How do I become an iBooks Author

How do I get an account

See this link from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/ipad/built-in-apps/ibooks.html
...and know that iBooks Author is a free download and there are no fees to get into the program/store, but if you intend to work with 'paid' books in the store you will need to buy digital ISBN-13s - these are not free...Google is your friend for ISBN-13 sources.
Good luck w/your book(s).

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How can I transfer an iBook Author book via a PC?

Hello
I designed an iBook via iBooks Author for a friend and want to send it to her to preview. She has an iPad but only a PC computer.
How can I send her a proof so she can view it on her iPad?
Thanks for your help.

Both open a Dropbox free account - upload your book to Dropbox and create a download link - email the link to your friend - she can download to the Dropbox on her iPad and when clicked to open - it offeres an "Open in iBooks" - and from iBooks it can be seen. If this is a beta version, I would tell your friend to delete it before downloading the next version. Its not needed and can cause problems with which version is seen.
No solution for PC.

How to setup language on iBooks Author

Hi,
I just started using iBooks Author and I am starting my book in spanish. Does anyone knows how to change the language? Everything is showing marked in red and I have no way of doing spelling. The only option is English and if I change language and text on the settings it only changes the toolbar in Spanish. Please help.
Thanks

heribertofromwilmington wrote:
English initially but when I change to Spanish
The place where you have to change to Spanish is Inspector > Text > More > Language. Have you done that? Also you would probably want to set up a style where that setting is Spanish and then switch to it when you are using that language.

Does anyone know how to add Audio to iBooks Author and Loop it continuously

I need to Loop a 2 second piece of audio in iBooks Author. When I Preview it on my iPad it doesn't Loop correctly. Can anyone please help me with this strange problem.
Thanks in advance. David

Hi K T,
Still having lots issues with Looping. Was wondering if you were able to import any short drum loop for example from Garage Band or Logic or similar into iBooks Author and select the Loop option. Do you get a gap or buffering effect before the audio repeats? I've tried so many different audio types now and think it must be a bug with iBooks. The gap only occurs when opened or played in iBooks. I just want to confirm that it's not just my system that has the problem. I have tried it on iPad 2 and iPad with Retina, but not iPad Air.
Any suggestions?
Thanks David

How to download english version iBooks Author from the Belgian store?

I have downloaded Ibooks Author from the Belgian store and after looking up on prefferences I see that there are no language options. The version I downloaded seemed to have only French language funcionalities. I appreciate it if someone can help me out on this.
Luis

Apple apps are supposed to take the language of your OS. If you want it differently, try this app
http://www.tj-hd.co.uk/en-gb/languageswitcher/

How to create pages in ibooks author

I just got feedback from iTunes saying that my book has no visible pages in portrait mode. I created the book in landscape but i wouldn't mind it being in both formats. When i go to portrait mode I can't find a way to add a page or see the pages I created. How do you make pages in portrait mode?

Layout your book in landscape orientation - edit contents in portrait.
Use the toolbar to toggle between them.
Be sure to preview your book on your iPad in both.
If for some reason you only want to support landscape, use the Inspector/Document tab and select/check [ √ Disable portrait orientation ]

How do I format images (iBook author) to make them bigger with one tap?

This is a beginner question, I know...

I'm probably not clear.
I embedded a photo ( small section of the screen) in text and when viewing it on iPad, I can tap the photo and it is blown to full screen size. I just can't find a way to reproduce it to the other images...

How can people without Macs use iBooks Author?

Hi,
How can PC people use iBooks Author?
Thanks,
Elaine

iBooks Author is a Mac only application. As of now there is no Windows' version available.

360 panoramas in ibook authoring. Is there any widget already available?

I would like to publish a ibook with immersive panoramas. I know how to display them on the web with HTML5 but I have no idea how to do it in iBook author. Ihave done a search on the web but cannot find much. Does anyone have any suggestions on this topic?

This will allow you to create panorama and output to html5. You can then package as a widget and use in iBooks.
http://gardengnomesoftware.com/pano2vr.php
Cheers!
Jim

Convert an iBook author file to an epub file

How do you convert an iBook author file to an epub file so other devices can open my book?

This is so unfortunate. I teach a graduate multimedia class, and we are looking for an authoring program in which students can create ebooks. Last year we used iBooks Author, which is a terrific program and does not require advanced tech skills, but is really limited in terms of its publishing and output options. I would love to use Author again but am frustrated by its inability to play well with the PC platform. Is there anything being planned that would enable iBooks to be converted to a PC friendly platform? I do not want to export the books as PDFs because we lose all of the interactivity functions. Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

How can I share iBooks authored by me using iBook Author on 2 different iPads synced to two different computors? Both iPads have different iTunes accounts.

