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Level 1

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How can you sell an ibook for free without an isbn?

So here's my issue:

I want to eventually sell iBooks that I create using iBooks author. However, until I get the hang of it, I would like to publish a few for free. I signed up to be an offical iBooks author through iTunes, and was granted the permissions to get into iTunes Connect. It asked me if I wanted to make books for free, or if I wanted to make books to sell for a price. It also said that you should pick the latter should I want to sell a few for free to start and then move up to selling for a price. I also read that you do not need to purchase an ISBN for books you plan on selling for free.

I then spent several months working on my first iBook and I'm ready to publish to the store. I'm then required to download iTunes producer. Once that's installed, it says I need a ISBN even if I'm offering the book for free.

What gives?

Posted on Apr 27, 2012 8:05 PM

17 replies

Nov 29, 2012 7:32 PM in response to liles13

It's actually not $125....you can go to epubbud.com and click on $5 isbn to get a $5 isbn.....

vinnyvg

Level 4

1,880 points

Nov 30, 2012 4:30 AM in response to MichiHenning

I have mentioned to KT before that not everybody using this support forum was born to speak, write and read English or had a brain that soaks up information and and spews out answers at the speed of light... some of us are a bit on the dim side!

Its is sad fact that Apple started iBA with little thought about its ease of use or documentation.

IF people found it easy or IF Apple had produced a new support doc instead of assuming users all had become experts with Pages etc,. ... then this forum would be mosty unused.

If KT cannot answer - as any moderator should - with help and suggestions for a resolution - then maybe he can simply leave the issue for others to offer help.

I sometimes wish there was a non Apple iBA users forum available.

Sorry KT its my opinion and I am pleased to see others share it and I am not unjustly biased.

Help is appreciated by all..your seeming temper tantrums are not.

How can you sell an ibook for free without an isbn?