I am writing my first book--fiction no graphics. What template works a best for this?

I am writing a fiction book, no graphics. What template works best with this? Is ibooks author the best option?

You can use iBooks Author and chose a Portrait template. Most templates have some images included.. if you dont need them... simly delete then. The same applies to most Landscape templates. Apple created them mostly for text predominent books, but include images to make them look attractive and functional. Any template can be changed to suit your needs.
An alternative is Pages,   you can create your novel and export it as an ePub, which,   when the other requirements to upload books to the iBooks Store are completed - will be totally acceptable to Apple.
There is also Adobes inDesign, which is more expensive and   to most.. more complicated to use.
As its a text only novel, you can also use MS word to produce your manuscript - like wise pages... and later iBooks Author has the optionto import chapters from both applications. Its also possible to do a simple copy and paste into iBoooks Author, chapter by chapter or all at once. iBAs flowing text pages will be created automatically to hold all your text.
I suggest you decide which application to use, and then spend time, even more so if you settle on iBooks Author,   "playing" with the menu's options and functions BEFORE setting out on your project.

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Check all the free iBooks Author templates using teh template chooser, - some are text only.
Or edit the preferred template and simply delete the image placholders.
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About time! Thanks for sharing. Will be helpfull for my trainings.

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Beware of using photo images of paintings in Galleries and Museums, they may have copyright conditions.. but one can always contact them to seek permission.
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Also remember that all photo images carry exif embedded data which among other things carries the copyright information and shows up in a google search for the right keyword! Scanned images processed through Photoshop and other editors can have the metatdata added also.

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Helen

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