IBooks author cannot save file

I have published three documents prepared with iBooks Author and had never experienced a "file cannot be saved" error. When this happens the only solution is to close the program and lose your work since the last save. Since the problem cannot be predicted, I have resorted to saving frequently and, when the error occurs, taking snapshots of the latest pages so that I can rcreate them (retype text and reinsert photos). Any suggestions for fixing this problem?

ERROR ITMS-3000: "Line 7 column 53: character content of element "publication_type" invalid; must be equal to "Book", "Textbook", "book" or "textbook" at XPath /package/book/metadata/publication_type"
I think this relates to the type of book you need to select in iTunes Producer - select "Book".
A thought about you not being able to save,even with ample HDD space, do you have a lot of applications open ?
I have instances when this happened and in closing down all open applications and going for a restart, iBA popped up the save screen.
I always save after completing each page! I also save versions as backups - both minimalise losses if problems hit.
Dont lose patience with Apple they cannot forsee all individual issues, there is usually enough help and advice available on this group to pull you through problems.

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