![]() Most text-heavy publications, like novels and textbooks, will be set in a reflowable EPUB format.Ī fixed layout EPUB is just that-the layout is fixed and doesn’t behave responsively when the reader views it. You can also change the size of the text and even the typeface in a reflowable EPUB. This will force the lines of text to expand and break onto other lines to ‘reflow’. What is a Reflowable EPUB?Ī reflowable EPUB contains ‘live text’, which you can select, highlight and search. If you’re looking to create your first EPUB, there’s something important you need to be aware of-that EPUBs come in two different formats, called Reflowable and Fixed Layout. Let's just hope that Adobe doesn't get wind of this.Just like a web page, the structure of an EPUB is based on HTML, and the EPUB can be viewed on a number of digital devices, including tablets, laptops, desktop computers and specialist eReader devices. That's the name of the game, after all.īut since when can a company charge you for the output from a given application? Companies can charge for the medium (software), they can charge for publishing, they can charge for distribution. That's not how content generation is supposed to happen. Does this mean that if you rent a storage unit the owners are subject to a cut of your possessions that you keep therein? ![]() Here, deep within the ExtremeTech bunker, we're not sure how this works. See, it's in the EULA of the iBooks installation, a free application! You never agreed to this deal with Apple. Not only that, but if you decide to monetize it, you must sell it via Apple's iBookstore. You owe them a cut if you decide to monetize it. Any content you generate on the iBooks program is partially owned by Apple. Apple famously accrues 30% on every app sale, so there's no question of what's going on here. If you are attempting to make money on anything you write in iBooks, you have to sell it through Apple and sign an agreement with them. If you charge a fee for any book or other work you generate using this software (a “Work”), you may only sell or distribute such Work through Apple (e.g., through the iBookstore) and such distribution will be subject to a separate agreement with Apple. The clincher is this little gem, also from the EULA: IMPORTANT NOTE: That's okay, because at this time it's not enforced, right? You can move the iBook you wrote via email or Dropbox or whatever other method you use to circumvent Apple's sandboxing of your experience. You'll notice, if you downloaded iBooks Author, that if you go to import a iBook you see an emboldened note stating that the Books (as in your content) can only be sold through the iBookstore. Well, okay, the kittens bit is a joke - but what is included that seems to be a bit underhanded is the little bit in the EULA about how Apple owns your soul. Free software! World-wide publishing (with the free software)! Kittens for everyone! With much fanfare, Apple iBooks and iBooks Author has unleashed upon the internet, promising a total disruption of the publishing space. It was like trying to hold your breath indefinitely - you have to breathe at some point. It must only have been a matter of time before the evil would show through.
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