Is there a ballooning size issue in iBook Author?

Now that I near completion of my layout, my IBA file reads 706 MB.
My page count is 240 pages, 70,000 words. There are 90 images of different sizes. And the 5 videos total around 200 MB on their own, about 12 minutes of interviews.
My feeling is that the total count showing in the file (706MB) is much bigger than the sum total of what I put into the file, but I'm wondering if there Is there a way to look inside the IBA file to see what each component file size is? Is there a way to go about reducing the file size?
I read one suggestion about removing 'past versions', which I did but it didn't help. Another idea recommends first laying out all the text, and then as a final step adding the other media. That would mean starting over to build the book again.

Another idea recommends first laying out all the text, and then as a final step adding the other media.
That happens to be an Apple recommendation as I recall. I think it's made to help keep the book itself more wieldly while editing, tho, and has nothing to do with distribution/publishing.
Other than speculating about the outcome, you don't specify an issue with the size, specifically...?
The max is 2gb, so you have a ways to go. What is your concern actually?

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track.play();
track.pause();
The code can be inserted on event "click" on the Div you want the user clicks to play the sound!
Have a nice day!
Davide
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Chris Cox wrote:
Where did you get the idea that we weren't doing something about it?
that's what I gathered from "JPEG cannot [...] in Photoshop (code difficult to replace)".
But if you say this is in the works right now, that's good news indeed.
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And where did you get the idea that posts get deleted? (other than SPAM)
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Anyway, you gave an honest answer on this technical issue, Chris, and that's what counts.

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