Creating an iBook (ePUB) for the iPad with InDesign CS5
in this video I’ll show you the steps you need to take to create an iBook for the iPad or ePUB for just about any other ebook reader out there using the NEW InDesign CS5! You can actually download this iBook for FREE at terrywhite.com/techblog/25ipadtips.zip
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thanks terry. very clear.
i had used the html for the kindle back in december.
it seems that using epub eliminates that now.
one question…. i am going to give it a try.
a couple of questions:1. do i import the word doc or the pdf.
- i did not choose to use styles in my title headings but i did learn how to do this in the html – dtp.
- can i do the same thing within indesign.2. what about footnotes ? i think it happened automatically.email me please
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what is the best font size to have text in for display on iBook?
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It Works on the CS3 Version…?
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Wait! That means that you Just can Make it with a Mac!?
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Fantastic. Concise and informative… Terry, thanks for sharing!
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Great video… does the epub you made pass the epub checker?
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This is awesome, any advice for doing the same on an iPhone 4? As Im doing something like this for a class project.
Thanks Terry!
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Thanks a lot for this video, very usefull !
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tks a lot, terry! it really helped us!
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thx a lot. I’ll try it right away with my turkish cuisine book….
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Great Video! When I save the file as epub it does not keep the Text Layout… Not breaks no nothing… Any tipps what I made wrong?
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Excellent! Thank you Terry for an excellent video AND for saving it in 720HD format. This is perfect! I want to ask you, how do you upload ePUB books to the Apple Store. Is this hard to do?
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@charlesajking Considering the title of the video is; “Creating an iBook (ePUB) for the iPad with InDesign CS5″, Terry is exactly right. If the video were an indepth discussion of the ePub specs and analysis of what is supported on various devices then your comment would make sense.
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“Don’t worry about the fonts that you use”
Bzzt – wrong!
ePub is perfectly capable of embedding fonts and bringing them over with the book, EXCEPT on the iPad, which fails to implement the epub spec fully. In fact you show how the epub carries references to the right fonts when you open your example in Adobe Digital Editions. Solution – people need to buy a better epub reader or wait for Apple to get their act together.Pity it doesn’t export the right meta element so iTunes finds the cover.
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awesome vid keep up the great work thanks
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Terry, there is a built-in Amazon url shortener that you could use instead of 3rd-party ones. It’s on the right side of the product page. It produces 5 character “amzn” links
Bitly, Tinyurl, etc are nice, but there is no guarantee how long those links will stay up. Several of these services have gone belly up and it’s a waste of time to go and manually update the links in the future.
Thanks for the video.
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That was a great tutorial. Very informative. And yeah, that export thing was really fast. Sometimes it’s funny how you think that something’s broken if it’s THAT fast.
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@persuasive26 Thanks!
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@Searching2Fonts Yep!, created on the MBP, although the video was recorded on my Mac Pro which had the mic already setup.
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did u create this on your new macbook pro?
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great video m8!!!
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