iBooks Author

iBooks Author - Preview

Posted: 17th February 2012

Don McAllister

Founder

Preview Duration: 04:49

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Tutorial Description

Archived Apple iBooks Author

iBooks Author is Apple's brand new eBook authoring application.

Previously a hugely complex operation, iBooks Author has simplified the process of creating beautiful, interactive eBooks for publication on the iPad. Extending and enhancing the capabilities of eBooks, iBooks Author makes ebook authoring available to everyone with a Mac and Lion. Best of all, it's free!

This first part of the iBooks Author tutorial introduces you to the new application, takes you through some of the new interactive features available and starts off by looking at adding text to your eBook.

The full tutorial includes sections on:

Introduction to iBooks Author
iBooks Author User Interface
Sample eBook
Previewing on the iPad
Misc Controls
Exploring The Book Pane
Creating Your First eBook
Determining Your Document Structure
Entering Text in Your eBook
Formatting Text
Adding Images
Adding Captions

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Video Tutorial Comments

(2 comments posted)

Frank Petrie

Excellent tutorial, as always, Don. I can now foresee the next expansion of the SCO empire - iBooks! Can SCO iBook for Mountain Lion be that far behind?

Merri Jones

I was wandering if you had any recommendation for some good OCR technology for scanning books to convert them to an iBook.

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