HT5071 If you have had a book published through IBooks Author, what has been your overall experience with the process and the company?

I am interested in publishing a children's book through IAuthor. What has been your experience with the company? As a first time author, what pitfall should I avoid? Can I learn about the terms of the contract before entering into an agreement?

gvgw wrote:
Can I learn about the terms of the contract before entering into an agreement?
Naturally. Once you apply for an account, you'll get the contract, which you are then free to accept or not.
Michi.

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I have an ipod touch, i had it since christmas of 2010, My wifi has been PERFECT until a few days ago and then now, the blue wifi thing says i am connected, but when i go to safari it says that it's not. help? : )

- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost.
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Power off and then back on the router
- Reset network settings: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
- iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections

Looking for books published using iBooks Author

I'm looking for books published with iBooks Author and there's no way to search for this in the store as far as I know. If you've published a book using IBA, please post the link in the comments. Thank you

I´m thinking about what size of the text I should use.
Right now I have size 16 Palatino and small blocks of text so it should be easy to read
My experience is this: 16 point text looks (and is experienced as) standard print text in books.
Here's a trick for iPad vermisilitude I use on my iMac with 1920 x1080 resolution: In iBooks Author I set the screen to "Fit Page" and then resize the screen manually to 92%. This very closely matches an iPad screen. In my case, it helps with selecting fonts.
All the best.
- Fabe
P.S. This would be better in a new forum.
edited: P.S. added.

I have an illustrated book stored in iPhoto projects that has been printed once but will be annually updated. If I upgrade to Mavericks, will this still be available to me for editing and reprinting.

I have an illustrated book saved in iPhoto projects which I plan to update and reprint in future. If I upgrade my Macbook to Mavericks from Yosemite, will I still be able to access, edit and reprint this?

If you're going to update the book each year I suggest you follow this tutorial to save the book in it's own library. That isolates it from the day to day library which could experience problems resulting in loss of project, i.e. the book: iP12 - Archiving an iPhoto 9 (11) Book for Editing and/or Ordering at a Later Date
The book library is often small enough that it can be copied to a CD or DVD for off computer backup.

I have a new mac book pro System Version: OS X 10.9.4 just one week old. When i play games using chrome the mac gets super hot and in the middle and the bottom. I had to return a mac last week because of this and got a new one replaced. But it still

I have a new mac book pro System Version: OS X 10.9.4 just one week old. When i play games using chrome the mac gets super hot and in the middle and the bottom. I had to return a mac last week because of this and got a new one replaced. But it still

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System Version: OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Kernel Version: Darwin 13.3.0
Boot Mode: Normal
Model: MacBookPro11,1
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   2014-09-20 PluginProcess spin
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Do I need to apply for copyright when I publish a book to the iBook store through iBooks Author?

I am about to publish a book to the iBook store through iBooks Author. Would I need to apply for some sort of copyright? I have no experience so please correct me if I am wrong. Thank you

Copyright is an important legal issue and certainly complex. But in general, a good place to start is registering your book with the Library of Congress. You can do it by mail, and they will grant you a Library of Congress control number which you can place on your copyright page. This will register your book as your copyright and is well worth checking out.
Though, and I'm not sure, but you may have to have an ISBN so some cost is involved.
Hope this helps.

Editing of Books Published on iBooks

I just finished a book published on iBooks for the iPad, by Annie Proulx, "Accordion Crimes". This comment has nothing to do with the literary work, but everything to do with the editing and publishing.
In the most polite terms possible, the publishing work was very, very disappointing. I found numerous spelling errors, misplaced emphasis (the word "eyes" appeared in italics throughout the 500= page book, for no apparent reason), some just plain new words never seen before in the English language which were not the product of the writer, I'm sure. It felt a lot like I was being asked to proofread, and that I was working with a draft.
If this was the final version of the book, then the software used to publish it is not ready for prime time.
I don't want my money back, but I sure do think that Apple needs to look into the publishing that they're selling. If this book was a representative sample, it's pretty shoddy work.
If this is the wrong forum for these comments, please accept my apologies, but I found no other channel to accept product quality feedback.

