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Apple Books for Authors
authors.apple.com
Apple Books for Authors is a platform designed to help authors self-publish, promote, and manage their ebooks and audiobooks. It provides resources for writing, preparing, and publishing content, including digital narration services for audiobooks. Authors can monitor sales performance and utilize promotional tools to reach a wider audience through the Apple Books ecosystem.
Rationale
Apple Books for Authors provides a platform for authors to publish and promote their ebooks and audiobooks. While it doesn't offer a rich text editor or community feedback tools in the same way Medium does, it does provide tools for authors to prepare and publish their content, including digital narration for audiobooks. It also offers monetization through royalties, sales reporting (reader engagement metrics), and promotional tools which include social sharing. The content is distributed through the Apple Books app, which is a mobile application, and there are search and discovery features within the Apple Books store. The core difference is that Apple Books is a distribution platform for completed books, not a writing and community platform like Medium.
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