Apple fixed layout 3.1 sample epub

Downloaded the apple fixed layout sample 3.1, cant for the life of me figure out how to make the dimensions bigger.
Anybody?
R

As long as you don't try to make your main language one of those which the iBookstore does not yet support, I think there is no limit to the number of languages you can include in a book, regardless of format.
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2014/02/languages-not-yet-supported-in.html
If you are talking about having different language versions of the same text which the reader can select via some sort of button, I do not think that is possible.

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Is Apple fixed layout epub supporting two languages in one ebook

Hi Everyone,
Is apple fixed layout epub supporting two languages in one epub file?
Regards,
Arun

As long as you don't try to make your main language one of those which the iBookstore does not yet support, I think there is no limit to the number of languages you can include in a book, regardless of format.
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2014/02/languages-not-yet-supported-in.html
If you are talking about having different language versions of the same text which the reader can select via some sort of button, I do not think that is possible.

Adding a TOC in an Apple fixed layout

Ive had the luxury of doing a ton of Apple fixed layout books without needing to have a working table of contents.
My luck ran out as I need to maje sure I can actually do this. The images for the book are already set and the way the book was created has sections. The first section has a table of contents for the FIRST section but it is only an image. So first thing is am I able to add a page with links ( which would actually be a table of contents?)
I know I can do this in a Kindle Fixed layout, can someone give me some onfo if I can do in an Apple FL?
R

Hi ralphiedee,
If you are having issues working with the Table Of Contents in iBook Author, you may find the following article helpful (apologies if you have already seen this):
iBooks Author: Customize the table of contents
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2752
Regards,
- Brenden

Can we output a 'fixed-layout' (Apple's variety), Enhanced EPUB?

This is (of course), not a true 'EPUB', but instead Apple's bastardization of the format to allow 'enhanced' illustrated books to be sold in their bookstore.
But InDesign can produce some terrific interactive output for regular 'flowing' EPUBS for iBookstore/iPads like the work Terry White has demo'd.
Between the use of Articles for maintaining formatting, and the overlay panel I have to imagine one could produce a nice title with IND that would adhere to Apple's standard, but I've found no reference to it.
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
best,
B.

Thanks for the reply Bob. Yeah, I think I'm confused. As I read about DPS it seems I'm not alone in being confused. Part service, part software, expensive, yet touted to the entire digital publishing communit as if it were an option for all, budget notwithstanding.
So to clear things up, here's what I thought/think/hope... and maybe someone can illuminate where I'm right/wrong/close...
On the topic of using InDesign for (Apple's Variety) of EPUB creation specifically for the iBookstore:
     - I can create an EUB layout in Indesign, with full page (bleed), images, and add text frames on top of the background.
     - I can embed fonts (as long as I have the rights), into the doc.
     - This type of layout will not be reflowable, but is zoomable.
     - (I though) I could include simple HTML5 animation for elements such as a buttun to trigger 'Read Along' type function. Maybe simple object translation
        or opacity changes.
     - To make this work as a 'Fixed Layout' I would need to utilize the techniques offered in Liz Castro's miniguide on FIxed Layout on the extracted EPUB
        once it was generated by INDe.
     - At this point hopefully... it would pass muster for upload via itunes Producer.
On the topic of DPS: (these are more questions than understandings. But clearly I've missed a few salient points)
     - DPS is not for creating Illustrated books, 'fixed layout books' or picture books (EPUBs), that I can then upload and sell though my own iTunes
       Developer account.
     - DPS seems to be for larger publishing concerns (aka companies with plenty of $$$), that are creating digital magazines. I'm not sure how the final
       product is accessed. if it is a EPUB file or if the product is sold through DPS.
I'm sure there is more that I'm leaving out, but hopefullly some helpful input on these notions will help others and myself wrangle the task of producing iBookstore ready product with Indesign and potentially, DPS.
thanks,
B.

Indesign Fixed Layout EPUB Export problems

I am trying to export a fixed layout book using InDesign. I used the InDesign CC2014. I am working on a PC. I can read my previously hand-coded version done with Dreamweaver and validated with Pagina using the Firefox epub reader extension.
The exported version from InDesign does not have fixed text. The text has spread out all over the page and some of the words are actually scrambled. Some letters are on top of each other. The file itself validates with no errors using Pagina. But it is not readable as fixed layout using the Firefox Epub Reader Extension.
Is this a problem with my epub reader? Or is this a problem with the export?
Has anyone tested a file on a PC with an epub reader other than Calibre or Readium?

Hello,
I just tested on Readium and it looks fine there using the Readium app on Google Chrome. (PC version). I'm not releasing books on Apple, so I will not be testing on Mac.
I will probably be testing for Kobo, I was hoping for a browser extension on Mozilla that it would work on.
Many thanks,
Arlene Graziano
@arlenegraziano
www.arlenegraziano.com

Indesign CC 2014 Fixed-Layout Epub exported great for iBooks. Can I do the same for Kindle?

I have read a lot about being able to edit the Epub code in a Fixed-Layout Indesign CC exported Epub. This Epub works great in IBooks. What I read said I could clean up the
code so it works for Kindle. But I can't figure out what code needs to be cleaned out. How can I export it correctly or clean it up?
Hope someone here knows,
Thanks for the help in advance,
Janis

Monica,
Thanks for your response.
I tried again as you suggested.
I exported a Fixed Layout ePub (exported size ~29mb) and tried to load it on an Mac, iPad and iPhone 5s. The results are inconsistent. On the Mac, I received a message that the file was corrupt. On the iPad, the file did eventually load (the quality of the output is another discussion - sneak preview, it's not as good as Circular Flo. Lots of weird stuff). On the iPhone 5s, iBooks is still spinning and has been for about 10 minutes.
Michael

Why can't I get the advanced selection available in EPUB export options in illustrator CC? It's just not there.... Neither is the image selection available. Only Epub reflowable and fixed layout, but not EPUB...

