Self+publishing+through+Apple+Ibookstore

I attended this workshop led by a Grade 4 teacher from a school in Jakarta. 5 pupils at her school are published writers through iBookstore, and 70 pupils are producing and designing their own ebooks on Book Creator and are in the process of publishing. She runs this as an after school activity. More details below:

Book Creator app available for download on iPad, around $3.99. Very intuitive.

Rules for kids to self publish: - You won't be able to change the cover at the end - make sure it is catchy, make it stand out, easy to read font and doesn't have any licenses attached to it if you are using a pic that is not yours (copyright issues). - Remind pupils to proofread - The legal guardian has to set up all accounts for pupils under 13 - If you want to publish but get money out of it it is much more complicated due to registration and tax problems. Check with your country.

Steps for publishing (you can do this with parenst if necessary): - create your book through Book Creator - Download Itunes, create an account, upload bank card details (even though you won't necessarily be using it) - Download Itunes Connect - Fill all applications and make sure your book fits the format required. - You can upload your book to any of the 32 Apple Virtual Book Stores. However you may not be able to download it back into the country (i.e.: Indonesia doesn't have an ABS, so you can still upload your book on there but you can't download it back into that country) - If that is the case: download iTunes U and create a channel to tore download it - Create a link to it on your school website - Publicity: contact the press etc

Once it is published: - anybody can download it and review it - if you want to check how the book is doing (how many downloads, reviews, ranking etc) download iTunes Producer, click on Create New Package - Mobile inside iTunes connect: this is a way to figure out how the book is doing

Schools might want to look at the fact that the school could become a publisher. At the moment the legal guardian must publish the work.