Indesign to iBooks Author

Can you take an Indesign file or PDF and load that into iBooks Author with recreating? We have a 100+ page book that we would like to put in iBooks Author - can we go from Indesign or PDF straight to iBookAuthor? If not is there a plug-in that will help?

You could also use Text Edit to save to word format if you don't have Pages.
I've been experimenting with starting the editing process with Pages, which allows for creating an iPhone friendly ePub file first and then moving to iBooks author.
Seems like a fairly smooth transfer so far

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.oam in indesign for ibooks author – does not work help

Hi I am creating an epub3 in indesign for ipad to read in ibooks. I am trying to integrate an .oam file but it doesn't work. It will show up in indesign as adobe promised but it is not shown in ibooks on ipad.
Can anyone help me? Thanks for help.

>told by my father that he had Acrobat Pro trial downloaded on the same PC
You are not allowed to install the trial a second time
Since a "secret code" is put on your hard disk to prevent a 2nd install, the only way to install the trial a 2nd time is to completely wipe your hard drive and install everything again... starting with Windows
Actually, I am not sure that a simple FORMAT command goes to the hard drive area used for the secret code... you MAY need to remove the partition and start as if this was a brand new drive that has never been used before

IBooks Author or InDesign CS6 for interactive eBook?

I've been asked to create some "marketing collateral" (free, not for purchase) for my company that in addition to text would include some vidoes w/ audio. The material HAS to work on the iPad b/c that's how it will be displayed at the tradeshow.
However, if the materials could reach a larger audience than just iPad users, that would be a bonus. I've just read that iBooks now supports ePub3, and I understand that InDeisgn CS6 can export to ePub3?
My questions is whether I should use iBooks Author or use InDesign? I use InDesign for print & PDFs, but never for interactive. I don't want to use the DPS - we have no intent of selling this material. I have no experience with iBooks.
I have such a short window of time to produce this, that I thought it would be best to ask some experienced designers which direction you would go.
Thanks in advance.

The idpf links to some epub3 samples hosted on google ( http://code.google.com/p/epub-samples/downloads/list ), and there is one that contains embedded audio & video. I opened it on my 1st generation iPad, and it opened & played the video. It's rather visually uninteresting, however, and I'm not sure if that's b/c of the epub format or the intent of the author.
There are other examples of epub3 out there if you google it, and they will show how how others have utilized the format ( http://vimeo.com/24954073 ). It's still not really what I'm looking for visually.
I looked into DPS on the Adobe site, and the example of Univeristy of Ohio app was amazing especially considering the lack of developers involved. This probably won't work for my current project, b/c it looks as though you have to upload the file to the Apple store, and I've been told they don't want to do that. Bummer; but I'm keeping it in mind for future marketing purposes.
It looks like iBook Author is going to be the winning platform.

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!

Embed pdf into iBooks Author

Hi,
I've been creating a book in iBooks Author.
But the customer wants to include some pdf articles into the book.
What i have tried so far:
drag and drop pdf -> only imports first page of the pdf
PDF to Keynote -> bad quality, not zoomable
HTML widget with:
A <object data="myPDF.pdf" type="application/pdf"></object>
This gives some sort of source code of the pdf
HTML widget wit a object but the data referece to a pdf that is on the internet
=> shows the pdf but you can not navigate to the other pages
redirect to a pdf that is on the internet
=> shows the pdf and you can scroll to the other pages W00t!
Now i want this result but with a pdf that is embedded into the widget so that the reader shouldn't be connected to the internet to read the pdf...

raphaelfreeman wrote:
Okay, so sticking with an English book which has Hebrew text in it. Assuming that the book has been first typeset in IDCS6, then would recommend simply sending the ePUB3 file to the iBooks store?
Yes. For testing, just email or otherwise transfer it to your iPad and see what it looks like in iBooks.
I assume you've seen the stuff Adobe produces, like
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/indesign/pd fs/indesign-to-ipad.pdf

