New service for iBooks Author

Just had an email advising some updates... among which is this....
We recently added the following new features and updates to iBooks:
Support for iBooks Author
iBooks 3.2
Ticket Catalog Report
iBooks Store Formatting Guidelines Update
Understanding Sales and Trends Data: EB3 Product Type
Submitting Books in December
Support for iBooks Author
In addition to Apple Support Communities and Mac Apps Support, the iBooks Publisher Support team is now available to answer questions about iBooks Author.
You can contact the iBooks Publisher Support team by using the Contact Us module on iTunes Connect or by phone.
Austria
0800 070 267
Australia
1300 307 504
(Note that this is a low tariff number.)
Denmark
8025 1619
France
0805 540 117
Germany
0800 664 5307
Italy
800 915 902
Netherlands
0800 0201 578
Norway
8005 6951
Spain
900 812 687
Sweden
020 100 528
U.K.
0800 975 0615
U.S.
+1 (877) 206-2092
(Toll-free from U.S. and Canada.)
iBooks Publisher Support is available to assist in English Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PT).

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.

Similar Messages

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.

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.

HTML5 audio widget for iBooks Author

Hello!
I'm creating a HTML widget for iBooks Author and I want to add a audio tag of HTML5 in my HTML file. When I do this, I test in Safari Browser and the audio sounds good, so I add my widget with the HTML file, sounds, Default.png and Info.plist and I do a Preview for see in iPad. When I open the widget in iPad the sound doesn't work and it show me a message like this:
"cannot play audio file"
The audio have a .m4a extension. I don't know what can I do...
Someone can help me, please?
Thanks!

Hi Crisiii,
I have the same problem. However, in my case it does work if I test the widget in an new empty book. When I add the widget to the real book it does not work. mabe you should do the test to troble-shoot and have a better idea of what is wrong in your case.
I will try to find a fix to the problem and let you know if I do. Please do the same if you find what the problem is.
Thank you.

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...

Apple associated publishers for Ibook Store (example: Lulu, SmashWords) have not support for Ibook Author native format (.ibook)

Apple associated publishers for Ibook Store (example: Lulu, SmashWords) have not support for Ibook Author native format (.ibook) how ebook source. Only Word archives are supported.
Obtain TAX ID for non USA resident is impossible without pay to much money.
How to publish in Ibookstore a non USA resident author, in new Ibook Author format?

Regardless of what format you want to use, you can't publish in the iBookstore without meeting Apple's requirements, so if you find those too difficult, you need to go elsewhere.

Looking for iBooks Author vendor

Looking for iBooks Author vendor to create multiple books based on an existing template. The books are operative techniques for the orthopaedic surgery industry. Need an idea of cost to outsourse. Here are the specs:
7 chapters
the first page of each chapter is an overview of the chapter that includes hyperlinks to each step in the operative technique
total of 44 pages
each page has at least one video widget (some pages have two), a photo gallery widget plus a static image and text
glossary index with 100 entries that include text and photos (would love to find someone who can program including collada 3-D images into the glossary. but that is a nice to have, not a need to have)
all images require resizing for the ibook (they are print images)
all videos require compression for the ibook
half of the pages have 3-d collada files
heavy typesetting is required
three pages include large interactive images with 20 labels
Looking for estimates to present to the company on the cost to outsourse as well as find possible vendors to talk to and provide more detail.
thanks.

i apologize. here is my contact email if anyone is interested in talk more about this.
[email protected]

PDF files to create a new book in iBooks Author

Is it wise to use ready PDF files to create a new book in iBooks Author?
I have a music book with lot's of images that whas previously published as a physical book. I have it all as ready PDF files with illustrations.
Should I copy paste all texts and images seperately into iBooks Author or could I just drag the complete PDF's into the iBooks program.
Thanks!

To drag a page's contents means selecting just that page, which is just copy/paste with the result being an image.
Dragging a PDF into an iBA book means dragging the entire file, which is not the same as selective copy/paste and as noted, results in just an image.
It is possible to just do text /andor just do images, but success can depend on certain attributes they possess, etc. You need to select specific assets, then paste them in, then rework as needed.
PDF-to-iBA isn't neat - formatting, fonts, etc. will be lost. Find the original content that the PDF came from and try to work with it, instead - that will be much cleaner and require less rework, I think.

I need help with Compressor 4 settings to convert .mp4 files to .m4v for iBooks Author

I'm a curriculum design guy with no video background. I have Compressor 4, but don't really know much about how to best use it. I'd appreciate some help with getting the right setting for my project. Screen shots of settings would be much appreciated, since I don't know much video terminology.
I'm making an free iBook for students on WWII propaganda using old videos from the Internet archive.
I'd plan to use Compressor to:
1. Convert the .mp4 files to a .m4v that iBooks Author will accept. (I know I can use QT for that, but it increases file size)
2. Use Compressor to reduce file size so my iBook doesn't get too big
3. Get videos that look & sound the best, given the poor quality of the original source videos.
Here's some sample videos that I'll use:
http://www.archive.org/download/OutOfTheFryingPanIntoTheFiringLine/OutOfTheFryin gPanIntoTheFiringLine.mp
http://archive.org/download/AvengeDe1942/AvengeDe1942_edit.mp4
PS - I will also be editing some of the original videos in iMovie - if I use different settings to prep those videos for iBook Author, let me know.
Much thanks in advance for any help

Compressor is half the size compared to QtX encoding, 17 MBs...
File Format... H.264 for Apple Devices...
Device: iPhone Local/WiFi
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 480x368
Data Rate: 700
Uncheck Multi-pass

So what is better - time efficient - Google Sketch or Strata 3d SE for ibooks author use?

So what is better - time efficient - Google Sketch or Strata 3d SE for ibooks author use?

Yes, but I doubt if my definition of ease-of-use is the same as yours.
As always with these types of questions, the best method is to work with both, on your machine, using your environment, your content, your specs, your resources, with your time and then decide.

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

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?
Thanks in advance
Alex

When asking about a product, always ask the seller...

What is best movie format for iBooks Author

What is the best movie format for iBooks Author?

Thanks for the people who helped my. Thanks to you I now have the answer. It is as follows:
1. Load your movie into Quick Time Player.
2. When in Quick Time Player go to File then Export to then check Broadband H.264, 5Mbp/s maximum data rate.
This worked for me so many thanks.

Real playing card images for ibooks author

Does anybody know where to find real playing card images for ibooks author?

benMcKown wrote:
2. I am looking for how to keyboard type Spades Hearts Diamonds and clubs
Edit > Special Characters
Click on gear wheel, select Customize
Check box for Pictographs
Double-click or Drag/drop to input

Is there any documentation for iBooks Author.

Is there any documentation for iBooks Author.

Apple has a FAQ article at: support.apple.com/kb/HT5071
You can also go here for information: www.apple.com/support/mac-apps/ibooksauthor/
Google also has a lot of third party information with a simple search.
And of course you can always to to the iBooks Author forum here on Apple Support Communities. The link for that is here: discussions.apple.com/community/ibooks/ibooks_author

New service for iBooks Author

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for