Link to ibook author book

Hi, I developed a course book in iBook Author. When I try to link to this books in Dashboard of iTunes U course manager I receive the message: file extension (iba) unknown.
Is there another way?
Rene

try linking the .ibooks file. This is the one that can be opened on the ipad in the ibooks app. The .iba file can only be opened in ibooks author.
.ibooks file is created when you "publish" the ibook.

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Will ibooks author books that have pictures, audio, video, and other widgets, be readable on iPhone 6 Plus?

It seems like apple would have announced this if it were possible. But we will find out shortly....

Are any iBooks Author books coming out?

We all hear about the seemingly difficult process of getting an iBooks Author book through Apple's gates. It would be nice to see what is emerging as finally published books. We've seen a few mentioned here but where are the new titles coming out this week? Are free books arriving faster than paid books? I've scanned the new releases listed in iTunes and the iBooks Store but see little that resembles an iBooks Author publication, certainly few showcasing screenshots and enhanced features.
I've been waiting for Maria Langer's new 'enhanced' book on iBooks Author but saw this disheartening paragraph on here blog:
April 7, 2012 Update: One of the two tickets on my book has disappeared, but the other remains. Despite several attempts to contact Apple, it’s still unclear whether they realize that I have resolved this ticket. I keep getting canned responses that do not indicate whether they are following up on my problem. It seems to me as if they’re just sending out a response without even looking up the situation. I’m frustrated beyond belief at this point and angry about potential lost sales. And there’s no one at Apple who I can contact to get a definitive answer. Clearly, the iBooks Author publishing experience is broken and Apple is uninterested in fixing it.
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Sputnik Slim wrote:
Is it possible that there are a good many really crappy books being submitted via IBA and they are wading thru them?
It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that a large proporption of books is of poor quality, with spelling, grammar, editing, typography, and layout problems. Having worked as both an editor and author on and off for many years, I know first-hand that, what some people consider quality writing in fact isn't…
A big danger with any publishing program or word processor is that, even though the program is capable of producing professional output, the professional output doesn't come from the tool, but the author. I still need to know about typography, about design (partially taken care of by IBA with its templates), about style and grammar, about presenting material with proper logical flow, etc…
Just because I have tool doesn't mean that I can produce publishable material. That's where the whole process is flawed, in my opinion. Publishers normally provide services to authors that ensure some level of quality, such as copy editing, proof reading, layout design, and so on. With the iBookstore process, none of these services are provided by Apple, who merely acts in a distributor role. Many authors are not capable of doing all the things that publishers traditionally do, so a big chunk of what makes a book a good book has gone missing. Traditional publishers actually do add value for their share of the revenue.
Sputnik Slim wrote:
These "long" waits people are complaining of should be encouraging that you are submitting your books to an entity that is exercising quality control rather than just publishing them all, like a blog... I wonder what the rejection rate is for IBA? I can't imagine Apple would fill their bookstore with poorly edited books.
We can only speculate what the reasons for the long wait are. Could be under-resourcing by Apple, could be that they are swamped, could be a combination of both.
It is striking though that submissions to the Appstore seem to go through so much quicker even though, arguably, applications are harder to test than books. As other people here have reported, they get a book as an app improved within a week, whereas no such thing seems currently possible with an eBook. Either apps are not reviewed as thoroughly as books, or the app review process is much better resourced.
Sputnik Slim wrote:
I wonder what the rejection rate is for IBA? I can't imagine Apple would fill their bookstore with poorly edited books.
No way to know what the rejection rate is, unless Apple decide to publish that (which I doubt the will). Having a bookstore full of junk or poorly written material is certainly not in Apple's interest. On the other hand, neither is having an appstore full of buggy and poorly written applications.
I think an initial wait time of four weeks would be tolerable for new submissions, if only the process were streamlined more. For example, telling people that something is wrong with their book without providing the detail needed for them to fix the problem is truly useless: it wastes the author's time as much as Apple's. And, once minor fixes are made, having the book go back to the end of the queue is simply bad process.
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Will iBook Author books work with an iPad 1?

Look at these.
http://bluemic.com/snowball/
http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/articles/photography/iphone-4-ipad-external-mic-aud io-input
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Ugh.
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How can I transfer an iBook Author book via a PC?

