How to create a fixed Layout ePub?

I'm trying to create a photography book to sell as an ePub and on the kindle store - I've made plenty of iBooks and published them in the iBookstore - unfortunately one has recently been rejected because of Apple's censorship rules. My books look exactly the way i want them to in iBooks and want to recreate them as closely as possible to sell as mobi and epubs. I've noticed that unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a program similar to iBooks Author for making epubs... I've tried InDesign CS6 for epubs but moved to Pages as I thought it might be simpler.
So far I can't find any thing that explains step by step how to make fixed Layout epubs - in any program- usually I use Lynda.com but they only have fixed layout epubs for the iBookstore. My knowledge on inDesign and iBooks author is quite good but my knowledge on HTML is limited. Is this accomplishable?

Hi Douglas,
How do this?
ID >> PDF export:
ID >> Fixed layout epub export:
Thanks in advance! [Soon, another problem …!]

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Updated tutorial: Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB with Anne-Marie Concepción

Now available from Lynda.com:
Watch the Online Video Course Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB
(I have no connection with the company)

Thanks! I've been waiting for this update

How do I create a fixed layout landscape-only epub3 in Indesign?

Hi
I have been trying to create a fixed layout epub3 from indesign without results.
What I've done is to create a book with 4 pages in layout format 1034px/768px, each of them with text and pictures. I gave the text a style with the paragraph and exported in epub3 format.
When I upload this to the ipad it works as a epub2, the layout is not fixed.
When I open the files and read the code it actually is like a epub2, there is no fixed layout meta tag, there is no page dimension in each page, in the css the body size is auto and so on.
I also opened the files and added without any result the following in the .opf file.
<meta property="rendition:layout">pre-paginated</meta> (this should create the fixed layout option)
<meta property="rendition:orientation">landscape</meta> (this should create a landscape only view)
<meta property="rendition:spread">none</meta> (this should create a one page at a time view)
Is there a way of achieving what I want or it simply is a functionality not yet introduced?
Thanks for any advice

InDesign CS6 or earlier is not designed for creating fixed layout EPUB files. Essentially it would have to be done in a very painful, very manual process. Anne-Marie Concepcion describes the process in this Lynda.com video:
Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB
The Rorohiko product is the best thing going at the moment.

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

I have created a fixed layout ePub for Apple iPad with some on-touch animations on tap. It works fine except the pictures which are in extreme margins (left and right). On touch it activates page-turn rather than the required animation. Is there any way to prevent page turn? Please help.

event.preventDefault() should do the trick on your own controls. If you are using one of the built-in iBooks shortcuts (read-aloud start/stop button comes to mind) then you may not have full control.

Hyperlink Problem when Creating Fixed Layout ePub

Hi guys, not sure if anyone can help...
I've created a fixed layout ePub from a print document and everything works perfectly apart from I can't get hyperlinks to work.
Originally I'd set up the hyperlinks on my text which didn't work. After a bit of digging around I found some documentation stating that text hyperlinks don't work and that they need to be fired from an image. Also, internal links (to other pages) don't work, only links to external URLs - fortunately for me - all my required links are to external URLs, however, they still don't appear to work... does anybody have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong?
I'm testing with Redium on Windows 7 and iBooks on iPad Air
Thanks in Advance
Kindest regards
Poll

Hi Poll,
The hyperlinks are set on what kind of objects? If the external hyperlinks are applied on a text frame or a rectangle, it won't work. There are two cases that work:
1. Hyperlink on images
2. Hyperlink on objects in a group and the group is set to rasterise from Object Export Options dialog.
What is your case which is not working? Please elaborate.
Regards,
Pooja

I have created fixed layout epub file, its display vary on indian iPad and German iPad

Hi All,
I have created a fixed layout epub file. I've viewed this in Indian iPad it disply seems good, but the same epub file i've viewed by German iPad its display vary. I dont know why this displays vary on iPad. This is iPad problem or iPad settings vary on different countries.
Please find below the iPad screen shots.
Indian iPad
German iPad
Kindly advise if anyone faced this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Thnaks & Regards,
U.Arikrishnan.

Hi Tom,
Please find below the images taken from the two different ipad,
Indian iPad
German iPad
I've faced this kind of issues in multiple books. I know there is no differnce in manufacturing but why this happened?
Regards,
U.Arikrishnan.

