Niche publisher that wants to publish pocket books to Tablet and Smart Phone Device

I am a niche publisher (partime), we have 5 books published updates every year, 3 book will contain 350+ pages, 2 others 128 pages.
Currently they are Colour Cover with Black and white text(will turn to colour when published digitally).
I have published one via an Epub APP both on Itunes and Android, but this has not worked epub destroyed
the layout and the reall function of these pocket books as Reference with the illustration to text.
I have looked at other vendor to use a supplyed solution, but they only cater for the Magazine that has X pages a month, or has xxx downloads a month. Expensive and time consuming.
I Know I will not make a huge amount of money on either at the moment, but the costs to Run ADP.
Single edition one off cost £345.00 ....... but does that mean exactly that. I can only publish once and be damed!!! ?
so if I want to publish 3 books it would be 3 x 345.00?
Or do I have to pay £300 a month to publish more then one publication. ( I don't earn that from the book sales).
Some months I would be paying for nothing.
Can someone advise which is the best way to approach this!
Adobe Digital Pubishing is this really the correct solution or is there another ways?
PS --- I am not an APP programmer.
Regards
JH

Single edition is exactly that. Once and done.
There is no monthly cost and no download fees besides the Apple 30% commission.
I warn you however that Apple has been known to reject books as apps so you’d be well advised to consider this carefully before proceeding and make sure to have significant interactivity.
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