Q: Can I sell my books if I'm not from US?

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Hollow.eng wrote:

 

I will make it available for all, it is in Arabic language.

You may find that Apple will only accept an Arabic book in ePub 3 format, which is not something you can do with iBooks Author as far as I know.

http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2012/10/ibookstore-adds-language-support.html

You can check the countries where free and paid books are available using:

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

At this time it looks like paid books are not available in any Arabian countries.

Hollow.eng wrote:

 

Umm! But I created my book using iBooks Author, and this should be fine I guess!

Do let us know.  Arabic books were not accepted in the past.  Now they are, according to the iTunes Producer Guide 2.8, in epub 3 format.  iBA cannot produce that.  So you can test whether what they have written is a real restriction or not.

Hollow.eng wrote:

 

Umm! But I created my book using iBooks Author, and this should be fine I guess!

Use these email addresses to query current status if you like:

ebookquery@apple.com

ibookstore@apple.com

Hollow.eng wrote:

 

If they made iBooksAuthor for books, it should...

There are indeed a whole lot of things iBA should do which it can't.  It is well known that both Pages and iBA have bugs which make them pretty unsuitable for composing in Arabic script.  The same goes for any S. Asian and SE Asian script which requires the ZWNJ character for correct display, like Sinhala.  The same goes for Chinese and Japanese, which need vertical text and phonetic guides.  Authors who want to publish in these languages will realistically find it better to use some other apps, like InDesign, and pay careful attention to the requirements of the iTunes Producer Guide. 

But I do hope they accept your book.

I have seen a book in iBookstore that made with iBA and use two languages:English and Persian. It is free and available yet.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/shahnameh-story-simorgh/id533847641?mt=11

samadpour wrote:

 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/shahnameh-story-simorgh/id533847641?mt=11

Thanks for that link -- a nice book.    Have you ever seen any that are only in Arabic or Persian?