Can I author an iBook for my own family use?

Hi -
I'm dabbling with iBooks Author. I'm not intending to submit the book to the iBook Store. I just want to share it with family members for their iPads.
I created a short tale with some text and images - 15 pages, 3 chapters long - and Published it as ".iba" right out of the app. When I sent it to my wife's iPad (I used email and DropBox), the TOC was there, chapters were listed, and clicking moved you through the book, but all the pages were blank. No text or images.
Have I misunderstood how this app can be used? Is this ONLY for producing books for sale?
TIA some experienced explanation.
j2

The file used when authoring via iBooks Author is .iba. The distributed file is .ibooks. You should first Preview to your own iPad to test, so that any issues such as missing content can be dealt with.
You can distribute to family etc without goint thru the Store, using iBooks Author's 'Share/Send via email' menu or 'Share/Export', saving off an ibook, then uploading that to your own server or DropBox, as an example.

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