IBooks Author and Keynote Interactives

I have many keynote interactives but when I preview my book on the IPad most if not all of the keynote interactives have been duplicated accross several figures.
For example I have Figure 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3. I have associated(both drag and drop and the file chooser) key note presentations Figure 5.1, Figure 5.2 and Figure 5.3 in IBooks Author.
When I go to preview the book, both as a whole as as a section, Figure 5.1 is showing my Figure 5.1, Figure 5.2 is showing Figure 5.1(wrong) and Figure 5.3 is also showing Figure 5.1 (wrong).
I go back into IBooks and everything is associated correctly?
So I have not idea why it is doing this other than my book template is completely screwed up.
Any ideas?
Scott L.

Thanks apple support helped me resolve this.
It would seem that IBook Author cannot tell the difference between files that have similar names.
For example it can't tell the different between Interactive 1.1 and Interactive 1.2 the names are too similar.
What the heck, the previous versions of IBook Author were 10 times better than this.

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Completely frustrated by iBooks Author and iBooks

I have been writing in iBooks Author for a while to produce a book. I loved what was shown by Apple as possibilities. My book contains a lot of diagrams, the source material are vector images (SVG or PDF). These images are sometimes large and are unreadable, unless the user can zoom in and pan/scroll around.
Given that iOS is PDF-based and that HTML5 has SVG I assumed (mistakenly) that iBooks and iBooks Author would support resolution-independence vector images. Indeed, it will accept PDF often, but on creation of the .ibook, it produces low resolution bitmaps. There is no decent way to create image viewing that enables a user to look at a diagram that cannot be read on page size of an iPad2. Interactive Image will allow larger images (up to 4096pixels wide in landscape mode), but to let the user zoom you need fake viewpoints that point somewhere and in all, creating something where the user can pan/scroll/zoom is ugly and a pain.
I have been looking at HTML5 widgets to see if one can get around this. But here too, iBooks Author seems not to allow SVG in those (just displays empty, so does iBooks Author kills the SVG on export from .iba to .ibooks?). SO, I hoped the standards of iOS (PDF and HTML5) woul dsolve any problem, but iBooks Author seems to make sure it does not work.
I am so frustrated that I am close to giving up. iBooks Author and Ibooks need (for me):
- handling vector-images (SVG and PDF) (come on, Apple, how can you be so slow with supporting resolution independence, especially given Retina iPads?)
- the ability to let the user pan/scroll over large images that can be zoomed in/out
And I am not talking about stupid things like not being able to replace an image inside a picture element with a new image without losing the picture element and having to manually redo all the links to it.
It has been more than a half year since Apple released iBooks Author. Unless I find a way to let the reader investigate larger diagrams, preferably interactive ones, e.g. created as a HTML5 widget with SVG objects in it, or unless Apple delivers a product with less problems bugs and such, my project needs to move away from iBooks.

Thanks, but I am not going to try anything else. I have lost any trust in iBooks Author that I can get this right.
First, it means buying Keynote just for this experiment and besides that means that my images all end up in a widget (I have many inlines now) which will also not be exported properly in PDF.
I am unhappy enough that I have to buy Pages to save my project (if I had known this in advance, I would probably have written the book in TeX and try to find a decent paper publisher) and lose all the nice interaction ideas I had.
If iBooks and iBooks Author still exist a year after I have finished my old fashioned book, maybe. So far, this looks like another beta-never-to-be-kept-alive-in-a-decent-way product attempt at Apple. Stuff gone like iWeb or iDVD (colleague bought his Mac, used iMove to create a Movie and wanted to create a DVD. Turns out he needs to shell out $99 for Roxio to do that. Not a happy camper).

I have created an ibook in ibook author and it appears in ibook on my Mac. How do I get it on my iPad? It is too big to email.

I have created an ibook in ibook author and it appears in ibook on my Mac. How do I get it on my iPad. It is too big to email.

