No problem. My roommate has an iPad and no Lion, so it's nice he can be included in the party, too! More people still have 10.6 than 10.7.Awesome! Thanks for the info!
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A Closer Look at iBooks Author, Textbooks and Exclusivity
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A point of bookkeeping here. "Sold to students" can mean that the K-12 educational institute sees the cost of the eTextbooks are like all other printed matter that a student uses. This is in contrast to capital assets like chairs and desks which have utility long after the student has moved on. So, the comment you are questioning would be absorbed into the "per student" budget of education and not charged to the student's parents directly...they may pay for it when their property taxes come due, or whatever method the school district gets its funds.
In a college situation, the student is expected to pay for the eBooks or Printed Textbook they need for their classes in addition to tuition and other related costs.
There isn't a single book on linguistics ('Let's learn language X' doesn't count) from any of those publishers, who supposedly publish 90% of all textbooks as we were told during the presentation. I am the 10%.
I realize they aren't as much of a visual showcase but I do hope Cambridge, Oxford, Blackwell, Routledge etc get in on this later on or this is a no-go for many.
I really like the incentive, though I hope it doesn't end up being a showcase for "cool looking" introductory textbooks (then again, what isn't "introductory" at uni, considering what the next level is - it's almost intimidating the way books get stamped "introductory" at times).
It's only been one day, so I'll cut Apple some slack.
At least I can put together my own, personal, copy of literature we have digital access to at my university with iBooks Author in the mean time, which is pretty neat.
I'm with you 110% regarding linguistics. It's a highly needed area of study. In fact, in my whole life I've only met one cunning linguist.
Not true. People use PCs, Kindles and other eBook readers, too. And you don't see many iPads here in Europe. Most people see it for what it mostly is - a toy for people with too much money in their hands.
I won't touch iOS with a flagpole. A successful eBook format must be supported by Android, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Kindle.
Yes, I live in a different world than you. Imagine that.
I can't get over the fact that even if you submit a book and it gets REJECTED ......Apple STILL owns the IP for that book and you are NOT allowed to try and sell it elsewhere.
Does that make ANY sense at all?
Seems like typical Apple BS and exactly why 90% of developers shy away from Apple in general.
Does that make ANY sense at all?
Seems like typical Apple BS and exactly why 90% of developers shy away from Apple in general.
If the entire world is moving to iPads and Macs what is the problem with exclusivity? Get with the program, ditch your Windoze and learn to be magical.
Right. Why live with the burdens of freedom and choice when one company can do all the thinking for you...
(Sarcasm alert, don't take this seriously: )
I agree. Europeans should pay their debts first. Don't ever think about iPads.
Pretty excited by this and the idea that an iBook can be published outside the app store. Opens up many opportunities for educators.
The worst Thing is that there is no easy way to share it with your friends.
I would love to create fun interactive documents and share them to the iOS Devices of my friends..
I created a free book yesterday but think they wont aprove a textbook with 2 lines and someone screaming mooaaar beeeer into a mic
I just want to share it with the iPhones of my friends without the Book-"Store".. the crap I could create is far away from "store-status"
I would love to create fun interactive documents and share them to the iOS Devices of my friends..
I created a free book yesterday but think they wont aprove a textbook with 2 lines and someone screaming mooaaar beeeer into a mic
I just want to share it with the iPhones of my friends without the Book-"Store".. the crap I could create is far away from "store-status"
You can do this according to the article linked on the previous page. You can host it on your own website if you like.
I don't see how there's any problem created by this. You just use your normal word processor to write your book, then use this software to publish it to Apple's store, the same as you'd use KindleGen to publish to Amazon's store. That way each book is properly formatted and fully compatible for each device supported by the separate stores.
All I want now is a tweak for this so that I can produce Magazines for the Newstand App, that would be incredibly useful.
God you are one of the most whinny people on this forum. Your handle really suits you. I have music, videos, and books on my iPad right now and none of it was bought from Apple. So how are they hindering my freedom of choice.
Well it says:
Im an author (or publisher). Can I distribute this work on my own website?
You may distribute books created in iBooks Author free of charge on your own website. If you wish to sell your book, you must do so through the iBookstore.
Sure I could even send the iBook-File via Mail to my friends. - But how can they get it their phone?
Read the very first paragraph of the article to get the answer.
Wish people would at least read a little bit of the news story instead of reading the title and posting a response.
Since when do you have to "do something for the masses" to have an opinion about something?
You don't find it the slightest bit ironic that this is your clever retort after three pages (and more in other threads) of discussion, centering on the issue of educating oneself?
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Can you use this to create a simple nov for example? I.e. The Steve Jobs biography? Then release it into the iBookstore and been available on all iOS devices? Seems strange that only iPad.
Can you use this to create a simple nov for example? I.e. The Steve Jobs biography? Then release it into the iBookstore and been available on all iOS devices? Seems strange that only iPad.
I would love to see a single, device-agnostic format to emerge instead of more lock-in.
For me iBooks is currently out of question because Amazon has a much broader selection of books (at least in my country), I already have a big collection on the Kindle and there is no e-paper device able to read iBooks as far as I know (the iPad is great but for eBook reading I cannot do without an e-paper device especially when outside).
Still in the future I would like to have the freedom to buy a book from whatever publisher and read it on whatever device. This would mean the best publisher wins the sale of the book, and the best device wins the sale of the device.
For me iBooks is currently out of question because Amazon has a much broader selection of books (at least in my country), I already have a big collection on the Kindle and there is no e-paper device able to read iBooks as far as I know (the iPad is great but for eBook reading I cannot do without an e-paper device especially when outside).
Still in the future I would like to have the freedom to buy a book from whatever publisher and read it on whatever device. This would mean the best publisher wins the sale of the book, and the best device wins the sale of the device.
