Do I need an iBooks author account to Finalize a book for a private book?

Do I need an iBooks author account to Finalize a book for a private book? I want to make a book as a gift but I don't want people in the iBooks store to be able to get it, do I need to make an account for this single use? And how do I finalize the book to put it in an iPad?

See iBooks Author: Publishing and distribution FAQ - Support

Similar Messages

Can iBooks Author hide sections of a book to be revealed only after the user selects a correct choice?

Can iBooks Author hide sections of a book to be revealed only after the user selects a correct choice?

K T wrote:
'downside'....really?
Well, yes, in the sense that simplicity has a price: it comes at the cost of reduced functionality. (If all the functionality were still there, things wouldn't be as simple; it's an inevitable trade-off.) It looks like IBA was designed with the iWeb philosophy: make simple things really simple, and leave out the stuff that's too complex to control for non-experts. The upside of course is that non-experts can use the tool really easily.
K T wrote:
No pain - no gain. You didn't come up with the content for your books without putting in fair time
Sure. But almost all that effort went towards creation of the content, not towards laying it out with IBA (which was remarkably easy). So, in that sense, IBA more than met my expectations. The things it does do, it by and large does really well, and without much expertise needed on my part. The only thing that was complex was the HTML widget, which took some programming. But that's entirely my own fault, not IBA's
Michi.

HT5213 Can I use iBooks Author to create a student workbook for the iPad... or is it textbook only?

I have created an iBook of a course for my students. I want it to be a work book. Can I do this in iBook Author? Students need to be able to answer questions in the text boxes inbedded in the file.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

iBooks Author has what are called 'review' widgets, which specifically support Q & A.
If you want a 'lab' type experience, you may be better suited with an app instead.

Need a sixth authorized account for my itunes account

Recently I added an Apple TV to my other equipment in the house and this will exceed the 5 users allowed on my account. I currently have a server, my laptop, my wifes mac mini, my sons imac, and my daugheters laptop. These all use up the available authorizations.
How can I get more authorizations? All these machines are in the same house hold and on the same network.
Please let me know a solution as I would like to add even another Apple TV around Christmas.
Thank you

So I can't be the only person this is affecting. Is there any plans under the new home sharing to change or increase this?
On a different note, can I share with more than 5 if I don't share the purchased content?
The reason this is important is that our family has Rip all the CDs and DVDs and have all this stored centrally on the server. This is all DRM free so can it be shared with more than 5 people?

I need help changing the account number my daughter uses for payment for her apps and itunes, etc. can anyone talk me through this.

hi ,
im just a mom, not very computer savy.....however, I need to change the payment method my daughter uses to purchase things on her ipad due to the fact that the current one is expiring. ie: for such things like songs and games, etc.
I would appreciate any help as how to do so.
THanks

On a computer's iTunes you should be able to edit the payment info by going into the Store > View Account menu option (if you are not logged into the account that your daughter is using then Store > Sign menu option to log out of the currently logged in account ; that will then change to a Store > Sign In option so that you can log into her account) and log into the account (enter the account's password and click View Account on the popup)
And on the account's details page there should be a payment link.
If you are doing it on your iPad then tap on your id in Settings > iTunes & App Store (if not logged into her account then log out of your account via the popup that you get and then log in with her account) and tap on 'View Apple ID' on the popup and log into the account - that should also give you a payments link on your account's page.
Changing payment info : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1918

IBooks Author do not open my book file: help me!!!

Hi, iBooks does not open my file: I already tried with the various ways explained in the forum, as the makeup of the Zip extension, but I have not solved.
Let me explain:
I worked on my book directly onto a USB stick on a macbook, then I went home and I overwrote the file on my iMac with one of the key: result!?
The file in question does not open, and even that on the stick!
Have you any suggestions please?
My partner has recovered files on your computer with DiskDrill, but iBooks does not open them. He remembers reading that there is someone who is able to send the file to open it, but has not found the message (where there was the email).
Important to me is because I retrieve the text written to the file and the backup I have now is an old version and miss him so much written material (pictures and filming them have).
Can you help me, please?!?
Manuela.
=^__^=

The file in usb is definitely damaged because it is 200 MB compared to around 1 GB it should be.
When I worked with the MacBook directly on usb I think that once the file is damaged during the last save (I did not realize this before).
In iMac I overwrite the original file with that of USB. Result: I have two files of about 200 MB (one in usb and one in iMac) that do not open.
Now I have only an older version that opens but I lack the important text that I wrote later. I retrieved other files previous Iba with the software diskdrill including one from a GB or so and very recently (4 days before) but it does not open.
I'm interested to recover all the possible text from the file iba that I have.
I know the possibility to send at someone to Apple the file groped for a recovery or at least extrapolation of data (I am interested only written texts).
Can you give me please an email to send the file (I send the link to download it)?
Thank you very much!

Authoreware Book into ibooks author

I am in the process of converting my book which was made in authorware to ibooks author. I need some info to be given to the graphic artist for layout, images and 3d animation work.
1. What should be the size and resolution for the layout (for cover page, content page)
2. What should be the format of images and maximum size of the images
3. What should be the format of 3D animation and 2D animation.
4. Is there any other information required other than the above mentioned?
From where can I get all the info.
Thanks a lot for your help.

