Publishing my book to ibookstore

This is the first in a series of guides aimed at enabling book creator users to publish their ebooks in the ibookstore. Download our delivery application, itunes producer requires os x v10. Book creator books are optimized for easy publishing to the ibooks store. In less than 5 minutes, ill show you how to use ibooks author, itunes connect and upload a digital book to ibooks so you can publish it on the. We explore the best options for reaching apple books, one of the top retailers for indie authors. You will need your cover image to upload along with your ebook in epub format. It took my book about two weeks to be approved and appear on the. Publish and sell books with ibooks author publish your book on the book store. How do i submit my ebook to ibookstore without having a mac. Publiceer en verkoop boeken met ibooks author apple support.

If your book is ready, youll need to sign up with itunes connect using your apple id. Open the pages document that you want to publish as a book. Second, my book became the bestseller on ibookstore. Browse the book store, join oprahs new book club, keep track of what youve read and want to read, and listen to enthralling audiobooks.

Top 10 selfpublishing companies for firsttime authors editage. When youre ready to publish, ibooks author walks you through a stepbystep process to help you submit it to ibooks for. To publish your book, you have to make sure its in the. Now if you have a mac and a word processor and a bit of patience, you can create your own book in the epub format and upload it directly to the itunes ibookstore for sales. I would like to avoid the use of the aggregator and just publish myself. Book creator ebooks are created using the international epub standard, so you know they will be readable now and in the future.

With pages, you can create a book, then publish it directly to the store in apple books. While i mull over these ibookstore publishing options and wait for apple to approve my iconnect application, im going to publish the standard ebook version of my book on kindle direct. How can i publish a book to ibooks using apple community. When you selfpublish with ingramspark, you have access to. In this video, we will show you how to do it at an easy step. The thing thats holding me back from publishing in ibookstore on my own is the issue of isbn. There are several options to remove a book from one or more territories. One of the major benefits of using ingramspark to selfpublish a book is the distribution thats made available to indie authors. We added movies to address portraitonly book templates, embedded equations, scrolling sidebar and popover widgets, and updated movies on. On ipad or iphone, tap the more button, then tap publish to apple books. Do you want to publish your ebook on apple ibook store.

Reach millions of readers by publishing on apple books. I had to certify agreement with apples ibookstore and itunes, which means among other things theyll keep 30% of gross revenues from my book sales. Its a little bit confusing and it took me a while to understand that. How to submit your ibooks author ebook to the ibookstore. I went back and forth a few weeks with the apple support guys until i finally. Publish and sell books with ibooks author apple support. Online at, click the tools button, then choose publish to apple books. I am now reformatting my book and reducing its image content to get it onto other formats esp amazon. If you want your book to flow easily into independent bookstores, then consider the 55% wholesale discount and make it returnable. Tap or click continue, then sign in to itunes connect. How do i create a book on ibookstore without having a mac. I want to publish my book, but dont know whether to go the traditional route or selfpublishing route. For hose unfamiliar with the apple ecosystem, publishing a book in the ibookstore means it will be available in the app ibooks, not under the books category in the appstore.

Enter information like your book title, description, and keywords. Normally pc users would publish indirectly to the store by using an aggregator. Publishing a book might seem even more daunting than writing one. Apple books is the single destination for all the books you love, and the ones youre about to.

Apples distribution system for the ipad is a free app called ibooks. But like cassie says, it is difficult to browse the ibooks shelves and discover my book. Also included is debbie drums guide on publishing your book in the ibookstore. When you tap a book to read, you can tap on the right or left edge to flip the page or drag the page manually. By galen gruman to distribute your ebooks via the ibookstore, you need to set up a publisher account with apple. You can write your book, export it to an electronic book file format known as epub, and publish it directly to apple books all from within. Kobo writing life makes your dream of being published a reality. To set up and publish your book, complete these three steps. Click the online application link to open the create an account screen in apples itunes connect service, which is the service used to sell ebooks and other content through apples various itunes stores. Publishing to the ibooks store book creator support. Chapter 6 of your course textbook, publishing with ibooks author, teaches you how to. After publishing the book on ibookstore i have got some noticeable moments that i didnt expected. Choose a book from your dashboard, and click sell my book.

You can customize your book during the publishing process. How do i remove my book from ibook store apple community. Kindle direct publishing kdp and createspace, apples ibookstore, barnes. The message said something about publishing my app as a book, in the ibookstore. Thanks to some new and improved capabilities, pagesapples free word processing applicationmight be all you need. How to publish a book on ibooks global ebook publishing. When you publish your book on apple books, it will be available around the world on ipads, ipad minis.

Publish on ibooks with publishdrive and get global reach for your books and professional help so you can focus on the most important job. Book distribution with ingramspark self publishing. When i go to signup to itunes connect to upload my books, it says. Using the tools in the app, you can add artwork and metadata to a book. If you want to covert your book to apple ibookstore format then visit. As a technical writer, i know that ebooks are part of my professional. How i published my interactive ebook to the apple ibookstore case study by kotobee. Cnet executive editor david carnoy offers some basic tips for ebook publishing and lays out your best options for. But thats only the beginning of selfpublishing, because youll need to format it, too. Now when you selfpublish with apple, youll use apple books as the application on which your book is sold.

You can write your book, export it to an electronic book file format. How i published my interactive ebook to apple ibookstore. How to selfpublish on amazon, kindle and ibookstore. How to selfpublish on apple books written word media. How to publish an ebook to the ibookstore creative bloq. In the past an author would need to have an agent pitch books to publishers in the hopes it might get picked up, but not anymore. You may sell your books on any platform you like as long as you follow the terms of service of the software you used to format the book and the marketplace. The book industry is a returnable industry, which means. I use linux, and id like to format a book for the ibookstore.

This app allows you to buy and download books from the ibookstore. You can do so easily with tools from apple to publish on the ibooks store. With itunes producer you can upload cover art, enter book details, and deliver book packages directly to the ibookstore. Moving at the speed of creativity reading the fine print.

I read publishing with ibooks author because i am scoping out the ibooks format for some potential personal projects. Using itunes producer, provide your book s basic information and click deliver. Self publish your books with ibooks the mac observer. I use the word lifechanging because for a time i didnt think it was possible to accomplish my. Lulu will assign your book an isbn as part of their regular service. How to publish your book in the ibookstore copyblogger. Not now i include everything you need to get your book. If youve added video to your book then dont forget to convert them to m4v format using the video inspector before submission to apple. Usually publishing a book to the ibookstore is complicated and costly.