iBooks Author For Dummies

Go beyond the pages of a book to create content that leaps out and grabs your attention

The pages of your e–book can truly come alive and provide your readers with a dynamic experience on their iPads. All you have to do is open the door with Apple′s iBooks Author. Let this book be your guide on this exciting journey as you learn how to prepare your content, lay it out, and add interactivity to create groundbreaking e–books for the amazing iPad.

Turn the page — learn to set up your document and embed various elements in the landscape

Tell the story — prepare your text and perform basic editing, formatting, and proofreading steps

Touch it up — add a splash of color and make your content pop using background fill, drop shadows, border strokes, and other cool effects

Make sure it′s read — incorporate sidebars, captions, charts, drawings, and tables to highlight key points

Get involved — integrate interactive capabilities such as 3D images, web elements, videos, audio recordings, and image galleries

Open the book and find:

The basics about iBooks Author′s inspectors

Steps for preparing text and importing tables

How to add and format various objects in your iBook

Illustrative elements that work

A tour of the interactive features in iBooks Author

Ways to call attention to important content with videos, images, drawings, and more

Helpful advice on creating a table of contents

Tips for getting your documents to readers

Learn to:

Create and publish interactive books for iPad

Add text, video, charts, images, widgets, and more

Publish and distribute your work in the iBookstore

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: What iBooks Author Can Do for You 11

Chapter 2: Putting Together Your Book′s Building Blocks 21

Chapter 3: Working with Text 53

Chapter 4: Adding and Formatting Objects 93

Chapter 5: Working with Infographics 127

Chapter 6: Working with Interactive Elements 165

Chapter 7: Working with E–Book Metadata 195

Chapter 8: Publishing and Distributing E–Books 215

Index 225

Galen Gruman is principal of the Zango Group, producing print and e–books. He is also author of several books, including the InDesign Bible, Mac OS X Lion Bible, and Exploring iPad For Dummies.