HT201183: Publish and sell books with iBooks Author
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Mar 8, 2013 11:56 AM in response to Ted Fitzpatrickby K T,Yes.
But this seems so obvious that there just be something else about your actual question, so a wait for the other shoe is almost a must....
See your the agreement in the iBA 'About'.
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Mar 8, 2013 12:55 PM in response to Ted Fitzpatrickby Tom Gewecke,Ted Fitzpatrick wrote:
A colleague raised this as a possible legal sticking point.
Hard to imagine what could make him think that. Are you selling the password that allows access to the device & book?
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Mar 12, 2013 10:23 AM in response to Tom Geweckeby Ted Fitzpatrick,My colleague had an experience when legal agreements for a web map API that he wanted to use behind a log-in categorized the map use as not "free" therefore subject to payment.
Further into my (possibly) iBooks project, we'll take a closer look at how Apple qualifies "free" when OK-ing my government agency to distribute iBooks via a password-protected site. My agency doesn't charge a fee to the end users of the site, so I think we're good ... however more homework is definitely warranted!
I'm curious to hear of the experiences of others with regards to distributing iBooks from a password-protected site.
Ted
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Mar 12, 2013 10:33 AM in response to Ted Fitzpatrickby K T,This isn't nearly as complicated as you seem to believe, sorry.
The agreement simply outlines a non-compete clause with the store. Reading anything else into that scheme is a waste of time.
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Mar 12, 2013 10:52 AM in response to Ted Fitzpatrickby Tom Gewecke,I agree totally with K T. It does not make sense to interpret Apple's language as somehow implying that simply using a password for access means you have to distribute the book via the ibookstore. The store doesn't even have a way to do that as far as I know.