I am in the process of authoring an eBook using iBook Author. The project is a work in progress and I want to share the draft with other collegues. We each have our own iPads synced with other computers and we have different iTunes acounts. I attempted to preview the book on the new iPad, but the iPad did not come up in the available device window.
Am I missing something or is there a way around this?

How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

How do I add a widget to give a review or star rating for a book at the end of a book in iBooks Author?

How do I add a widget to give a review or star rating for a book at the end of a book in iBooks Author? You know, how you buy books on iBooks and when you're finished reading it, there's a place where you can give a rating or review right there on the very last page?

Just supply a link that says 'Review This Book' - use http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/ to generate one.

In ibooks author how to make an existing page start a new section

I have imported a Pages document into ibook authors (version 2.1.1 in OS 10.9.1) using the Classic Text Template. The original Pages document was basically a book, with title and table of contents and forward and several sections. Now everything is one huge unit. During the import I can choose a layout, but only a chapter or a section. Then all of the document is regarded as having that layout -- every page is regarded as having the section layout, for example, though only the first page has the smaller text area and the large text as a header. I can see all the layout possibilities in the Layouts sidebar, and they include section and forward and 1 column. When I hover the cursor over a particular page the book sidebar I see the little triangle that has been mentioned, and it offers options for changing layout, but it does not allow me to make that page a new section or a forward. I can only make the page 2 column or put a sidebar on it. I cannot see how I can import the book and be able to create chapters and sections with ibooks author. I can insert a new section layout, or a new page, but I do not see how to to change a page, after it is imported and is considered to be the text of a chapter or section, into the start of a new chapter or section. I do not find anything in the inspector or on the menubar or in the help center that makes this change. The "add a chapter title" does not change the layout to make the text box smaller, as it should for a layout. Is it actually possible to convert a Pages book into an ibook authors book, or must I create the blank chapters and sections in ibook authors and then cut and paste each section from Pages?

The advice given for iBA, is to preplan your book. Modify an exsiting template as your layout suits you, to present a quality book to your readers.
iBooks Author is really more "app" than a book maker like inDesign or even Pages, - and users should really get to know how to use it before starting out on a serious project.
The insert options are clear - you can insert a Chapter from MS Word or Pages in iBA a "chapter" is a distinct "standalone" part of a book which can include sections and pages as required. Sections can be moved up or down within their chapter or can be copied from one chapter to another. The pages in any chapter are static and the only way to change content location is copy and paste.
From your post, its seems you decided to create you book using Pages and in one chapter expecting iBA to reformat it.
I would suggest a solution is to count your chapters and add that number into an iBA new book, then copy your Pages chapters. I would guess that the whole process would take less than 30 minutes.
Apple recieves feedback and suggestions for improvements, however the last update made very few changes to the application and none of those seen in many posts - such as being able to move pages. This indicates that Apple at least, are satisfied that the version is functional enough for how Apple see books being made for its store. 12 months ago this forum was taking hundreds of posts per day asking advice, its now a trickle- which I take to be in indicator that as a group, iBA users have taught themselves how to use the application and its many options and third party add on's. iBA is more suited to the interactive side of publications as Apple intended, creating a mainly text only "novel" seems to be considered by Apple as the easy part!

How Do I Create a New Template for iBooks Author?

Apple's provided templates are way too narrow for some of the ideas I want to implement. I do not see any real method for creating a template from scratch. I stripped one of the available templates down to nothing and rebuilt some of the pages and then selected Save As Template... but iBooks Author keeps the original template as the content instead of allowing me to use my own created Chapter, Section, and Pages with the Add Pages.. Button.
How to you create a new template from scratch? I think it is absurd if you can only create a new template from one of the 6 predefined templates.

Be careful on unlocking and deleting stuff, cause this very easily can destroy the layout and your current arrangement
About dimensions, If i am not mistaken, i read on another thread that this cannot be happen.

How do I set the margins for a book in ibook author

I am fairly new to Ibooks author and am having trouble figuring out how to set my margins to follow throughout the book. I am making the book in landscape mode and want the hardcopy version to be 11 x 8.5. I need the left margin to be set at 2.5 and no matter what I have done it skews the following pages. I will publish this online but since this is going to be a family history book, I am going to have to export it eventually to PDF and send it to a printer. Does anyone know how to change these settings?

Thank you. I just like the possibilities associated with Ibooks author. But I will do that and maybe later transfer that data to Ibooks.
Thanks again.

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