![]() ![]() And since the cardinal rule of working in InDesign is to apply styles consistently, I found India Amos’ post on how she names and manages styles to be very helpful.įor my setup, I created a Document preset with a single page (facing pages turned off) with a master text frame. I also leaned on Liz Castro’s EPUB Straight to the Point and Rufus Deuchler’s How to Create an eBook with Adobe InDesign CS5 (still helpful post-CS5.5). I highly recommend the Lynda tutorials for that set of information. It took me about a week to remind myself how InDesign works (it had been at least a year since our last InD project), to learn how InDesign book documents (.indb) work, and to get up to speed with InDesign CS5.5’s new epub export features. His response was not “That’s awesome!” but rather “Why does it take so long?” Not exactly what I was hoping for, but definitely a fair question. I was proudly updating a techie friend recently about the progress I’ve been making in my latest ebook conversion for Kevin. We haven’t test-driven iBooks Author yet. I have to say, though, this does not sound like the answer. So… basically, even if you’re creating a free book, you can distribute the book however you like, but it’s still limited to iBooks rendering, is that right? Certainly, this is a useful, boundary-breaking tool, and folks like John Gruber have done a great job explaining why it’s in Apple’s interest to pursue a proprietary format. Download it from Richard Stevens’ website. GigaOM has reported on a webcomic author who has already used the tool to create and distribute (for free!) a collection of his work. Unfortunately, iBooks Author only exports PDFs and text.” The ArsTechnica article points out that although the format is not strictly epub2-compliant, “there shouldn’t be any technical limitation to exporting a …compliant ePub document if none of the interactive features are used. If you want to sell the books you create with the tool, you can only sell the books through Apple. In short, the tool is free, and with it, you can create media-heavy ebooks. ![]() Mashable has a brief comparison chart identifying the competition. ArsTechnica has a good collection of reactions to the restrictions. Huffington Post has excerpts from the end-user license agreement and legal analysis. Engadget published a helpful hands-on illustrating the interface with lots of photos and a video. TechCrunch published a list of “subtle details” from Apple’s announcing event. Somehow I missed the announcement of iBooks Author last week. ![]()
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