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Interactivity Fixed layout pinch zoom layout issues

Hi Everyone,
I have created ebook an apple fixed layout format using javascript interactivites.
When I have to zoom in that particular page that time that page does not fixed on the layout.
so what is the problem I can't find out solution so please advice my questions.
Please see below screen-shot.
Normal Mode:
Screen-shot-1: No error in the first screen shot.
Screen-shot-2: Interactivity.
Screen-shot-3: Error
Screen-shot-4: Error
Is this style or coding problem?
Or
Is this ibooks reader problem?
If anyone know the solution, please let me know.
Best,
Arun Santha Kumar.R

arun.sk wrote:
I didn't use an ibooks author because this is an epub file
Ah, I see...this is the iBooks Author forum - try the Creating ePubs forum instead, thanks.

Epub with fix layout and the apple validate check... :-(

Hi
I made a fix layouted epub. So good so far. The most platforms still accept it, except apple (like almost). After using the EPUB Validator (beta) I get an result which I cannot fix.
f.e:
in OEBPS/content.opf
element "dc:date" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "dc:contributor", "dc:coverage", "dc:creator", "dc:description", "dc:format", "dc:identifier", "dc:language", "dc:publisher", "dc:relation", "dc:rights", "dc:source", "dc:subject", "dc:title", "dc:type", "link" or "meta"
or here
OEBPS/Text/79607-9783941484870-ebook-1.xhtml
Obsolete or irregular DOCTYPE statement. External DTD entities are not allowed. Use '<!DOCTYPE html>' instead.
that error repeats through all the xhtml files
at the end:
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OEBPS/toc.ncx
External DTD entities are not allowed. Remove the DOCTYPE.
ERROR
OEBPS/toc.ncx
External DTD entities are not allowed. Remove the DOCTYPE.
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'OEBPS/Text/Section0001.xhtml': referenced resource missing in the package.
Validated using EpubCheck version 3.0.1.
for me it looks for a misstake into the export programm of ID.
What can I do? I'm using ID CC 2014 actual version
Thanks and regards from Germany.
litho

Hi Steve,
thanks for this information. In the meantime i fix my problems by myself. The export of Indesing makes no mistakes. My problem was that I start the ebooks with Sigil after export. And Sigils rewrite some codes. That brought the errors by the validate check.
Thanks for reading my problem. Perhaps that can help anybody.
Regards
Thomas

Interactivity samples in fixed-layout epub exported from InDesign!

Hi,
Make an Indesign "Print" file and several seconds after, send your client a real interactive fixed-layout epub.
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Hi,
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Pooja

In a fixed-layout epub is there a way to turn off the faux spine effect for just one pair of pages?

I'm formatting a graphic novel as a fixed-layout epub. Because the pages are generated in Manga Studio with an intended print target, it by far makes the most sense to just use a single, large image for each page. I'm coding the .opf, .xhtml, and .css files by hand, and I more or less understand everything I'm doing.
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Just found this... Sorry to waste the post...
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20083707-263/managing-mac-os-x-lions-applic ation-resume-feature/?tag=mncol;title

Fixed layout ePub page turn not working in portrait mode

Hello all,
First time poster here. I created a childrens book, full color ePub from the Apple 3.1 ePub template. Everything sems to work great in general. But I wanted the book to be in portrait mode only to get the most out of the graphics. I have the package.opf file set for portrait mode, which shows just one page (correctly), but when turning pages the cool page turn animation does not work when testing on my iPhone5 and an iPad2. Pages just slide left or right. But when I change the opf to allow landscape mode, when testing on iDevices, it shows two pages at a time in any mode and the page turn effect works perfectly. Any way to get the page turn animation to work on just a single page in Portrait mode? To add to it I have an ePub example book from a non-Apple publisher that defaults to single page portrait, and is mostly text (so I'm not sure if its fixed layout or not), and the single page portrait mode allows the page turn animation to work perfectly.
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EDL

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How to prevent page turn in margin tap on a fixed layout ePub ?

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Hi Steve, I am a regular subscriber to Creative Cloud and have updated all apps. My version of Adobe InDesign does show 2014.1 under About InDesign.
Believe it or not, one of the more helpful videos out in Adobe TV land showed interactive under the Object menu:
See 5:30 on this page: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/how-to/interactivity-fixed-layout-epub.html?set=indesign- -key-techniques--epub-fixed-layout I finally found the answer here at Adobe forums (monica). Now I have it installed in the panel on the right.
I'm on an iMac and use all Apple products. I've tossed Windows to the wind.
Thank you so much for your support.
Mary

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Hi Steve, I am a regular subscriber to Creative Cloud and have updated all apps. My version of Adobe InDesign does show 2014.1 under About InDesign.
Believe it or not, one of the more helpful videos out in Adobe TV land showed interactive under the Object menu:
See 5:30 on this page: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/how-to/interactivity-fixed-layout-epub.html?set=indesign- -key-techniques--epub-fixed-layout I finally found the answer here at Adobe forums (monica).   Now I have it installed in the panel on the right.
I'm on an iMac and use all Apple products.   I've tossed Windows to the wind.
Thank you so much for your support.
Mary

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