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iBooks Author vs MacTeX

A side-by-side look at iBooks Author and MacTeX. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

iBooks Author

iBooks Author

Education & Reference

iBooks Author is an e-book authoring application developed by Apple. It allows users to create and publish e-books, textbooks, cookbooks and more for iPad, iPhone, Mac and Apple Books. The software has pre-built templates and drag-and-drop functionality to easily add images, videos, charts and more.

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MacTeX

MacTeX

Office & Productivity

MacTeX is a free, open source TeX/LaTeX distribution for macOS based on TeX Live. It includes TeX engines, macro packages, fonts, documentation, and GUI applications like TeXShop.

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