iBooks Author
iBooks Author is Apple's tool for creating and publishing interactive digital books for iPad, iPhone and Mac. It allows users to start from Apple-designed templates and add text, images, multimedia widgets (photo galleries, videos, Keynote presentations, 3D objects) and interactive elements. Authors can preview their finished books on iOS devices and submit them to Apple Books for distribution. The app is designed for everyone from casual authors to educators creating interactive textbooks and educational materials.
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1 suggestioniBooks Author has been discontinued by Apple and is no longer receiving updates or support. The app will not work at all on macOS 28 (September 2028) when Apple removes Rosetta 2 support, and there is no native Apple Silicon build or upgrade path available. If you actively use iBooks Author for publishing, you should begin planning a migration now — you have roughly two years before the deadline. Apple's recommended alternative for book creation on Mac is Pages, which includes templates and tools for creating books suitable for Apple Books. Other dedicated ebook authoring tools that run natively on Apple Silicon include Kotobee Author (web-based and desktop versions), Vellum (paid, Mac-native), and Draft2Digital's web-based authoring tools. If your books are already published on Apple Books, they will remain available for purchase and reading; the issue is only that you will not be able to create or edit new titles from this Mac after macOS 28 ships.
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