Fixed Layout ePub - please help me embed video and/or use Folio overlay with web content

Hi
I have an In Design file used to create a print book (11"x11") and have decided to use CC 2014 to create a fixed-layout ePub 3 for a digital version. I converted the book over with minor issues of having to change the font and it looks beautiful.
I would like to add videos at the end of the book to take advantage of the flexibility of the digital format. I create a year-end slideshow of my photos and host them on Vimeo.
I have tried the following:
Using the Vimeo standard embed code in an HTML element
Using the old flash Vimeo embed code and converting to HTML - worked great on iBooks on Mac but not on iPhone/iPad as flash-based
Hosting and linking to videos on my own web server and using the Media - insert video link to the mp4 file
Hosting and linking to videos on my old photo server at smugmug.com
I can embed the actual videos but, at their smallest size they increase the file size of the ePub from 78MB to 400MB...
I then thought I would use a Folio Overlay - Web Content.
The idea is to use this blank page on my website which would look for all intents and purposes like another white page in the book - 2012 Slideshow - Oren Photography
The overlay works in Folio Preview but not when exported as an ePub
Is this a limitation of the ePub format?
Any help/advice/suggestions on fixing this are greatly appreciated.
E

Thanks again Steve and Bill
My interest in embedding videos was largely to minimize the final file size and amount of space used on each person's device. I ended up following your advice about using Adobe Media Encoder to minimize the size of each slideshow but it still increased the final ePub from 65 MB to over 200 MB. And that was with video quality that was far inferior from what I could offer through an embed or, my final solution, a link out to my website.
I happen to be of the same thought as Bill that most people are now connected to the internet and would favor a smaller file with access to online content over a very large file. I would have liked to embed the videos and allow 720p quality inside the ePub over the link I ended up settling for.
E

Portrait & Landscape Layout in fixed layout EPUB

Is it possible to create a fixed layout epub that when viewed in portrait orientation on a device it displays just one page and when the device is flipped to a landscape layout it displays two pages (both pages still portrait layout) side by side?

This is the code you use to tell iPad to display in landscape mode.
[?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?]
[display_options]
[platform name="*"]
[option name="fixed-layout"]true[/option]
[option name="orientation-lock"]landscape-only[/option]
[option name="open-to-spread"]true[/option]
[/platform]
[/display_options]
Replace the brackets to carets and you're good to gol Name the file:
com.apple.ibooks.display-Options.xml
and it's put in the META-INF folder
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What resolution should I save images for fixed-layout epub?

I have produced an illustrated history book that was created with 300dpi images for print publication. My next step is to create a fixed-layout epub. Is there a particular resolution that I should set for the images? Is there a single resolution that I can use to target all tablets and e-readers that accept fixed-layout epubs?
My strategy was going to be to generate a PDF of the book (with no text) and import the PDF pages as the background images for the fixed-layout epub. I am guessing that I should use 150 dpi when saving the PDF.
I'm just a little worried that if I create the fixed-layout epub with 150 dpi images, it may not show up correctly on tablets that don't have high resolution screens?
Thanks,
Paul

Use the "Save for Web" option. Put in the resolution you want, and then dial down the quality, it will show you what it looks like. Go as low as you're willing given the quality it shows.

How to add audio to fixed layout epub

Hi,
I'd like to know if adding audio to a fixed layout epub is possible or planned for InDesign? Specifically for read-aloud books—with highlighting each word. I know this can be done with a painfully manual process in the HTML. However it would be swell if it could be done in InDesign somewhat less excruciatingly slow?
I've read Pariah Burke's book on adding read aloud audio, but now with the new Fixed Layout capability it's out of date. Anyone know of other sources of info on this?
Sue Campbell

The IDs on <span>s are in the update just released yesterday.
When I was leading the EPUB team, I would have said that supporting an SMIL workflow for InDesign was extremely unlikely.
External tools are needed to map the IDs to the audio clips (that's what the SMIL file does) and then it all needs to get packaged up.
ID could do all the packaging of course, but it can't make the SMIL file and until ID does the export you don't know what the IDs are going to be.
So I always suspected that this would always be a post processing step that would have to occur entirely after the export and thus nothing for InDesign to participate in.
I found this book very useful in learning about the SMIL workflow - http://iampariah.com/books/creating-fixed-layout-ebooks - but of course the rest of it (published in 2013) is out of date since we're exporting the FXL from InDesign. There are obviously other sources to talk about how to do this.
I hope that helps.
Douglas

How do i add Edge animate .oam files to Fixed Layouts Epubs in Indesign cc 2014?