You can install MAMPon you mac (free web server, no configuration needed).
Put ePub file in Applications/MAMP/htdocs and you can download locally (quicker than Dropbox, Mega, etc...)
On your iPad's nevigator type:
http://mac_local-lan_IP:8888/NameOfYourBook.epub
You can see local IP on: System Preferences/Lan or System Preferences/Sharing
iPad and Mac must be in the same lan/wifi network.
Best regards.

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

Hello I wrote a technical french book on " iBooks Author" and I would like to Know witch catégorie I should choose?

hello I wrote a technical french book on " iBooks Author" and I would like to Know witch catégorie I should choose?

Sorry, I cannot remember all teh many options of category and sub categories offered during the delivery process.
A very simple solution for you is to use Google Translate to convert the category titles to French
Another option is to use the iBooks store - search for books made with iBooks Author open a few preview / sample books to look at the information page and check which categories are used the most... and use the same!

HT5071 Can I publish my work produced with iBooks Author and make it available (free of charge) for my students only?

Can I publish my work produced with iBooks Author and make it available (free of charge) for my students only?

Yes. Put it on your own server, and/or send it out via email.

HT5071 I am putting together a book with iBooks Author and all of my pages are numbered (3) how can I change them to an acceding order starting with page one?

I am putting together a book with iBooks Author and all of my pages are numbered (3) how can I change them to an acceding order starting with page one?

Sorry I didn't get the tip link right: Change page number style

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I just updated iBooks author and it won't recognize or open any of my .iba files.

Have you tried basics from the manual?
restart, reset, restore.

Can I create content in iBook Author and push it to my Newsstand App?

Good afternoon!
I am totally new at iOS developement and I am exploring the possibilities of the Newsstand app.
I started building an app following a tutorial and up to now the basic code is working.
What I am trying to do right now is see if I can create a magazine edition in iBook Author and push it as my new issue.
So far, I got nothing but a blank issue.
Is it something possible or do I have to build my own type of asset reader?
Thank you!
Marie-Eve

(1)Why do you need manual instantiation of the 'managed' bean?I know such a case.
Suppose you already have an EJB application and want to use JSP to display the result of the EJB call which is returned as a JavaBean.
One solution is put your bean to SessionMap with the name specified in faces-config.xml.
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getSessionMap().put("name", bean);
But, I hate this solution because it hard-codes the name of the bean.
My favorite solution is to provide the result bean as a property of another managed bean.
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Is there something like the questions widget in ibooks author in keynote?

Does anyone know how if there is a review widget within Keynote as there is in iBooks Author that can show more than 6 questions and can I edit this so that multiple ticks can be shown and show more than 6 questions?
I also want to know if I can alter the "Check Answer" button.

The interactive system in Keynote uses hyperlinks, click a button and it will jump to another slide, that's the sum of the amount of interactivity available.
An every day scenario; I want to review the scores to 5 questions with a multiple choice of 3 answers.
This requires 5 slides one question per slide.
I cannot click a button on slide 6, requesting to show the number of correct and wrong answers to all 5 questions. There is no database or dynamic library available to Keynote to allow a presentation of the data.

IBooks Author and iBooks

I am developing a book using iBooks Author (Version 2.1.1). When the book is previewed on my iMac, the cover page (cover art) is displayed as a small image. When I click on the book's image, the cover art is displayed larger for just a moment and then the book's contents are displayed. Is there a way to see the cover page full size in iBooks under the iBooks Author Preview option?

A Preview is simply a basic PDF.
I suggest you export as an .ibooks file, then check that version instead, however, I think you've described the default for this process and note that the cover is not displayed when using the book.
If that's what you want, see this IBA User Tip: iBA Tips and Tricks 01 / How to make the cover image remain visible after the user opens the book...

IBooks Author and Software Update Service

iBooks Author is not included in the Software Update Service list of available downloads. Does anyone know how to add as an available update within OS X Server?
It doesn't seem like the update service has iBooks Author in it's update catalog.

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You enter the server's hostname or fully qualified domain name as defined in whatever you're using for providing DNS Resolution for your network. If you want to know the Server's hostname launch Terminal on the Server itself and issue "hostname" without the quotes. If we use server.theschool.sch.uk as an example the url would look like this:
http://server.theschool.sch.uk:8088/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged-1.sucatalog
Does this help?
The servername.local refers to the Server's Bonjour name. Bonjour names don't resolve to IP addresses.
Tony

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.

