Publish an external epub file

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bozenaK Author

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Publish an external epub file

Hi,

I have seen that Pages publish books on the store, using only files processed on the Pages program.

I need to publish to the iBook store my epub book created on Indesign.

How can I do?

Thx

Posted on May 12, 2021 3:42 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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May 12, 2021 7:57 AM in response to bozenaK

bozenaK wrote:

I need to publish to the iBook store my epub book created on Indesign.

You may be able to do this using iTunes producer

https://itunespartner.apple.com/books/tools

or the publishing portal

https://authors.apple.com/publish-your-book

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bozenaK Author

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May 12, 2021 6:03 AM in response to bozenaK

It would have been enough to be able to open epub on Pages. Which Pages does not accept, it seems to me.

What a limitation.

It forces me to layout for the second time what I have already layout.

The store imports the book to sell or that I use their tool.

Disappointment.

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VikingOSX

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May 12, 2021 7:30 AM in response to bozenaK

Pages won't open an ePUB regardless of its source. You are dealing with the Apple Book ecosystem, and there is no Apple interest or compatibility with admitting other ePUBs generated outside of Apple's tools. As it turns out, Apple injects some Apple-specific CSS3 styles into ePUBs generated by Pages, or iBooks Author, and InDesign does not.