworthy several days after it went live. I have several books up that have audio narration for each chapter/video/ image galleries and a complex HTML5/Javascript LUX conversion calculator. For a book I think the functionality is quite good.

     

    The books are AOS Orchid Culture Volume 1 and Phalaenopsis Culture Plus. If these books get pulled for "limited functionality" I'm done with Apple. My Phalaenopsis book just moved from new and noteworthy to "whats hot" in gardening & is actually selling a few copies... Makes no sense to me what so ever... i have an email into to their support dept to ask what they are talking about.

     

              Subject:   Action Needed: Book Asset: "Orchid Culture", American Orchid Society

     

    One or more assets from your submission, Orchid Culture, need to be replaced:

    Ticket #:
    Ticket Type: Book Asset
    Apple ID:
    ISBN:
    Vendor ID:

     

    Full book asset:

    Limited Functionality

     

  • by MichiHenning,

    MichiHenning MichiHenning Apr 9, 2012 4:15 PM in response to Tars Tarkis
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:15 PM in response to Tars Tarkis

    Tars Tarkis wrote:

     

    Makes no sense to me what so ever... i have an email into to their support dept to ask what they are talking about.

    That's a surpemely cryptic message. It certainly would help if they told what exactly needs fixing. Please keep us posted on progress!

     

    Michi.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Apr 9, 2012 4:22 PM in response to Tars Tarkis
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:22 PM in response to Tars Tarkis

    'limited functionality' can either be a tough love snub or use of a catch-all/default reject reason-if-the-day.

     

    Developers are always charged to submit apps that work to showcase the platform...authors are no less tasked to do the same.

     

    It's a good thing for users, and after all, Apple does for Apple, and anything that helps the store look good makes Apple look good, but for authors that simply want to be part of it, being rejected for overuse of vanilla can be hard to take.

     

    Use these types of rejections as fuel to do better....that way everyone wins.

  • by Tars Tarkis,

    Tars Tarkis Tars Tarkis Apr 9, 2012 4:22 PM in response to K T
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:22 PM in response to K T

    My Phalaenopsis book is a top ten Orchid book on Amazon usually (right now its about #21) and thats without the interactvity. My LUX conversion calculator is one of the most advanced features I have ever seen as far as books go. Who knows

  • by K T,

    K T K T Apr 9, 2012 4:24 PM in response to Tars Tarkis
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:24 PM in response to Tars Tarkis

    Apples and oranges, sorry.

  • by Tars Tarkis,

    Tars Tarkis Tars Tarkis Apr 9, 2012 4:26 PM in response to K T
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:26 PM in response to K T

    Well yes and no... but any way these are live featured titles and if Apple pulls them so be it... I can still publish elsewhere.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Apr 9, 2012 4:28 PM in response to Tars Tarkis
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:28 PM in response to Tars Tarkis

    Imagine how well it will sell elsewhere, once you meet Apple's threshold....

  • by Tars Tarkis,

    Tars Tarkis Tars Tarkis Apr 9, 2012 4:31 PM in response to K T
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:31 PM in response to K T

    lol, ok. The books are still live and featured and my Kindle sales are killing both of them combined... I'll keep you all posted about what the deal is.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Apr 9, 2012 4:35 PM in response to Tars Tarkis
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    Apr 9, 2012 4:35 PM in response to Tars Tarkis

    I'm sure you'll kill em  in any case :)

     

    Good luck and yes, it would be interesting to hear how you get along, thanks.

  • by thye chean,

    thye chean thye chean Apr 9, 2012 5:53 PM in response to Tars Tarkis
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    Apr 9, 2012 5:53 PM in response to Tars Tarkis

    Where did you get their email to report on the ticket?

     

    I also have a ticket that I don't understand and I wish to ask for feedback.

  • by thye chean,

    thye chean thye chean Apr 9, 2012 6:01 PM in response to Alzem
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    Apr 9, 2012 6:01 PM in response to Alzem

    This is ridiculous. I am now quite concerned.

     

    We are discussing with a children books company to publish their books (now still targeting iBookstore as we are not familiar with Amazon/B&N in Singapore), and it is typically 10+ pages for a children book. Is it "insufficient length" or "insufficient content"?

  • by MichiHenning,

    MichiHenning MichiHenning Apr 9, 2012 6:04 PM in response to thye chean
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    Apr 9, 2012 6:04 PM in response to thye chean

    I suspect that the length of the book isn't so much an issue. The phrase is more likely to be a catch-all for politely saying that the quality of the book was insufficient in some way. That might be spelling problems, layout problems, offensive material, or whatever. Many children's books are very short, so I wouldn't worry about length per se. If it's a nicely presented and well-written book, it seems unlikely it would be rejected just because it's short.

     

    Michi.

  • by K T,

    K T K T Apr 9, 2012 6:14 PM in response to thye chean
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    Apr 9, 2012 6:14 PM in response to thye chean

    thye chean wrote:

     

    This is ridiculous. I am now quite concerned.

     

    Is it "insufficient length" or "insufficient content"?

    If your book(s) acts works to flatter the platform, outright length shouldn't be an issue. Make it shine and Apple will jump on the chance to include it in the store.

     

    If your books are so short as to be considered too minimal by anyone's standards, see if you can find a way to consolidate the content into one volume instead.

  • by Gregg Mojica,

    Gregg Mojica Gregg Mojica Apr 9, 2012 6:54 PM in response to MichiHenning
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    Apr 9, 2012 6:54 PM in response to MichiHenning

    Keep trying, and add more interactive widgets to your book.  Then, resubmit it.

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