How do i add Edge animate .oam files to Fixed Layouts Epubs in Indesign?

Hi,
There is a bug on iOS7 which does not let edge animate work correctly here. This issue will happen on iPad and not on Mac OS.
There is a similar thread that explains in detail this issue you are facing:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1513879
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Pooja

Where to sell fixed layout ePubs created with ID CC 2014?

I'm wondering where I can sell my eBooks created with the fixed layout ePub3 option in InDesign CC 2014.
I have already uploaded my first book to Apple iBook Store and it is online there.
But are there other stores where I can sell my book? What is with Google Play, Kindle, Kobo?
Has anyone already experiences?
Thanks for your helps
Almute

Here's a chart that Anne-Marie Conception referred to in her webinar on Fixed Layout EPUB from InDesign CC 2014 which tells which features are supported by which platforms for EPUB3:
EPUB 3 Support Grid | BISG
Presumably, if a platform supports the feature, then it should be publishable on their bookstore.
Here's a link to a recording of the webinar:
Adobe Webinar_1

Use of cookies in fixed-layout EPUBs

I am creating a fixed-layout picture ebook in EPUB2 format to be published on the iBookstore.
In order to start some CSS3 animations at the same time on both pages of a page spread, I'd like to use a mechanism to synchronize the start time for the animations. This is because I noted that, in the iBook reader running on my iPad2, the left and right pages of a spread get loaded at different times and usually the right page is loaded approximately 1s later than the left page, though the delay is extremely variable.
I am thinking about using some javascript to set a cookie in order to check whether both pages in a spread are loaded and consequently start the animations. This is based on the assumption that both pages of a spread use a webview built upon the same common Safari rendering engine which uses a single set of cookies.
My questions are:
Is it allowed to use cookies in an EPUB to be published on the Apple iBookstore? On page 29 of the iBookstore Asset Guide 5.0 it is specified that "Books must not rely on external resources", but are cookies to be considered "external resources"?
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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

Fixed Layout EPUBs in Adobe Indesign CC 2014

Hi Friends,
I'm fascinated with the prospects of the Fixed Layout EPUBs.   In the few video tutorials that are more current, Adobe host shows the ability to PREVIEW the EPUBs using the menu item OBJECT > INTERACTIVE > Epub Previewer. But no go.
So, I've now installed from Creative Cloud, the Extend Script tool kit as well as Extension Manager.   I also installed Edge Inspect CC.
Am I on the right track to find or install the Interactive > Fixed Layout EPUB Previewer?    I need your guidance and have not found anything through my searches online.
I exported my Fixed Layout EPUB yesterday and the slider I created by following one of the few tutorials caused some sort of problem because that entire SPREAD was blank, although all other pages were present.
Thanks for any guidance.
Sincerely
mary

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

Fixed layout ePub not display truetype font properly when uploaded to Amazon

I've created a kids book with inDesign CC which works fine on iPad but when I upload the book to Amazon KDP, the font which is a truetype font and not protected doesn't display properly. It has unusual spacing between the charaters and sometimes the letters overlap each other. Can i embed this font somehow to have it display properly? I can't find an option anywhere to do that. Or will I have to change the font entirely? Many thanks.

Hi Yves,
Yes, it is an SIL license. I am not using Allatuq anymore, I switched to Quicksand which I got from fontsquirrel.com.
Yes, there is a fixed layout epub option in inDesign CC 2014:
It even has some default sizing options though I have gone with a custom size to account for larger devices, desktop reading etc and am hoping that it's going to work.
The Kindle previewer (desktop version) displays perfectly.
The online previewer has had some display issues with what looks like drop shadows on some images but i'll need to look at the actual file on multiple devices to see what the reality is.
There are some inconsistencies between how the fonts look in the previewers. The online one is not perfect and the desktop previewer displays exactly as designed so again, I won't really know until I can get my hands on the devices. There is also a sizing issue with the online previewer that the desktop previewer doesn't seem to have. And then there will be the issue that the "purchase" file isn't consistent with the preview file you download so not sure how it will all pan out yet.
I had lots of overlapping and other character spacing issues until I changed my font to the OTF Quicksand with the SIL License. I'm hoping the drop shadows are just an issue with the online previewer.
And I'm hoping my conclusion is correct that the OTF with the SIL licenses work for embedding so long as you remove the encryption and replace the encrypted font with the orignal version (and include the license). And I'm hoping that is allowed.

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