Re: iBook Author

**G* <g*@gmail.com>**

Betty I hear you about software incompatibility. It's a pain for sure.  What's happening in the industry is the creation of walled gardens - two competing publishing models and economic models.  This means that authors / publishers either decide to work in one or both but there's a cost to do so obviously.  In my case, I'm running a full mac setup now and it works on both "gardens".  The issue is what consumers will want and whether we'll provide a single option or multiple options.   And indeed whether there's any money in enhanced ebooks at the current suggested selling price.  Interesting development for sure.

The only way I could make it work was to upgrade to Lion and add as much ram as this old system could take.  New computer on the horizon to replace this 4 year old Mac "soon".

Doug Green
Chief Vision Creation Activist

On 2012-01-19, at 6:30 PM, "Betty Mackey" <BettyMackey@verizon.net> wrote:

> This is great if you already use a new Mac, but it does not help me. I would 
> have to buy my first Mac, an iPad, and versions of creation software which I 
> have already purchased for PC and learn how to use them all before beginning 
> a project. In contrast, Amazon's software for making Kindle eBooks is free 
> and there are versions for PCs and compatibles as well as Macs. Also, Kindle 
> books are available for Mac. Here's the link:
> 
> https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin
> 
> Betty Mackey
> www.mackeybooks.com
> 
> independent publisher since 1986
> 
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