Comments on: The Fine Print of iBooks Author http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Roger christie http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-109783 Roger christie Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:44:37 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-109783 Actually, all it requires is that anything produces with THIS TOOL be sold exclusively through them. There is no restriction on preparing the same content with a different tool and selling it on the Kindle, Nook, etc.

]]> By: Britt Griswold http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-106439 Britt Griswold Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:07:06 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-106439 Downloading the software commits you to nothing at all. Just remove it from your hard drive and go find another tool. I agree Apple is trying to force you to use them as your publisher. And they use what? A free tool! if you don’t like it, go find another publisher with a different tool. Can’t find one? Well Apple gets some perks for being first to market with a cool free publishing tool.

Don’t get bent out of shape. Get a Mac…

]]> By: David Marshall http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-106429 David Marshall Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:12:54 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-106429 Holly Lisle pulled her books from Apple. She has since put them back. Apparently, the iBook Author software is intended to format work already created in another platform (iBook Author is not a word processing program). Apple owns the formatting, which only works on Apple computers anyway.

http://hollylisle.com/how-to-say-i-was-wrong/?awt_l=I6X7o&awt_m=JmUU.wrWPE_XgP

]]> By: Carol Cassella http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-106208 Carol Cassella Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:38:37 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-106208 Note that, while Apple DOES allow you to keep the copyright on the content created within iBook, apparently removing that content (your 100K word novel) from the program so destroys the formatting you might as well start over. Any comments on this?

]]> By: Bud Webster http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-106035 Bud Webster Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:15:11 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-106035 Is it too much to say that this sucks? Frankly, I suspect we’ll see a lot more authors pulling their books in protest, and the first time a heay-hitter challenges, Apple will fold.

]]> By: MrMysterioso http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-106016 MrMysterioso Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:17:16 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-106016 Actually incorrect. The EULA states that a writer will enter in to a separate agreement for publication. True that the software must be used to publish through iBook, and Apple is already very clear that they take a cut of the profits, so I think Mr. Wineman overstated the case.

]]> By: Mark Rivera http://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/the-fine-print-of-ibooks-author/#comment-105996 Mark Rivera Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:07:46 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=6bcd81b548755e455dcc0c5657d5af9b#comment-105996 Wow! I just tweeted this information out and e-mailed another writer. I don’t use a Macintosh, but would be devastated if the worst case scenario described above happened to me. Thank you so much for posting this.

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