iWork 4.0.4 Update Gives Consumers ePub Exporting, Easier Access To iBooks Self Publishing]

In terms of writers, it isn’t hard to find an individual who hasn’t at least pondered the idea of writing a book. Just the thought of all the fame associated with being on, say, the New York Time’s Bestseller List makes the idea quite enticing. In fact, high selling authors make it evident that writing a book is a more than viable way to make a living – and they have the fame and fortune to prove it.

However, while the idea of writing a book isn’t so bad, the thought of al the work that goes into actually getting a book published may be quite overwhelming. Not only is there the writing but there is proof reading, editing and of course, physically publishing – not to mention all of the marketing associated with successful book launches.

Once you get all of that out of the way, you’ll be lucky to even score a spot in brick and mortar retailers, if at all. However, technology is quickly making this entire process easier especially thanks to the emergence of eBooks. eBooks are digital copies of books that can be viewed on a computer, some mobile phones and most importantly eBook readers with the Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad being just two examples.

The technology isn’t necessarily brand new, but the ecosystems created by such above mentioned devices are quite new. With Apple’s iPad, for instance, came the iBooks Store giving consumers easy access to a large digital library.

Thanks to this new technology, it is getting much easier for writers to self publish their content digitally. In fact, Apple has recently updated their iWork productivity suite to version 4.0.4 which includes the ability to export a Pages document in the ePUB format. the same format that Apple uses with their iBooks application found on the iPad.

If you’ll remember, Apple introduced an iBook Store application process for independent writers with one of the credentials being the ePUB format not too long ago. Now that iWork has the exporting feature added, it will be must easier for writers to get their content out of their head and into the store.