Making a pdf of a chapter

I want to send people a one chapter sample pdf of my book . how do i export only a chapter? i dont want them to see the whole book.

Hello Dunnery,
Unfortuantely you can't.
But if you export the book as a PDF from iBooks Author you can open it within PREVIEW and quickly delete the sections you want.
Save that version and seed it on.
Regards,
Nigel

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