IBooks Author Poetry Template

Hi,
Any suggestions for the iBooks Author template to use for a book of poetry.
I'm thinking one page per poem with a graphic beside it.
It would be great if each new poem's title is listed in the table of contents.
Should each chapter be a new poem, or each section?
At the moment I'm using one new chapter for each poem, but end up with a blank page after each chapter front page.
Apple it would be great to have a couple of Poetry templates.

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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.

I created a book in iBooks Author using the Photo Book template. When I rotate to portrait orientation, the photo or widget disappears and a table of contents appears with only the interactive media showing.

I created a book in iBooks Author using the Photo Book template. When I rotate to portrait orientation, the photo or widget disappears and a table of contents appears with only the interactive media showing.

Thanx for the prompt response, KT. I have indeed seen that thread, only just after I posted the question.
I have spent hours on the phone with what I now know is a call center in Texas on this question.
I think Apple could be a little more "hands on" with iBooks Author users, and it should also be pointed out that landscape photos will not display in portrait mode.
In my case, I used gallery widgets to display vertical photos, since they look better in portrait mode.
But instead of simply rotating, the page disappears and a TOC of interactive media appears. The gallery behaves as expected when tapped. This is not what I expected, but since the gallery works, I can live with it.
Right now I have "tickets" telling me to "fix" this "problem or to disable portrait mode.
I don't want to disable portrait mode.
Will Apple accept the books if I tell them this is not an "error?"

Creating a template in Pages is straight-forward as answered here previously. Is there and equivalent for iBooks Author which can start with a blank page and build up the template as required? or can one only adapt a ready made template?

Creating a template in Pages is straight-forward as answered here previously. Is there an equivalent for iBooks Author which can start with a blank page and build up the template as required? or can one only adapt a ready made template? This has proved unsatisfactory to me so far. Lines are left in etc.

There are two basic menus for fonts - one from the main menu bar and one from the toolbar. You can also bring up the font manage dialog.
I don't recommend trying to hard to force an otherwise foreign font, as it inevitably needs to be usable/supported on iOS as well, and that can get tricky w/3rd party fonts, as an example, even with the expanded font support in the latest iBA.
If you need to discuss fonts more, I suggest starting a new thread....preferably with a slightly more brief title, thanks.

Do the Templates and Themes for iBooks Author include the flip page animation?

Well, this question is concern about something similar asked by romondodavis on 28-mar-2012 (https://discussions.apple.com/message/17981772#17981772) and also answered by K T.
So my question refers to know if when buying the Templates and Themes for iBooks Author the curl/turn/flip animation is included with them or should I have to buy necessary Pages so I can generate those industry standard e-pubs as K T suggests in order to get the turn page animation enabled by default?
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Import templates for iBooks Author

How can I import more new book templates for iBooks Author?

I don't see a template 'import' per se, but you can take a document/template, modify it and then save it as a custom template if you like. File/Save As Template...

Can I combine different iBooks Author templates?

Hi there,
I want to create a book that is, at one and the same time, a book of restaurant reviews that includes replies and responses to these reviews, a recipe book and, I don't know, commentary/philosophizing/flights-of-fancy from the chef (who's something of a character).
I want to use some of the very slick iBooks Author templates, but the thing is, I don't want to be restricted to just one template, because my book (for better or worse) will be something of amalgam.
So my question is—can I combine some of these iBooks Author templates? Any other advice re how best to proceed?
Thanks very much,
Malcolm

Sounds like a plan to me, Malcolm. I have used two image widgets in my simple layout. I have stopped trying to put photos into the text, which are called inline photos. It is much easier to use a image gallery widget which allows for many photos and images to be used. When they are clicked they will expand to the quality of the original image. If you are taking your own photos, they will fill the iPad screen. Each photo can have a very short caption. The other widget I use is called the interactive image widget. It gives you little tags that you can move around to label and explain whatever you want. The interactive widget is for one image only.
I don't see any problem with you using reviews, quotations, etc. That's just text stuff. Your text flows from screen to screen, so you just insert your image widgets into the text and keep on going.
Why don't you try a practice template and get the hang of it? The other thing I have gotten used to is that sections have their own rules. You can insert a section where you want. For chapters, the front two pages are special. The left side wants to have a big font title, some white space and a small text block. That text block does NOT connect to the pages which you add next. These pages all have flowing content. On the right page of the chapter opening, it wants to have one large image, filling the page. It doesn't want anything else. These are format issues. What I do is start with text from the material I have and put it in the first page little text box. You can adjust the size of that text box. Then I continue with the text on the following pages. If you paste it in there, it will automatically add as many pages as are needed. I actually need a three step process as my original text comes from Adobe InDesign on a PC. I copy it into MS Word, and then export it from Word as Rich Text Format (RTF), which is as basic as it gets. RTF has no problem going into iBook. If you are writing directly into Apple Pages it will transfer over to iBook.
I am writing a history book, and have transferred over the first hundred pages into iBook Author, and am adding many copyright free images from Wikipedia. If you click on an image on Wikipedia, it will take you to the image page called Wikimedia Commons. They often offer the image in different resolutions. On my Apple laptop, I right click and place in the iPhoto library. I LOVE iPhoto Library. Your image comes in and you drag it up to the category you have created. The categories collapse into small bands, which you can open with a click. So it is extremely easy to keep track of your images and put them in as many categories as you like. Then from iPhoto, you can drag your image into the iBook image widget.
One thing I would definitely recommend is to attach a second monitor to your laptop. This provides for much more flexibility in working with images and the internet.
Kira

IBooks Author/Templates

Library/Application Support/iBooks Author/Templates is not on my computer?
Even using "go to folder" it returns negative??