I am using 3D graphics for my book too. I am almost finished and I might as well share some of my discoveries using iBooks Author.
1. So far I have read that you should make your images larger than the ratio of the ipad. Since the iPad 3 has a retina display (2048x1536) render images at this resolution, since iPad 2 will downsize it anyway. The cover image is 600x800. Since no one can actually zoom in on this image, it doesn't have to be HD like the other pages. (If you see a real ibook, it shows the cover for about 2 seconds and then opens the book).
2. I have read that JPG is the best image file to use since you can reduce the file size and keep the resolution while PNG you can't.
3. WIth the 3D widget, I think .OBJ is the file you can use.
4. All you need is iBooks author, assuming you have updated your mac to 10.7.2. You must have MAC OSX lion, ibooks author and download iTunes Producer (an app to send your book to itunes) iBooks 2 reader app and an ipad with iOS 5.1. Assuming you are going to make an interactibe book, you may need iWorks 09 to make Keynote stuff to add it. You will need an audio editor and a ePub compatible text editor to edit the code (XML) to add read aloud features. (Assuming you don't know what the next steps are, you will need an ISBN number first soon after you finished the book, second you need your tax id to enter into itunes account, bank account, and then you can submit book. I heard it takes from 2 weeks to 2 months to find out if it has been accepted or rejected. It can be rejected by simply having the word "iBooks" in your text, as an example).
Hope this helps, this is an overview of everything you will need to go from ibook author to published ibook. Here is another tip, you won't get much info on the deeper parts of ibooks author. You will have to learn them yourself or talk to someone who has already finished an ibook and get tips from many sources. No one source will have all the info you need, yet. Here are some more resources:
iBooks Author: Publish your book to the iBookstore
How to Sell iBooks in iTunes Producer - YouTube
How To Write Your First Book In iBooks Author
Apple Will Own Your Work With iBooks Author
How to Create Fixed-Layout iBooks, Part 1 - The Adventures of an ...

Looking for iBooks Author vendor

Looking for iBooks Author vendor to create multiple books based on an existing template. The books are operative techniques for the orthopaedic surgery industry. Need an idea of cost to outsourse. Here are the specs:
7 chapters
the first page of each chapter is an overview of the chapter that includes hyperlinks to each step in the operative technique
total of 44 pages
each page has at least one video widget (some pages have two), a photo gallery widget plus a static image and text
glossary index with 100 entries that include text and photos (would love to find someone who can program including collada 3-D images into the glossary. but that is a nice to have, not a need to have)
all images require resizing for the ibook (they are print images)
all videos require compression for the ibook
half of the pages have 3-d collada files
heavy typesetting is required
three pages include large interactive images with 20 labels
Looking for estimates to present to the company on the cost to outsourse as well as find possible vendors to talk to and provide more detail.
thanks.

i apologize. here is my contact email if anyone is interested in talk more about this.
[email protected]

I made a book in iBooks author, and I want to add an intro video. I made one in iMovie, and I want to pass it to the intro of my book. How?

Hi, I want to move an iMovie trailer into iPhotos so I can add it to the intro of my iBooks Author intro clip. It is for school and I need it urgentrly. THANK YOU!!

Export it from iMovie into a format that iBooks Author understands. I'm 99% sure it doesn't have to go into iPhoto to be used, but ask on the iBooks Author forum for help with that.

HT5544 How do I sync iBooks on iOS devices when I create an ebook using iBooks Author?

How do I sync iBooks on iOS devices when I create an ebook using iBooks Author?

Hello Ottoni1,
Thank you for the question. You can preview the book you created in iBooks Author in iBooks on your iPad using the following steps:
Preview a book or a chapter on iPad
Connect iPad to your Mac.
On the Home screen of your iPad, tap iBooks.
In iBooks Author, do either of the following:
Preview a book: Click the Preview button in the toolbar, or choose File > Preview.
Preview a chapter: Select the chapter you want to preview in the sidebar, then choose File > Preview Current Section Only.
Note: To preview on an iPad running iOS 7 or later, you need iTunes 11.1 or later installed on your Mac.
You can find the full article here:
iBooks Author: Preview a book in iBooks
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2807
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Want to see examples of creative photo-based iBooks made in iBooks Author

Can anyone direct me to some creative, high-quality photo based books made in iBooks Author? Not how-to books, but well done, interactive, photo-essay books. Books where photos and words interact would be especially helpful. I have searched on the iTunes store, but have yet to find any good examples.