Can I Create Chapters Separately in iBooks Author and Merge Into a Single iBook?

In a print page layout package like InDesign, chapters of a book can be created separately and then merged into one book file. Is it possible to do that to create an iBook in iBooks Author?
Thank you.

Yes, it is possible and very easy to do.
If you want your chapters/sections/pages to have the same layout and colour scheme... make your template and and save as template - or use teh same free template for each chapter.
Create a Master version - and it is to this you will eventually copy and paste youe separate chapters.
Just select and copy the chapter and open the master.. then paste in the left "Book" column.
If you are using different chapter layouts - It also takes its template and that also appears in the hidden Layout tree.
I use this method on every book, simply because it does not slow down the machine. A multi chapter book with videos and photo images makes a big file - which is slow to process every time you preview or check things.

Header or Index facility on iBooks Author and Pages?

I'm an academic who has just published an eBook.
I used iBooks Author to write it, thinking that would be as convenient as Apple equipment normally is....
BUT: Neither iBooks Author nor Pages has
a) Index facility
b) Header facility.....
Finally, to use the Publish facility on iBooks Author one must have a US Tax code.
This limits the use of iBooks Author to USA Residents only.
I'm shocked by this restrictive, exclusive limits from Apple iBooks Author...
PLEASE can this be changed, Apple?!!
Till then, I feel obliged to write my next book with Microsoft Word: though I shouldn't think iBooks will be able to accept a Word index....!!
Mark

Hi Mark
Apologies for the confusion in not finding the 'masters' - coming from a print background, I tend to use the terminology of the main software I use. iBA calls them 'layouts'.
These can be accessed from top of the sidebar by going to the two horizontal lines next to the word 'Book', and dragging it down. There you will see the layouts for chapter, sections, etc. Looks like this:
These are the pages on which are used as the basis for the pages in the book. They can be changed (by clicking on the appropriate thumbnail on the sidebar), copied, or deleted (by right-clicking, and selecting from the options provided). I strongly recommend taking time to familiarise yourself with how these 'layouts' work, and really understanding them. Getting the template right from the outset is imperative. Take a look at the layouts for section and chapter starters. These already have text boxes which are set up to include Chapter name, section name, etc. 'Text variables', if you like. If you scroll down this list in the sidebar, you'll get to some alternative layouts for individual pages – 1 col, 2 col, 3 col, etc.:
Now - as you rightly point out - iBA has no idea what a facing page is - they are not relevant to what it does - make Apple-only ebooks. but if you wanted an 'illusion' of a facing page, this is where you could make it, by adapting one (or making a copy of one and adapting that), and sticking your name at the top of the page.
The problem is, this layout would not be used by default. You'd have to select every other page, right click on the thumbnail in the side-bar, and choose "Change Page Layout", whereupon you'll be able to select the layout you created for facing pages:
One final caveat - you say you want to create a print book from a PDF of this. You say "Print publishers always accept PDF files of my book, and iBooks easily creates PDF versions of the eBook". Have these printers ever used a PDF from iBA to print from before? It might not be as straight-forward as assumed. Print PDFs include crop marks (for imposition), will have 'bleed' if necessary (bleed is where images or colours actual go over the edge of a page), and will use the CMYK colourspace - used in both litho and digital print. The PDFs from iBA have no crops, and so do not support bleed, and the one I have tested was RGB, so you could expect colour variation conversion from one format to the other. And that's without taking into account page size/proportion, etc.
I would create a dummy book and make a PDF of that, and send it to your publisher/printer, and get them to see if they can use it first.
In my experience, the print books have always come first - done in specialist software (InDesign/Quark, etc), then the text content is then exported (either via a Word format, or .idml in the case of InDesign), and the resulting file is imported into iBA, and the images formatted (i.e. changed from CMYK to RGB .jpgs) resized, and images imported into iBA.
Hope that helps.

IBooks Author and Keynote Interactives

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