Many thanks, but what I mean is - Library/Application Support/iBooks Author/Templates is not in this location.
When I entered the name in the GO TO MENU it replied "the folder can't be found" ??
I'm using IBA okay, and just wanted to add some templates, but the folder is not there.??

IBooks Author not saving templates

I am not able to save an iBook Author file I am working on (.iba format) to an iBooks Author Template (.ibatemplate) via File > Save as Template. I can go in and change the extention and then see the file in the Template Chooser view, but this seems like an unusual hack AND I get no preview for the template.
Anyone else experienceing this issue.
I am on version 2.1.2 (462) on OSX 10.9.3.

The normal process involves saving so that your creation is saved to 'My Templates'. That assumes you want it to show in the template chooser.
I've never tweaked the file name suffix.
See iBooks Author: Create a new template - Apple Support

How do I import templates in iBooks Author?

The folder /Library/Application Support/iBooks Author/Templates does not exist.
Even if I make it, it doesn't work.
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Bas

Same problem
If I Click the Finder icon in the Dock and choose Go > Go to Folder and enter: ~/Library/Application Support/iBooks Author/Templates/My Templates/
I can see a new template listed there, but it does not show when I go to iBA:File:New from Template Chooser.
Here's hoping they sort it out soon!
G

Where can I find free iBooks Author templates?

Where can I find free iBooks Author templates? I'm trying to create a storybook for kids, is there a listing of such?
Thanks!

When I used the link and clicked on Free there was nothing showing except the loading spinner ....which never ended. Reloaded and tried the Photography link which was OK...
Just tried today and the site is fully functional dont know if it was my machine or what!
I did not try anything free, I get wary of new sites being advertised in targetted forums and such and wanting email address's.
I make my own template, $20 for one template seems expensive to me there are apps in the store offering templates far less expensive, as do Jumsoft and I have no connection with them other buying their set when iBA first came out.
"Templates for iBooks Author" is a free app offerring 10 templates free! their next version offers 20 I think for $10
I think my next project should be a website offering templates a $3 each ! So far I have created 150....
Edit: Anybosy wanting to learn more about creating or modifying template should really check out KT's tips and information on this link given above and repeated here...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2763

Can't Save as Template in iBooks Author 2.1.2

I've only just now tried to save as template in this version. This is what it used to do:
Replace the .iba extension with .ibatemplate.
Change to the iBooks Author Templates folder so that you can save there.
Now it doesn't do either of these. When you select File > Save as Template..., it presents the folder where the .iba file has been saved and does not change the extension.
Manually changing the extension and putting it in the templates folder gives it a generic Pages document icon in the Template Chooser. However, it can be opened as a template through this dialog. The title of the document is Untitled, just like it would be if a template were chosen.
Has anyone else seen this?
I have lodged a bug.

Thanks both Arnis and Mike --
Interesting suggestions from both of you.
Arnis, we're putting the cleanup utility on the back burner for the moment, since in our company, we can get in trouble using third-party software. However, it's good to know about this utility and we will use if it we have to. (Occcasionally we are forced to put our careers on the line for issues like this...)
Mike, we created a folder called "PDFSettings" in the 7.2 "fminit" folder and copied over the six joboptions files from 9.0. Rebooted, rePDFed and voila, that worked. (Mind you, we can't say for sure that's what worked, because as I said in my original post, the simple act of rebooting "sometimes works, sometimes not...")
Eventually this problem will go away by itself because eventually we will get rid of 7.2 -- it's only deadline time-crunches that have made us reluctant to jump fully-clothed into 9.0...
I really appreciate the two of you taking your time to offer suggestions and help. I can't imagine life in the FrameMaker world without you!
Cheers,
Gay

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!

Does anyone know how to add a preface page at the beginning of the book in ibooks author once the book is written? No matter how I try to add a Preface page, it goes to the end of the book.

Does anyone know how to add a preface page at the beginning of the book in ibooks author once the book is written? No matter how I try to add a Preface page, it goes to the end of the book.

Thanks. I've tried this and apparently the template I'm using is one of those where it doesn't work. I've tried dragging it as well as cutting a pasting but it always travels back to the end of the book. Maybe I can try changing the template temporarily, move the preface page, and then convert back to the original template. I'll experiment a little.

On Ibooks Author, my programmed image for the Chapter page no longer shows up on new pages, just appears as a question mark inside a box, How do I fix this?

On Ibooks Author, my programmed image for the Chapter page no longer shows up on new pages, just appears as a question mark inside a box, How do I fix this? Please help, its the same when I try and copy and paste the same image within Ibooks author.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/24420017#24420017
You may have moved or removed content on your page or its possible you used the"Adjust Image" and over sharpeed one or more images.
I assume you mean it does not show up of new Chapter pages... have you checked the template?
Where you see the ? you need to either reduce teh box outline size - or drop anther copy of the original image onto it, it may fill the ? box or sit on top.... delete the ? box.
If its Chapter page only related, its better doing this in the template.
Is you image .jpg or .png?

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