vinnyvg:
You are man who makes assumptions based on what, I don't know.
Nowhere in anything I wrote is there anything to suggest "You seem to indicate you cannot create your own style by taking a basic iBA template and making changes to suit your preferred colour scheme and within the book set a layout which compliments your pictures and offer an interesting composition to prospective buyer."
Where do you come up with such things?
You also appear to read very selectively.
You say, "I suggest you first master iBooks Author and its functions before setting out on a project."
Yet, I had already written this:
"I have since completely built my first iBook..."
Complete, I might add, with its "own style" I made by "taking a basic iBA template and making changes to suit your preferred color scheme."
"IF you cannot find photo books on the iBooks store.... Go to a book shop or library and study the various layouts for your ideas."
I am not looking for layout ideas per se. I am looking to see what other creative people have done with the tools of iBooks Author, tools that are new to me, so that I might use those tools to better execute the ideas in my head. I cannot find this kind of information in a library or book shop.
Currently, in the iBooks store, there are a total of 86 "Made for iBooks" books in the Arts and Entertainment selections and I can find no Photography and certainly no photo essay book sections. Only a few of those 86 books are photography books and they tend to be celebrity based. There must be at least hundreds, probably thousands, of photo based iBooks somewhere on the iBooks store made by non-celebrity photographers. Among these, there must be some jewels. I have not found them. I had hoped that somewhere out there there would be someone such as yourself with more experience with iBooks Author and the iBooks store who could have pointed me toward them.
A knowledgable person with a desire to help could have done so in one sentence.

IBooks Author Page Size Question

I would like to use iBooks Author to put together a book for print (instead of using InDesign which is not intuitive for photo placement). iBooks Author looks good and the templates seem to work very well, but I have found no way to specify total page size dimensions - specifically A4 (210 × 297 mm) in portrait orientation.
Also the PDF export - which I should be able to use for printing - has strange lines around the overall graphics (indicating larger actual document size?), and has a big watermark at the bottom reading "iBooks Author," which wouldn't be good for printing.
Can anyone give me instructions as to how I can:
1) Specify page spread dimensions for the whole document (except for the cover which I will design separately)?
2) Export to PDF in proper printing format without faulty document dimensions or watermarks?

esagustin013,
Indesign as well as Quark are still the mainstream layout tools fore creating Print collateral...as of the latest versions of InDesign and Quark...both are beginning to introduce ebook production.
As for your last sentence, it is not true that both are beginning to introduce eBook production. Adobe InDesign has been doing that for a couple of years, along with PDF technology. Now it even gets much better and, it is true that it is getting more powerful. It is not recommended for novices to use these apps, so iBooks Author app is a very nice simpe app especially designed for iPad platform.
I would highly suggest you search for a tutorial pertaining to how to place images into indesign and how to minipulate them with your text boxes. Far more power in these programs...completely tailored for Print.
Again, last sentence, it is not true that it was completely tailored for Print production. Adobe InDesign app is a totally different app now than it was once developed for at the time when Adobe first released InDesign 1.0 some years ago. I can't believe how time flew from 1.0 to now CS5.5. However, you are correct it is very powerful professional layout app for print and even eBook production and even ePUB production and all. And even PDF files for web. Even it works just fine in iPad opening PDF files.
I am intrigued by iBooks Author is capable of making more interactive iPad iBook textbooks.
I am interested about what Adobe have to say about iBooks Author app. I wonder if Apple eventually develop professional-grade layout app - more powerful than that of iBooks Author or iWorks app. I guess we'll wait and see. Probably not.

Ibooks author publishing problems....

i can't upload my new ebook created by ibooks author. I tried three times for hours and hours (10 hours...) but it still appears "authentcating with itunes store"... the books is about 85 Mb so i can't really understand. it should be easier.
can you help me?
Alessandro

There are various other posts on this issue.. a recent one was found to be the result a slow connection speed in an African country "dial up" rather than a broadband connection. After a faster connection was found... the book uploaded without issue.
Other have had problems with video formatting - even though the auto optomisng was carried out in iBA.
Are you sure your book complies with the Asset guide and everything is OK?

IBook from iBook Author to iPhone...?

I want to make a few of my iBooks available on iPhone. I've made them using iBooks Author and they are clearly formatted for iPad. Does iBook Author output file types that can be read on iPhone? If not, can anyone recommend a method to take iBook content to the iPhone?
Thanks in advance~
[email protected]

You can output PDF or just text for use on iPhone....assuming you're not talking about the store.
Otherwise, an .ibooks file will only target a compatible iPad, sorry.
If you car to do the rework, you can repurpose your content to a Pages or InDesign standard epub, which will work on both iPhone and iPad via iBooks. And yes, it's not a straight path....kind of a backwards path, actually
It may be best to author first in Pages so you have the wider standard epub distribution channel, and then consider doing an iBA release as a follow-on.

HT5071 How to download paid iBook created using iBook Author

I would like to submit a paid iBook created using iBook Author and make it available to download in India. Apple does not support downloading paid iBooks in India. Is there a solution for this. Also, is there an enterprise deployment of iBooks ie limited distribution of paid iBook.

Apple requires that books can only be sold through the Store. See iBooks Author: Publishing and distribution FAQ - Support for details otherwise.
As always, feel free to use the 'Provide iBooks Author Feedback' menu item for features you'd like added in the future, etc.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks-author.html

Do I need an iBooks author account to Finalize a book for a private book?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for