Using custom fonts in iBooks Author

I have a book in South Asian (Indic) script. The encoding is Unicode. I wanted to see how different fonts would look on iPad. Using iBook Author i created two different versions of the book. One used Gujarati MT, Apple supplied font. The second used open source TTF font. It checked out fine by MacOS when I installed it. The rendering of conjuncts (which would use additional glyph present in the font file) on iBook Author looks good. When I use "preview" function of iBook Author to see how the content would look on iPad, conjuncts dont use special glyph but only standard character (I guess GSUB is not utilized). I tried the same experiment with Arial Unicode MS and Shruti both are standard fonts provided under Windows. it appears that only Apple supplied fonts have correct glyph substitution on iPad.
Is there a way to fix it?
If the issue is with iBook Author, I can use another software. My book is plain text so Author is an overkill. I was using it to test embedding of custom fonts because Author is easy to use.
If the issue is missing definition in the font that is required by iPad rendering engine, I can get the font author to enhance the font.
I attach four images. First two are from iBook Author where rendering is correct. The next two are from iPad where rendering using non Apple font is messed up.

rajeshfrompalo alto wrote:
Is comment about enhancing the font to support AAT still relevant? Are you saying that iOS needs those AAT extension that macOS does not need? Is this mostly around MORX table?
iOS (and OS X) comes with two Gujarati fonts, Gujarati MT and Gujarati Sangam MN. So the easiest thing to do is to use one of those.   Other platforms will probably have their own default Gujarati fonts with different names.
If you want to embed a different Gujarati font in your .ibooks format book, then you will indeed have to convert that font from OpenType to AAT before iBooks will display it correctly.   It's not true that OS X no longer needs AAT Indic fonts -- Pages for example still cannot use Opentype Indic fonts.
To convert an Opentype Indic font to an AAT Indic font I think someone will have to add a morx table along the lines of what is contained in Gujarati MT.
Bear in mind that iBooks Author creates a format that can only be read on an iPad (unless you want to export to PDF). If you want to produce books for all platforms and readers, then you need to use .epub format and a different app, like Pages or Indesign.   With epub format you would probably not normally try to embed fonts but just rely on the reader to supply whatever Gujarati font is already on the device.

IBooks Author Page Size Question

I would like to use iBooks Author to put together a book for print (instead of using InDesign which is not intuitive for photo placement). iBooks Author looks good and the templates seem to work very well, but I have found no way to specify total page size dimensions - specifically A4 (210 × 297 mm) in portrait orientation.
Also the PDF export - which I should be able to use for printing - has strange lines around the overall graphics (indicating larger actual document size?), and has a big watermark at the bottom reading "iBooks Author," which wouldn't be good for printing.
Can anyone give me instructions as to how I can:
1) Specify page spread dimensions for the whole document (except for the cover which I will design separately)?
2) Export to PDF in proper printing format without faulty document dimensions or watermarks?

esagustin013,
Indesign as well as Quark are still the mainstream layout tools fore creating Print collateral...as of the latest versions of InDesign and Quark...both are beginning to introduce ebook production.
As for your last sentence, it is not true that both are beginning to introduce eBook production. Adobe InDesign has been doing that for a couple of years, along with PDF technology. Now it even gets much better and, it is true that it is getting more powerful. It is not recommended for novices to use these apps, so iBooks Author app is a very nice simpe app especially designed for iPad platform.
I would highly suggest you search for a tutorial pertaining to how to place images into indesign and how to minipulate them with your text boxes. Far more power in these programs...completely tailored for Print.
Again, last sentence, it is not true that it was completely tailored for Print production. Adobe InDesign app is a totally different app now than it was once developed for at the time when Adobe first released InDesign 1.0 some years ago. I can't believe how time flew from 1.0 to now CS5.5. However, you are correct it is very powerful professional layout app for print and even eBook production and even ePUB production and all. And even PDF files for web. Even it works just fine in iPad opening PDF files.
I am intrigued by iBooks Author is capable of making more interactive iPad iBook textbooks.
I am interested about what Adobe have to say about iBooks Author app. I wonder if Apple eventually develop professional-grade layout app - more powerful than that of iBooks Author or iWorks app. I guess we'll wait and see. Probably not.