Since the bookstore is part of itunes, you should send feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
However, it sounds like you should also send feedback to the publisher. Coding books for the ibookstore is a tricky process (despite the people who tell you it's a snap), and they need to know that what they're doing isn't working.
You should also have a link in your receipt to report a problem; you could use that, too, if you do decide you want a refund.

I have a mac book pro. Yesterday the mail app failed to open. I have tried to open it fomr the dock and the application folder but nothing happens. Does anyone have any suggestions to get it to work?

I have a mac book pro. Yesterday the mail app failed to open. I have tried to open it from the dock and the application folder but nothing happens. Does anyone have any suggestions to get it to work?

You don't need iDVD unless you are going to make DVDs. If you are just trying to share files, iDVD won't help you at all.
What you want to do is in iMovie, choose File/Share/File, and export that way. It creates an .mp4 file that should be readable on Macs or Windows.
You could also File/Share/YouTube if you don't mind posting them to YouTube, because of course YouTube videos are watchable by any Mac or Windows computer made in the last 10 years.

I have a Mac Pro using OSX 10.7.4. When using apple mail I click on the address icon to obtain email address and nothing happens. I've restarted both the application and the Mac but still won't open address book. Any ideas please.

I have a Mac Pro using OSX 10.7.4. When using apple mail I click on the address icon to obtain email address and nothing happens. I've restarted both the application and the Mac but still won't open address book. Any ideas please.

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Are you using iCloud?
For the troubled account, select the correct SMTP server for that account in the box and check the box to use only that server with that account.

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When I publish from ibooks author will the pages flip like my other books

When I publish from ibooks author will the pages flip like my other books the preview only slides side to side

Pages continue to slide rather than flip for the horizontal orientation. In the vertical orientation, the text scrolls up-and-down like a web page (again as shown in iBooks Author if you change the previewed orientation). I'm not sure why Apple went with the different GUI for their textbooks, but its the same for the ones authored by the big publishers. If you want to see what the format is like on the iPad, there's a short free textbook (Wilson's Life on Earth) and sample chapters from others available from the iBookstore.
On a side note, one interesting thing about using texts in the two different orientations is that the formating changes as well. Figures that show up as larger embedded images in the horizontal layout are smaller images in the left margin in the vertical layout, at least in Wilson's book.

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ipod nano 7th generation having issues with the UI. Out of box everything worked great. Once I snyc the device and it finished, the UI becomes unuesable. You have to double tap every icon in order to open music, videos, etc. I cannot swipe to the second page of icons, black box appears around an icon and then switches to a different one anytime I swipe. A box even appears around the time and battery power. iPod & iTunes are both updated. What is the FIX on this issue?

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have had my Iphone 5 since June. All of a sudden my other is 5.1GB and i'm almost out of space. How do i do i system restore , if thats what i should do and not loose by stuff

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
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Hello sir Every time I do the process of registration in Mogah Apple Store and the period and the period of the account is lost I do not know what the problem is there are people who enter into my account and change email We ask God to help you have an account I can not restore it the way I do not know where and I do not speak English Aalit Aalit help me I'm in a state of panic for your reply eagerly awaited
This old Emily Hope you reply and help me [email protected]

For what it's worth, you posted this in 2011, and here in 2014 I am still having this same issue. Over the last two days, I have had to unlock my apple account 8 times. I didn't get any new devices. I haven't initiated a password reset. I didn't forget my password. I set up two factor authentication and have been able to do the unlocking with the key and using a code sent to one of my devices.
That all works.
It's this having to unlock my account every time I go to use any of my devices. And I have many: iMac, iPad, iPad2, iPad mini, iPhone 5s, iPod touch (daughter), and my old iPhone 4 being used as an ipod touch now. They are all synced, and all was working just fine.
I have initiated an incident with Apple (again) but I know they are just going to suggest I change my Apple ID. It's a simple one, and one that I am sure others think is theirs. I don't want to change it. I shouldn't have to. Apple should be able to tell me who is trying to use it, or at least from where.
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