iBooks Author (iBA) was an

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authoring application by

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, released in early 2012, only available for macOS, and discontinued in 2020.

Overview

Documents created by iBooks Author could only be sold for a fee if they are accepted by and distributed by Apple, but authors also had the option to distribute their work elsewhere for free.Apple modifies EULA for iBooks: Lays no claim to content, allows authors to distribute elsewhere
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fashion, including text, fonts, colors, foreground and background images, interactive widgets, and charts. iBooks Author was discontinued on July 1, 2020, with Apple suggesting

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as a replacement.

References

External links

Former official homepage, now showing information of how to transition from iBooks Author to Pages
{{Apple software Apple Inc. software MacOS-only software made by Apple Inc. MacOS graphics software Typesetting software Desktop publishing software Discontinued software