Getting Your Books into the new iBook Store

According to LibreDigital, Apple has already sold over 300,000 iPads, and analysts estimate that as many as 10 million iPads will be sold this year. According to the web site, a recent study by comScore found that 37 percent of potential iPad owners said it is likely that they will read books on the device.

Now then, you are a publisher, and want to broaden your reach and get your titles up on the new Apple iBook Store. How is this done?

Apple currently only allows publishers to bring their books into the iBook store through an official Apple partner. The full partner list can be found here.

In my humble opinion, the best aggregation partner is Bibliocore, who charges only a one-time fee and takes no revenue share on sales. The disadvantage is that the books must be converted into EPUB format. However given the growing importance of EPUB, it should be a part of your existing workflow already, right?