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"RE: IBooks/Apple contract " |
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 Erin_M_H     |
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Member since Nov 01st 2003
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Sun Jan-22-12 07:40 AM |
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Sun Jan-22-12 07:40 AMby Erin_M_H
I have to second Weird Jim here. You do NOT lose your work. As the article you linked to says, in part, By “it,” I am referring to the book, not the content. The program allows you to export your work as plain text, with all formatting stripped. So you do have the option to take the formatting work you did in iBooks Author, throw it away, and start over. -- Ed Bott
Apple has provided software to create e-books. The fact that it's limited in scope is inherent in the name they gave it: iBooks Author. It's to create iBooks for Apple's store.
You don't want to use it, fine. But they're going to argue (if they bother responding to criticism at all) that all they're doing is extending the basic software right of not letting you reverse engineer their work. Their version of epub is proprietary, and taking the work elsewhere would violate that.
Do I think it's a good idea on their part? No, I'd like to see their approach to books be more similar to their approach to music, but that wouldn't give them any competitive difference to Amazon, so it's not going to happen.
Will I use it? I'm certainly considering it, when I have a computer that will run the software. Currently, the only distribution I can get in the iBooks store is through Smashwords, which takes a cut of any sales. Going direct to iBooks could be useful. If I make the decision, it's my choice, and will not be based on anyone else's opinion of the ethics or lack thereof inherent in the software or my actions.
-- Erin~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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 | IBooks/Apple contract
[View all] , Chevaliersg, Fri Jan-20-12 09:27 PM
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Jan 24th 2012, #12
intention vs phrasing,
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