Just be VERY careful of the EULA – as long as you keep your ebooks free of charge, you’re okay, but if you want to charge for an eBook there are restrictions, apparently regardless of whether you sell via the iBookstore. May be a moot point for federal agencies, but better safe than sorry.
Also, iBook Author appears to extend the ePub standards to the point that what you publish with iBook Author is not readable on other eBook readers.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/lawyer-ibooks-author-eula-restrictions-could-raise-antitrust-concerns.ars
David Silberberg
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they hate it
From: fed-talk-bounces+david.silberberg=email@hidden [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+david.silberberg=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Todd Heberlein
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 7:20 PM
To: Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC
Cc: Fed Talk
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Creating Text Books
On Jan 30, 2012, at 6:52 AM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
I heard about the latest initiative to allow anyone to create text books with Ibooks but can't find the software to do it. Also, if anyone has a step by step process (what development program to join, requirements, costs, deployment of apps/books produced, etc.) that would help.
Here are a few things I ran across. It does look somewhat daunting for the first time.
A Birds-Eye View of iBooks, iBookstore and iTunesProducer
iBooks Author: Publish your book to the iBookstore
Book Publishers: Frequently Asked Questions