LibreDigital: PMF/FAQ – LD

• Preguntas Generales

  What do you offer?

  LibreDigital is proud to offer a Web-based service that ensures your eBooks are available on Apple’s iBookstore for Apple iPad customers in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Australia and UK. With LibreDigital, you will benefit from:

  • Secure storage and encoding for all content
  • Consolidated monthly royalty and sales reports

  Why do I want my titles available on the iBookstore?

  eBooks sold in the iBookstore can be downloaded to the new Apple iPad. Some analysts estimate that as many as 13 million iPads will be sold this year. LibreDigital can make your eBooks available to this vast and quickly-growing market.

  Can I just send my titles to Apple directly?

  Apple has selected a group of Apple Approved eBook Aggregators precisely because of the complexities in preparing high-quality EPUBs that meet their specifications. That’s why some of the largest book publishers in the world have placed their trust in LibreDigital to manage this process on their behalf.

  Who is LibreDigital?

  LibreDigital is a digital publishing software and services company that works with the world’s leading book publishers—including HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group USA, Simon & Schuster and others—to optimize, distribute and market their eBooks.

  Why should I work with LibreDigital to get my eBooks to iBookstore?

  For the last ten years, LibreDigital has managed eBook distribution for the largest book publishers in the world, including the delivery to Apple of thousands of titles that are already available in iBookstore. In addition, LibreDigital offers:

  • Quick, efficient, and error-free conversion of your content into digital distribution formats with LibreDigital’s content transformation services.
  • Secure storage, access and distribution of your digital assets and metadata in our content warehouse.
  • Easy-to-understand, transparent pricing model, with no up-front charges. You don’t pay us until your content starts to sell.

  Can any publishing company partner with LibreDigital to get eBooks to the iBookstore?

  Yes, any book publishing company is eligible.

  I’m an author. Can I partner with LibreDigital to get eBooks to the iBookstore?

  No, unless you are a self-published author with a publishing company and your titles have ISBNs.

  Will my eBooks be available worldwide?

  LibreDigital makes your titles available in every geography where the iBookstore is available and the publisher has digital rights. The iBooksore is available today in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, Germany, and France.

  How do I get started?

  First, please take a few minutes to read through this entire FAQ to familiarize yourself with LibreDigital and our services. Then, please complete the short registration form. A LibreDigital representative will contact you soon to discuss next steps.