Can't load my iBooks Author package into iTunes Producer

Hi I've written my book in iBooks Author.
I've used iTunes Producer to load
all the Meta Data about the book. (ISBN, author, number of pages, categories, pricing etc)
The Cover art, the screen shots
Had approved my banking and tax stuff
All that is remaining is loading the actual book
On the iTunes Producer Asset screen it says
"Click choose to select or drag your publication file, or just drag and drop it in the box. For books the file must be in EPUB or iBooks format."
When I locate the iBooks file of my book (it is an iBooks Author file) it is greyed out and I can't select it or when I drag it, it doesn't go into the box.
I'm using
ver 2.0 of iBooks Author
Ver 2.8 of iTunes Producer
Should I be converting it somehow?
When I tried using the Preview/ Publish button in iBooks Author it created a whole new file that was asking me to redo all the work I have previously done loading the meta data. Perhaps this is the only way, but then i can't work out how to add the Preview copy. It only loads the book.

I have had the same problem, and from the responses I have had to the question it seems it is universal with no way of getting publishing support. Very unhappy situation

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