Merge 2 iBooks Author files

We're working on a textbook and have multiple designers working on different parts of the book. We'd like to have each designer work on different chapters simultaneously. We thought we could just use separate iBooks Author files and then combine then but can't find any way to do that. How are others working in a mutli-designer environment?

I am a history teacher and my students are currently creating class iBooks. We are copying and pasting the chapters and everything is coming out fine except for one issue. The glossaries are not transferring over. My kids need to re-create their glossaries and terms. Is anyone else running into this problem or have a solution for it beside copying and pasting their work from one IBA to another.

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