E-book software

What software can I use to create an e-book? I have a Mac. Can anyone provide expertise on this topic? Price? Intuitiveness? Ease of Use? Compatibility with other devices?

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Start here > Apple - iTunes - Partner Programs - Sell Your Content
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

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Flip book software

Hello
I'm trying to source a decent, not too pricey Flip Book software suitable for Mac.
Currently, the company we hire to create them uses http://flippingbook.com/ but having looked on their website it appears it will only work on PC's.
Can anyone suggest something similar that will work on Mac?
Thanks

As a person who reads information on the internet I can't tell you how much I dislike flip books. They are chosen by people who think they are cute rather than think about the customer experience. I have several nice PDF readers, I can download a PDF, zoom as I want, search, read offline, quickly print, I have control. Frankly if a business just throws a flip book at me I can't be bothered to look at their products, they obviously value gloss over actual use.
Hah! I just followed a link in the firs postt "Are your readers still dowloading PDFs from your site? Take advantage of FlippingBook technology and your audience will feel the difference."
Yes, right, we feel the difference all right and go elsewhere. This suggests there's something wrong or uncool about downloading PDFs. This is the sort of thought that would swap the car pedals around because the old arrangement is old fashioned.

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Hi there. Does Adobe have a web-based photo-book software product available ? Software that is web-based and can be uniquely skinned, and used by the public to create their photobooks ?

Hi Caromarmer,
You can Sign up for Shutterfly membership.
Please refer : http://www.shutterfly.com/brands/ADBE/elements.jsp
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/create-photo-book.html

Book & software advice for creating a program that would utilize USB.....

Hey All,
I've been a mac user for about two years now and have become more and more impressed by the stability offered by Unix.
However, I still live in both worlds (XP and OSX) and my programming roots are windows based (sorry ).
Here's the problem:
I'm trying to determine which direction I should head for writing a program that gives me access to the USB ports on a Mac, and allows me to correlate it to a web atmosphere.
My thoughts are: I'd have a device attached to a USB port (or multiple), and I'd use a system (OSX) USB driver to write to a database, in turn - use dreamweaver to build a WEB that interfaced with this database.
I'm not sure what software I should use to write an app that can talk to my USB ports, as well as load them into a chosen database. I think once I have the data collected into a database, I can handle the WEB side of this, but I want to take this one step at a time.
I installed Xcode and I was ready to take off when I said - "wait a minute, this isn't exactly visual studio." [even though it's somewhat similar]
My programming background is in C++, VB and ASP (with VB script & Java Script) but I haven't written for about 3 years (hence the ASP and not ASP.net) - So feel free to steer me in the right direction or just give me a general verbal tirade and tell me I'm in over my head! LOL
I've bounced all over these message boards, and see everything from opinions on Java, C, C++, even Python (which I never heard of until a post yesterday: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=133836&tstart=0)
I'm asking for some advice on what books would be a good aid for me to purchase in order to help me achieve what I'm trying to do. I stopped in at my local Border's bookstore the other night, and there was quite an array to choose from.
So here is what I almost picked up for a starter:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764584111/103-2161547-3122203?v=glance&n=28315 5&n=507846&s=books&v=glance
Any suggestions?
Another major thought in my mind is the transition to little endian, which is what Intel uses (vs OSX big endian). Obviously, I don't want to get burned by this if I flip the wrong bit after the architecture changes....
I realize I may have really 'broad brushed' this, but I really wanted to hear everyone's thoughts since there may be other 'projects' I attempt to tackle on OSX.
Your suggestions on any books, sites, software, etc will be greatly appreciated......
Thanks for reading,
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Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.2)

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The address book in mac came with 1 address and that is apple.com. The problem I have been having is that the "apple.com" duplicates itself in the MAC address book by itself. It multiplies by itself or if you have address book open and click on the desktop, the address will duplicate. There are sometimes 50 entries of apple.com. The mac genius bar thinks it is because of the other address book that I downloaded. They replaced my MAC because they could not fix the problem and the new one appeared to work fine until. I copied the "address office" software to a cd, I inserted the CD into the Mac and was going to print all of the address so I would have them; I did not install the software on the hard drive. Right after doing this, the MAC address book started to have the same problem...apple.com suddenly appeared and started to duplicate itself so I am back to sqare one. Any help or direction as to what should be done is much appreciated
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Hello I have a desktop HP Pavilion P6620F running Win7 up to date. I have been using a WD My Book Smartware for backup for a good while without any problem. The pc sometimes becomes sluggish and slow. I have twice reloaded Win7 program using a update program on dvd. It has worked very well. The third time I used it everything worked except the SmartWare program would not run. There may be some other programs that have the same problem but I have not found them so far. The program is there. I can see it with Windows Explorer. The drive is unlocked. There is no icon on the task bar. At first I thought it was a Microsoft .Net Framework problem not loading but after reading about that program I saw it was in Control Panel, Programs, Turn Features On Or Off, Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5.1. The program and subfolders are all checked. Also in My Book/WD SmartWare folder is dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64. Can you advise me on what I can try to troubleshoot or a fix for this problem. When Win10 becomes active and I download it is it likely to fix this problem? Thanks for the help.

Hi,
If its the smartware that is not working there is no need to delete the backup that you have on the drive.
What I would do is:
DISCLAIMER: DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK AS IF YOU DELETE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THE SMARTWARE YOU CAN CORRUPT YOUR OS
1. Uninstall Smartware.
2. Check on the following folders for anything related to Smartware and delete it:
- C:\Program Files
- C:\Program Files (x86)
- C:\ProgramData
3. Reboot Computer.
4. Install Smartware
You can also try to
I would also try to Contact WD as this is a user to user forum.

