Saving File Issues

Question

So the mantra 'Save, and save often" usually serves one well, except, apparently, with iBooks Author.   My save path was to a Dropbox folder that my boss and I shared, but the folder was filling up.  I was asked to move the book content to a share drive we have on our network.
Last week, I moved the file with ten and a half completed chapters onto the share drive, off of Dropbox and continued to hit the 'save' button frequently. Silly me, I thought that it was saving to my hard drive, as no alert box popped up to say  "Hey, Doofus-your save path is BROKEN!  Fix it NOW!"  So instead, I've saved, and saved often, and it has gone into a black hole.  It's not on my MacPro, not on the network, nowhere.
There isn't even an option to 'Save As' or 'Save To' within iBook author.  No way to change the path that a book has been saved to.  No way to save it to multiple locations, other than using 'Duplicate' and they saving that duplicate file with a different name. 
It is probably pointless, but does anyone have a solution to this issue?
And Apple iBook Author Developers, please add the following functionality:
1. An alert box pop up when the established save path breaks.  (For instance, saving to a G:\\ drive, when none exists should return an error when G:\\ is not there)
2. An option to 'Save As' or 'Save to' to allow developers to save to multiple sources and/or save multiple designs for client review.
I have to recreate about 50 hours worth of work, which I thought wouldn't be too bad, because I'd put a preview on my iPad two days ago.  EXCEPT, that, for some reason, despite there being no less than 6 previews on my iPad (it never overwrites and is not easy to remove a preview), no matter which one is selected, it always goes to the left most version of the book-the old one.  I've selected each copy of the six multiple times, and they all open the one on the top left of my screen.  I'm reluctant to even delete it for fear that I will also lose the version I know I previewed the other day from which I hope to pull some screen caps to restore my work more expediently.
Any ideas. 
The only thing that prevents me from crying, screaming, and departing for the nearest bar open at 9:30am at the notion that I've lost over a chapter of work is that I also previewed my content on the iPad the other day.  I cannot reverse engineer this to restore my content, but I *can* take screen caps and rebuild pages.
The long and the short of it?  Check your save paths, because sometimes, just saving isn't enough!

Answer 1

And Apple iBook Author Developers, please add the following functionality:
1. An alert box pop up when the established save path breaks.  (For instance, saving to a G:\\ drive, when none exists should return an error when G:\\ is not there)
2. An option to 'Save As' or 'Save to' to allow developers to save to multiple sources and/or save multiple designs for client review.
I have to recreate about 50 hours worth of work, which I thought wouldn't be too bad, because I'd put a preview on my iPad two days ago.  EXCEPT, that, for some reason, despite there being no less than 6 previews on my iPad (it never overwrites and is not easy to remove a preview),
1. I think Apple leaves such matter to the user!
2. You can duplicate and re-rename your book file - which is basically a "save as" function ending up with a       renamed identical copy of the version you are working on. I rename by adding Ver1 next is Ver2 - or simply and a number or letter to make a logical sequence,  it saves changing the file name and getting confused a week later.
Previews in iPad stay until you delete them, it does not delete because its assumed that you use a preview for that purpose - to check your current version.  Your next preview will have whatever you added after the last preview ditto 4,5,6 times as you found.
The preview shows in the iBooks shelf and can be deleted using EDIT>select and tap > Delete.
The  open same file quirk is dealt with in many posts,  its best to avoid by using preview only to check your latest batch of work and then delete it.
I've selected each copy of the six multiple times, and they all open the one on the top left of my screen.  I'm reluctant to even delete it for fear that I will also lose the version I know I previewed the other day from which I hope to pull some screen caps to restore my work more expediently.
The question about "saving as"  or to make a backup / duplicate  copy ( also save in two locations at least)
obviates the need to keep multiple previews "just in case"....  having a backup iBA file is far more "safe" than relying on  Preview on your iPad.
Any ideas. 
The only thing that prevents me from crying, screaming, and departing for the nearest bar open at 9:30am at the notion that I've lost over a chapter of work is that I also previewed my content on the iPad the other day.  I cannot reverse engineer this to restore my content, but I *can* take screen caps and rebuild pages.
The solution is simple really, adopt a work flow that involves saving your work at regular stages and at the same time make a full back up label it in a logical order and save in at least  two different locations / machines / devises.  Use preview for that  purpose and delete when its done its  job.
If you do all that, the last one is.... find a quiet corner and promise that you will be good and help old  ex IT workers across a busy road if ONLY ( your chosen diety) will leave your files in one piece.