Authors will soon be able to Self-Publish on the iPad Bookstore

Would you like to publish your genealogy (or other) book to a wide audience? Apple is now an alternative to traditional publishers. The company this week opened a new portal for independent authors to self-publish their books for the iBooks Store open to iPad (and soon iPhone) customers. Best of all, the author/publisher receives royalties on every sale.

Apple’s iTunes Connect program has a section where authors can self-publish their work under certain formatting requirements, MacLife first reported. Basically, the books must be made in the ePub format like the rest of the offerings in the iBooks Store.

The agreement appears to be non-exclusive. That is, you can publish your book on the iPad platform and also publish it elsewhere using traditional publishing methods.

The self-publishing contract has rigid guidelines to lock out pornography, spam, and other inappropriate content. However, any bona fide genealogy publisher should be able to register within a few minutes at https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/wa/apply

You can read more at http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_reveals_new_service_authors_sell_their_books_directly_ibookstore