Hello
I designed an iBook via iBooks Author for a friend and want to send it to her to preview. She has an iPad but only a PC computer.
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Both open a Dropbox free account - upload your book to Dropbox and create a download link - email the link to your friend - she can download to the Dropbox on her iPad and when clicked to open - it offeres an "Open in iBooks" - and from iBooks it can be seen. If this is a beta version, I would tell your friend to delete it before downloading the next version. Its not needed and can cause problems with which version is seen.
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Keynote slides with video - not linking in Ibooks Author

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The keynotes is set up with ‘Links Only’ and it works perfectly in Keynote. In Ibooks author the ‘link only’ is not working and the slides just progresses to next one. Like the Presentation type was set to normal, whether or not I press the link or outside the link. The exact same keynote slides without the video doesn’t have this problem and links perfectly in Ibooks Author. The result is the same testing the Ibook directly on the Mac or on the Ipad Air (8.1.2)
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Niles , Denmark

This is a problem that I've reported both here and via bugreport.apple.com. However, I don't think that it has to do with screen resolution (retina/non-retina). Rather, I think it has to do with setting the widget to "full screen" where transport controls cannot be used and selecting a "Links Only" presentation.
I used simple forward and back arrows set (Control-click on object) to go to next slide or previous slide. What I found was that while this works as designed when played back in Keynote (OS X or iOS) but not in the Keynote widget. The links only setting and these hyperlinks are totally ignored in the Keynote widget. Tapping anywhere went to the next slide. Tapping on the back arrow also went to the next slide,

Errors and Omissions Insurance for iBooks Author books?

Book publishers often cover the author under their E&O policies. What have you done with regard to your (nonfiction) iBooks published with iBooks Author?
Thank you.

Thank you, El Guero. I actually am an attorney - and I know that the disclaimers don't do much of anything. Any E&O insurance carrier recommendations?
Btw, in addition to your list of possible causes of action, I'd add both copyright and trademark infringement, particularly in books that include audio and video (with or without voiceover and/or music). The issues are not always noticeable to the untrained eye, and sometimes there is coincidental simultaneous development of ideas. That's why most telelvision and movie studios don't accept (i.e., return without opening) unsolicited scripts or ideas from the general public - too much risk of a claim down the road for a similar concept developed independently by the studio. I'm still going to want E&O insurance though. Thanks!

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Is there a way to add your own book created by "iBooks Author" that is NOT published yet?
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Rohit

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Michi.

Does an author have the ability to update a ibooks author book once it is published, much like an app?

I would love to create books like I create apps, where I can create an initial version, but improve upon it without having to have the customer purchase a whole new book.

I've done a little research. A little research is a dangerous thing. The ISBN is a cataloging system for commercial books. The Library of Congress catalogs books with its own system. Libraries can use that. The Library of Congress will issue an LCCN, or Library of Congress Control Number, free of charge.
In Canada, ISBN numbers are issued by the Canadian government. Free, as a means to encourage cultural development. The US, on the other hand, has plenty of cultural development and not enough profit centers, so the monopoly of issuing ISBN numbers was granted to a single company, which sells them. I believe so-called "aggregators" also provide them to authors for a fee.
It's really Apple's choice to require ISBN's on the ebooks it sells. I don't believe Amazon does. Apple could just as easily require the LCCN instead, or create its own cataloging system.
Strictly speaking, every edition of a book in a different format would require its own ISBN. One for iBook, one for Kindle, one for print... on and on. It runs into money.
I think that for the iBooks platform to realize its full potential as a disruptive technology, it will need to get beyond the ISBN bottleneck.
Compare the iBooks system with the App system. The App system is wide open. Because the "book" business has hundreds of years of tradition and baggage, anything with the word "book" attached to it drags some of that baggage along with it. At least until some incredibly powerful corporate entity with a reputation for freeing up creative energies comes along and disrupts the old model.
DB

What, if any, animation files can be added to iBooks Author books?

My books will include 2D animations, and I need to see what files they need to be to be included (imbedded?) in the iBook. Any ideas? Or do I need to submit animations to another place, and in another format?

My books will include 2D animations, and I need to see what files they need to be to be included (imbedded?) in the iBook.
Since you seem to be asking about standalone media files to be embedded directly in iBA "Media" widgets, my advice would be to keep it simple. Audio only files containing AAC stereo in the 128 Kbps @ 44.1 KHz to 160 Kbps @ 48.0 KHz range audio in an M4A container would be a good choice combining reasonable fidelity in a moderate file size. This same audio can also be embedded as a "Podcast" M4A file which will automatically use the image as your default "Poster Frame" for the "Media" widget. As for videos, use an M4V file format containing an H.264 video track with AAC audio as previously described. While many video options are available, you may wish to stick with something like a L3.0/3.1 Main Profile in the 1.0 to 2.5 Kbps range since they are both easy to make and play on almost all mobile devices. Do not include extraneous track data in most cases. For instance, while the iPad can accept/AirPlay a secondary DD5.1 AC3 audio track, the iBA app seems to be programmed to prevent import of such content.

Can I publish an iBooks Author book under a client's account?

The next stage in all of this is doing books for clients that they will sell. Has anybody had any experience with that? How do you get iTunes Connect to point to a different account?

>log out and then log in with the client's account
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