Image size for ibooks author

Hi
I am making a book using iBooks author. It will be image heavy. (40-50 images)
I have a few question on images.
1. I do not want the file to be huge or take an age to download so an Apple rep informed me that the images should ideally be no more than 500-600kb per image saved at 72dpi
Forgve my ignorance but can someone eplain to me what this means in terms of pixels? What size (height and width) and resolution (pixels per inch) should I save images so that they can be seen at their best but not be overly large?
The finder window when I try to resize images gives me some standard options. Should I take these? Also if I click on 1024 x 768 pixels as a standard size, the width and height boxes do not change.
I'm a little confused.
Many thanks

This thread is over 12 months old now...perhaps you posted here by mistake. Your problems have slready had rep,ies in another thread, however to answer your question..
No, iBA does not seem to change image size....which is why you see posts about tickets for images size in books held back by the review team.
Consider that Apple gave you free use of iBA. Pages, inDesign and others come at a cost.
If you intend to create other books with a high photo image content, you really need to consider investing in suitable software.
I suggest you search the net for "photo image editors" or similar, dont wait for iBA updates..I doubt Apple will address image sizing and "cropping" can effectively be done using the image mask.
As in all projects be it eBooks, making kitchen tables or building a tree house...its sensible to gather all your assets and ensure they are suitable for the planned use....before starting the construction process.

IBooks Author app for iPad?

Is iBooks Author available as an app for iPad or only for laptop/desktop?

There are a number of apps available from the Apple app store which enable eBooks to be created on an iPad. They are obviously not as interactive or as functional as iBA, although Book Creator which I have used creates ePub files.
Unlike iBA, most of the content needs to be prepared outside the app and inserted. There are quite a few such applications so you would need to evaluate each against your needs.
Pages is available for iPads so I assume that it will produce ePubs as it does on Macs.
If your ambitions for creating eBooks to distribute via the iBookstore, iBA is the best application currently available although InDesign seems to be the choice of those creating "novels" with minimal illustration.
I do not have any connection in any way with any of the apps other than as a user.

IBooks Author does "real" 3D why doesn't Adobe

We have been evaluating iBooks Author and it does "real" 3D. We have demo'd this using a Collada file and unlike ADPS's faux 3D it can be rotated in all direction and doesn't require the laborious creation of incrementally rotated still images.
Why can't ADPS handle real 3D?

I think 3D features should be split into a few areas:
- 3D Animations to be used as decorative ways of navigation/interaction
- 3D Support for serious content like models, simulations, visualisations.
For the former, this could be done by adding HTML/script-like methods.
The script could take a portion of the page, turn it into a sort of Canvas,
and then handle it with CSS-like transformations.
There are already a number of HTML-scripts that perform such an effect.
You can incorporate them by using Web content items or pages in DPS.
I wonder if it would be useful to have such animations (back) in InDesign.
The Flash-driven Animation palet could be revised/revamped to do that.
On the other hand, any feature in that direction (available in InDesign)
will just lead to requests for more features. It would become bloated.
Imagine InDesign doing Photoshop-like stuff; we'd be asking for more...
So a separate application to do (3D) animations migth be a better way.
For the latter (full heavy-weight 3D support), I think it's too soon.
Bot tablet hardware and software is too weak to build such features
into an app that does many other things as well. Of course, 3D games
perform well on tablets, but these are totally dedicated to these tasks,
and don't have to let 3D work alongside other (complex) techniques.
So time will tell when full 3D support of any format (standard?) arrives.

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.

IBook from iBook Author to iPhone...?

