HT4059 PDFs from ibooks Author limitations?

Are there limitations to the PDFs that one can create from a book authored with ibooks author (for people who don't have apple devices to be able to read)? 

Yes, there are many limitations -  an iBA PDF lacks the interactivity that an .ibooks file would have, including links, TOC, etc.
Consider it a preview that allows for basic review.
What other devices are you attempting to target?
Keep in mind that iBA outputs a hybrid epub, which is why iBooks on iOS is required (coming to the next OS X), while Pages outputs an industry standard epub, which is cross-platform.

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    Calibre might work.
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