Anyone self-pub in iBookstore directly?

I decided to bypass Smashwords and just uploaded mine directly. I was wondering how long it will sit in "pending". Anyone else do this?

 

I've been pending for about a month. -No reply yet.

 

Unfortunately, no. But I've been thinking about it.

 

I would really like to, but from what I've read, you can only submit from an apple computer, and I don't own one yet.

 

I haven't tried it yet because I'm already submitting through Smashwords and have used their ISBN. If I opt out of Smashwords, can I still upload directly and continue to use their ISBN noting them as the publisher?

Deb

 

Self-published to iBookstore

Hi, It took about 5 days for my self-published book to be up on iBookstore.

Now my question is, how do you follow the ranking?

Marla Heller, The DASH Diet Action Plan

 

Hmmm... my novel ("Firefly Island") was pending for only a few days. I hope they approve your book soon!

 

I went the smashwords route. What are the advantages of bypassing SW? Aside from not sharing royalties?

 

One has to have a US Tax ID to be able to use Apple iBook publishing.
That sucks. They don't cater for people outside of the US?

 

Looks like it's live now. Thanks everyone!!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-second-coming/id383258230?mt=11

 

book link

David,

How did you get the link to your book in the iBookstore?

 

I found a how-to on Smashwords that gives you insight on how to come up with the link.

 

Other than having to buy your own ISBN and having a Mac, I've decided to use LuLu. It only took 3 days for 3 of my ePub books to show up on the iBookstore! A few of them took two weeks but those got caught in a LuLu system update cycle - they were on hold while releasing new code.

 

How did you format your book to submit to iBookstore? Did you have to use a book designer or could you just put it into Word for Mac? I'm trying to decide between iBookstore and Amazon KDP for a series of book I have in mind. They are non-fiction and I have published with hardcover publishers previously. This time, I don't anticipate anything but an ebook. I will also use my own cover design and I do have a tax ID number, so no problem. Plus, I do write on an Air, but I don't have 1MB/sec uploads on my DSL connection.

Any advice from anyone would be appreciated.

 

Just one question. What helped you to make the decision to go with LuLu instead of someone like Smashwords? I'm considering which way to go now.