IBooks Author not saving templates

I am not able to save an iBook Author file I am working on (.iba format) to an iBooks Author Template (.ibatemplate) via File > Save as Template. I can go in and change the extention and then see the file in the Template Chooser view, but this seems like an unusual hack AND I get no preview for the template.
Anyone else experienceing this issue.
I am on version 2.1.2 (462) on OSX 10.9.3.

The normal process involves saving so that your creation is saved to 'My Templates'. That assumes you want it to show in the template chooser.
I've never tweaked the file name suffix.
See iBooks Author: Create a new template - Apple Support

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In Activity Monitor I see why my IBA is so slow; it is listed as "not responding" in red type. I don't know what causes this, but it spends more time NOT responding than working. Any clues?
Thanks

The problem is with the auto-versioning feature of Mac OS X Lion, iBooks Author, and the size of your large file (1.4 gb). Close that file and I suspect your perfomance problems will go away.
Rebuilding won't help.
My suggestion is to leave the video placeholders, remove the videos for now, complete the books, then add the videos back in right before publication.
cs
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Tim

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I am trying to have 20 students contribute chapters to an anthology of folk tales...not finding a way to export/import iBookAuthor chapters or pages from one machine to another. Is this possible? I appreciate any info. Thanks.

I am trying to have 20 students contribute chapters to an anthology of folk tales
Very simple, discuss the needs of teh book and ask each to create a chapter and allocate who does Chapter 1...and repeat for each chapter.
.not finding a way to export/import iBookAuthor chapters or pages from one machine to another
Very easy - each student and yourself needs to download and install teh free app "Dropbox" there are others - this is the best IMHO - each student then uploads their chapter to Dropbox. The other and maybe easier way if everytbody is meeting in a "classroom" is the inevitable USB!
One ( or more ) person is designated as editor and pulls down the chapters from drop box using the links or public folder access. Once gathered on one machine, thay are assembled in iBooks Author.
How to create the book?
The first essential is to decide which template to use. Will it be a standard freebie or will it be editted and customised to your own design.
Once the template is completed - it is saved as a template and save again as template "yourname1"
Now you have two copies on standby. open as an iBooks Author from the template and save as ( whatever your books is to be named). Each student then gets a copy of that file... by same process of using Dropbox or USB
The editor ends up with 20 files and if each uses its designated chapter number....
Have all your 20 chapters available and simply copy and paste into the book tree on the left.
After the first past- delete the original chapter 1 - you paste becomes Chapter one - now repeat the process.
Its quite easy really. I suggest you create a few chapters in a Test book and then open another different template as test 2 and start copying and pasting chapters to get the hang of it.
The book as a whole now needs editting if you intend to have a glossary and maybe tweek or correct anything in the other chapters.

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Is the iBookStore for iBooks Author-made books open and ready worldwide? Or just for the US? I am meaning paid ibooks, not just free ones.
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if iBookStore is available in one country is ALSO available for textbooks made with iBooks Author, not just regular EPUBs and fixed-layout EPUBS?
Yes. Whether the book is in ePub or iBooks format doesn't matter.
Michi.

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I'm using an iMac with Yosemite OS 10.10.1 and iBooks Author 2.2 (both completely up to date)
I've set up media placeholders in the page templates and saved them, but on the pages themselves the placeholders are not activated.
When I drag in a new image it just lands on the page as a separate image, not in the placeholder.
When I hover over the placeholder on the page, it tells me it is a 'media placeholder'.
I've tried various formats of image. I've tried removing and reapplying the placeholder attribute. I've tried closing and restarting the application. Nothing seems to work.

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Thanks for your question. In the resource below, the instructions for adding a placeholder include an option in the inspector to select "Editable om pages using this layout." Can you check to see if this is enabled on the placeholders you created?
iBooks Author: Add placeholders to a custom template or layout
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2764
iBooks Author: Add placeholders to a custom template or layout
All templates include placeholders that make it easy to add your own text and media. If you create or modify a template or layout, you can define your own placeholders.
You can define media or text placeholders on individual pages. If you want a placeholder to be part of a layout (so it appears whenever you use a particular layout), follow the instructions in “Add a placeholder to a template layout,” below.
To help manage placeholders in a book, you can add tags (names) to them. The media and text placeholders included in the layouts already have tags (Body, Main image, or Objectives), which you can change if you like. You can also create your own tags.
Tagging a customized placeholder enables you to use it in other layouts throughout a book and makes it easy to switch layouts. For example, suppose you create a layout with a placeholder for a graphic in the upper-left corner and another layout with the placeholder in the upper-right corner. If you tag the placeholder “Planet image” in both layouts, the graphic always appears in the correct location, no matter which of the two layouts you use.
Define a media placeholder
Drag a photo or movie from the Media Browser or Finder to a book page.
If you can’t add the item, it might not be in a supported file type.
Modify the object with the properties you want the placeholder to have, and select the object.
Choose Format > Advanced > Define as Media Placeholder, so that a checkmark appears.
To stop using the object as a placeholder, choose Format > Advanced > Define as Media Placeholder, so that the checkmark disappears.
Define a text placeholder
Format the text the way you want it to look, and select the text.
Don’t select the final paragraph break character, or the entire paragraph is deleted when the placeholder text is replaced. To see paragraph break characters, choose Show Invisibles from the View pop-up menu in the toolbar.
Choose Format > Advanced > Define as Placeholder Text, so that a checkmark appears.
To stop using the text as a placeholder, choose Format > Advanced > Define as Placeholder Text, so that the checkmark disappears.
Change placeholder text
After you create a text placeholder, you can modify its default text. For example, you can insert “Lorem ipsum” text to make it obvious that the text is placeholder.
Select the text in a text placeholder and choose Format > Advanced > Enable Placeholder Authoring.
Type the text you want to appear in the text placeholder.
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Add a placeholder to a template layout
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Can't Save as Template in iBooks Author 2.1.2

I've only just now tried to save as template in this version. This is what it used to do:
Replace the .iba extension with .ibatemplate.
Change to the iBooks Author Templates folder so that you can save there.
Now it doesn't do either of these. When you select File > Save as Template..., it presents the folder where the .iba file has been saved and does not change the extension.
Manually changing the extension and putting it in the templates folder gives it a generic Pages document icon in the Template Chooser. However, it can be opened as a template through this dialog. The title of the document is Untitled, just like it would be if a template were chosen.
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Arnis, we're putting the cleanup utility on the back burner for the moment, since in our company, we can get in trouble using third-party software. However, it's good to know about this utility and we will use if it we have to. (Occcasionally we are forced to put our careers on the line for issues like this...)
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Eventually this problem will go away by itself because eventually we will get rid of 7.2 -- it's only deadline time-crunches that have made us reluctant to jump fully-clothed into 9.0...
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I created a book at the Ibooks author. But there are some pages which the number of page is not visible. What can I do to see the number of the page?

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Either creating a new file or saving the old as a template file & renaming it solved my problem.
Here is the discussion where I found that information:
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I created a book in iBooks Author using the Photo Book template. When I rotate to portrait orientation, the photo or widget disappears and a table of contents appears with only the interactive media showing.

I created a book in iBooks Author using the Photo Book template. When I rotate to portrait orientation, the photo or widget disappears and a table of contents appears with only the interactive media showing.

Thanx for the prompt response, KT. I have indeed seen that thread, only just after I posted the question.
I have spent hours on the phone with what I now know is a call center in Texas on this question.
I think Apple could be a little more "hands on" with iBooks Author users, and it should also be pointed out that landscape photos will not display in portrait mode.
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