iBook Author - copied .iba to make a new book now iBook will not open it cas it sees the previous book still in there.

First of all let me state again I messed up and used the wrong approach in copying a book as described. DON'T DO IT. This was not an Apple issue but a user mistake. After a lot of headache and discovery on my MacBook Pro I figure out what I could do to resolve this and not loose the work I had done in the new book. To fix a book that will not load into your iBook app on your MacBook or device make sure in the iBook Author app to select the File->Reset for Apple Books... option. (avoid the Duplicate option) What this does is reset the Apple ID and other meta data associated with uniquely identifying your book. Now when you export to iBook for your local machine it can now be loaded manually into your iBook app shelf. Once you publish the book and use iTunes Connect you can see the new Apple ID that has been assigned to your book.

In summary, don't manually copy a book for any reason but if you do Apple has built in a way to save you from your self. It is not documented exactly but trial and error helped me resolve this myself. I have updated the call center with my findings and admitted mistake on my part. I suggest making a template to build the same look and fill book style but if not use the Reset option before trying to load into your iBook app on your mac or publishing it to a store. Hope this helps when a guy takes the time to admit his mistake and then shares the resolve he made as well. Yours truly, Mr. Humble

Thanks that is a good link. I had already seen that but was more worried about the Asset ID's being messed up because of what I had attempted so it was easier to resolve it by resetting the book for the store which resolve the loading into iBook app right away. Thanks for the link.