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DPS Single Edition Rejected

Sep 19, 2012 1:02 PM

A very interesting thing has occured. We have an Adobe DPS Enterprise Edition account in which we created a single folio edition for. This is a digital version of a photobook we published for a Rabbi in Israel (www.seasonsofthemoon.com). Apple reviewed our app and rejected it and said:

 

We found that your app is primarily a book and is therefore not appropriate for the App Store, as noted in the App Store Review Guidelines.

 

Books should be submitted to the iBookstore. To work with Apple on iBookstore distribution, first verify that your content meets the following requirements:

 

- ISBNs for all titles you intend to distribute

- Is in EPUB format, passing EpubCheck 1.0.5

 

To obtain an ISBN for your content and learn more about ISBNs, please see US ISBN Agency. Then complete the iTunes Connect Online Application.

 

Visit iBookstore Aggregators for information on working with the iBookstore aggregators.

 

My question is: If our app was selling more than one book, for instance, 3 or 4 books, would Apple still reject it?

609 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: mausole37, Oct 23, 2012 8:40 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Sep 19, 2012 3:56 PM   in reply to FocusGroup
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    This is the stock rejection when there’s not enough interactivity.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • Himanshu Singh
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    2. Himanshu Singh,
    Sep 19, 2012 9:44 PM   in reply to FocusGroup
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    Try and add more overlays and add more interactivity to your App. Use Scrollable frames, MSO's (like Slideshows). When you resubmit the app, cite examples of other apps in App store with same level of interactivity. That will help in Approval process. Use features that that not available in iBooks and inform apple that you have unique features in your app that are not availble through ibooks.

     

    For reference of other similar books, try finding some here : http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishinggallery/all-apps

     
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  • mausole37
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    3. mausole37,
    Oct 23, 2012 8:24 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Bob sorry if this was already addressed somewhere.

     

    For picture book publisher (ie one-shot titles, no subscription model) looking to add Javascript and audio video in its titles, as of late 2012 is DPS the only way (with the downside of being classified as an app developer and not a publisher), or does it make any sense to try to emulate the DPS user experience with epub 3? The workflow remains unclear to me.

     

    Thanks, Pierre

     
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  • mausole37
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    4. mausole37,
    Oct 23, 2012 8:40 AM   in reply to mausole37
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    I am especially fond of the matrix mapping and the 2-axis scrolling throughout the "book". Does epub offer this by the way?

     
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