Unable to open dowloaded photo book software

I have downloaded the software for a photobook which i bought but cannot open it. It has downloaded ok but asks me what application i want to use to open it. What do i use? Any suggestion appreciated.

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Creative Memories "Storybook Creator" software versus iPhoto Book

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When using Mail and selecting the recipient, Address Book no longer shows Groups. I am forced to select from my entire alphabetized contact list. What's going on?

Has the Address Book software changed? Or has Mail changed? For purposes of email, Address Book no longer allows me to find an addressee or several addressees who are members of one of my Groups (or Smart Groups). What happens is this: I open Mail, initiate a new email, put the cursor in the To: box and click the 'Show addresses' icon in the New Message box. The Addresses list shows up in a separate window with an alphabetized listing of all my contacts. It used to allow me to select a Group, but Groups are no longer listed. I have no choice but to select an address (or addresses) from the entire list. Needless to say, this is intolerable.
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What has changed and can I fix it so it works as it used to?
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This add-on may help:
https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/morecols-en.html
I've had this add-on for so long that I can't remember what it does and does not provide.
If you select a List in your Address Book, so that its contents display at the right, does "Export" not write just the Lists's member Contacts out to the csv file?
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Reports from Address Book

Reports from my Address Book software will not print. It's very old software but I use it daily. The product is:
Address Book for Windows Version 6.0, Copyright 1992-1998 Parsons Technology. Under System Info for this software it has default for printer - Deskjet 1510 series 6.0, Local drive C: . The correct printer is in the print area for the report, the document (4 tries) appears on my HPDeskjet printer as a document in the que. I've tried, many times, to get the 4 print jobs cancelled, but they will not disappear from the print que. I have been able to print other items, documents, scans, with the 4 jobs still showing in the que: Status Deleting.
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I see Student under my ID name - I am not a student, but a retired Sys Analysis, Designer, Programmer.

Hi,
Turn the printer off and reboot your PC, be sure to keep the printer powered off at this time.
Once the PC restarts open the control panel and then open Printers and Faxes.
Right click the deskjet printer and click on Cancel all documents, the printer icon should disappear within a few seconds.
Turn the printer on and allow it a minute, the printer should reappear.
Now open the software, ensure the printer is selected and try printing again.
Hope that helps,
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Address Book Version - Google Sync

I have my iMac address book synced to Google Contacts and wanted to set up my Powerbook the same way but didn't find the same setup screens. When I checked, the Address Book version on my iMac is 5.0.1 (864) and on my Powerbook it is 4.1.2 (702). I thought Software Update would keep my Address Book software current. Maybe it is and I have the latest version on my Powerbook.
Before I try it, does anyone know if Address Book Version 5.0.1 (864) will work on a Powerbook? If so, I can just Firewire it over there. For those of you who know the Apple website, could I have found the answers to these questions there? I looked but was unsuccessful.

Address Book 4.1.2 is the version that runs in OS X 10.5.8, the last OS version any Powerbook can run. Your iMac is apparently running Snow Leopard and its later version of Address Book. Because SL requires an Intel processor, I doubt that its version of AB will run on a Powerbook.

Looking for Mac Software to run a DJ Company.

I need some assistance for a software package that will allow me to book gigs for my DJ company.
The list is long:
- create a contract on my Mac (and would be a + if you could do all of the things on an iPhone)
- without retyping all the customers information again print an envelope and a preset cover letter, and request sheet.
- have field for received deposit or paid in full
- ability to change terms and conditions
- generate mass email
- generate postal mailings to send Anniversary or Birthday cards to clients easily and quickly
- once you send out that mailing, have a check box to remove customer from mailing list (IE they moved and mail was returned so you don't waste postage on your next mailing)
- ability to input how many brides maids and groomsmen are in the party and it adjusts the bridal intro sheet. Also has space for songs to be played duringing intros, blessing, toast, garter, bouquet etc.
- Has web enabled version so clients can see what dates are available and what dates are booked
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George
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Hi djgeorge,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
To be frankly honest I think your going to have trouble.
Let's go through it piece by piece
You could use MS Word or Pages to create documentation etc, those programs have the ability to work with templates on a large scale.
You can find many mass emailer programs, take your pick.
I don't know how you would geterate postal mailings for birthdays etc, a bit of scripting and work with iCal possibly?
FileMaker Pro is very useful for databasing information and for creating automated responses etc. I'm fairly sure you can manage online content as well.
That's the best I currently have.
I will look around though.
Kind Regards,
Peter.
There is some software such as FileMaker Pro which is good generating email etc en mass.
You could probably use AppleScript or Automator and iCal to send

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Just recently my Address Book stopped syncing with iCloud and I can't figure out why. I have tried logging out and back in to the software and iCloud and signed out of Apple in system preferences. The Address Book software on my iMac 2011 has been a little buggy, in that it keeps showing double entries that are not picked up with "find duplicates." Those duplicates don't show up in iCloud, my iPhone6, my iPad mini (original mini with out ios 8 upgrade) and my macbook pro. I am still running Lion on the iMac. I can't see a way to upgrade or reinstall just the Address Book. I guess the only way to get a new version is to upgrade to Yosemite. I just don't want to do that right now, but I would like my other devices to have my updated Address Book entries from the Address book on the iMac.
Also, when I look at ICloud settings it shows the iPhone6 and Macbook Pro (with Yosemite), but not the iPad or the iMac. I have turned on iCloud on the iPad and I am signed in to iCloud on the iMac through System Preferences.
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Hi zacimac,
I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues with Address Book and iCloud. If you are having unusual syncing or duplicate issues between Address Book on your Mac running Lion and iCloud Contacts, you may find some of the info and steps outlined in the following articles helpful:
Get help using iCloud Contacts - Apple Support
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Regards,
- Brenden

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