I want to make a few of my iBooks available on iPhone. I've made them using iBooks Author and they are clearly formatted for iPad. Does iBook Author output file types that can be read on iPhone? If not, can anyone recommend a method to take iBook content to the iPhone?
Thanks in advance~
[email protected]

You can output PDF or just text for use on iPhone....assuming you're not talking about the store.
Otherwise, an .ibooks file will only target a compatible iPad, sorry.
If you car to do the rework, you can repurpose your content to a Pages or InDesign standard epub, which will work on both iPhone and iPad via iBooks. And yes, it's not a straight path....kind of a backwards path, actually
It may be best to author first in Pages so you have the wider standard epub distribution channel, and then consider doing an iBA release as a follow-on.

Landing on page 1 of chapter 1 is impossible in iBooks Author

I am a veteran iOS programmer, new to iBooks.
We have now finished two iBooks and one Kindle book.
Today I called Apple support because I could not figure out how to get iBooks Author to set my iBook to land on page 1 of my iBooks.
In Kindle, this is easy.
Apparently, inexplicably, in iBooks this is impossible. This is not technically difficult, but apparently Apple doesn't want to let us do this!
We are doing children's books. We want them to be able to launch their iBook and see page 1 of chapter 1. They expect this, it's user friendly behavior.
No problem in Kindle, it's the default.
In iBooks, it is impossible!
Apple Tech said "sorrry, no help".
We are not going to do our valuable in print books in iBooks until Apple bothers to give us better abilities in iBooks Author. There is a posted HTML fix to this online, but Apple does not allow us to modify our iBooks HTML code.
Apple should provide first-rate software for iBooks if it expects to compete successfully with Amazon. Apple seems to be devoting little attention to iBooks Author capabiltities. Check out Adobe Photoshop for world class features.

Apple iBooks store open all books from the cover image in the iBooks app - it then opens the introduction image or video, then manually the reader/viewer can swipe through the book using the TOC thumbs.
Whatever other publishers do or options make possible - two things needs to be taken into consideration.
1.     iBooksAuthor produces an hybrid, part book part "app" - Apple create the software and systems right through to getting it into the iBooks store - free of charge.
2.     Apple set their system and supplu you free software to do it, so you have to make a choice, if it suits you use what is made available - if its does not suite you, opt out and stay with those who do what you want to do.
You can use feedback to make your opinion heard, but unless it is.... what you have is what is available.
This is not technically difficult, but apparently Apple doesn't want to let us do this!
It is their software, therefore they can dictate how it is used.
This is not technically difficult, but apparently Apple doesn't want to let us do this!
But did not bother to read the guidline before starting and when you previewed your book, you saw ho wit was presented.   Did you add a video or image in teh introduction...knowing its shown after the cover page ?
Apple should provide first-rate software for iBooks if it expects to compete successfully with Amazon.
I dont know how Apple compares to Amazon, but my guess i s that Apple dont give two hoots for what Amazon are doing..... Apple concentrate on doing what is right for them
Amazon do not supply free software or allow any single person with an idea to create an interactive book and put it in the iBooks store for free and without any payment whatever to Apple, granted they take 30% from a paid book - but 30% of $1,49 is hardly going to drive up their share price is it?
Apple seems to be devoting little attention to iBooks Author capabiltities. Check out Adobe Photoshop for world class features.
1. Apple is free software
2. Photoshop does not really make books, inDesign does... and both cost around $600 + PA with their Creative Cloud fees.
What amazes me is you never thought to check everything out before committing your time to making teh two iBooks.
There are litterally tens of thousands of users of IBooks Author creating and uploading books and all are quite happy with the software and the systems.
Its basically your choice on what you do and how you do it. But lambasting Apple simply because it does not do what you failed to check if it could do... seems pointless - especailly as Apple do not monitor these USER groups.

Is there a Paste in Place option for iBooks Author?

Is there a paste in place option for iBooks Author like there is in Adobe InDesign? Thanks.

InDesign's PIP means pasting at arbitrary coordinates.
Not sure what that has to do with iBA, sorry, which isn't strictly canvas based.
If you just want to clone items....that depends on the object. Best to experiment with your particular content, etc.
Ken

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