EText Authoring Resources

Tutorials

• How to Create a Blank Book in iBooks Author — This tutorial demonstrates how to remove the table of contents and other elements for a blank book in iBooks Author.

• iBook Author [sic] — This web page features video and text tutorials of journalism students from Emerson College. Content covers basics for beginners, template tools, insertion and modification of content/widgets, and distribution.

• Apple's iBooks Author — This is Apple's official iBooks Author introductory page featuring interactive short step-by-step videos.

• How to use iBooks Author for Mac OS X — A basic introduction for first-time iBooks Author users, showcasing basic drag and drop functionality.

• Embedding a YouTube Video in iBooks Author — This tutorial shows how to use MacOS X's Dashcode to create a YouTube widget for your iBooks project. It's very straightforward and easy to implement. Dashcode requires the installation of Apple's Xcode, part of the developer's package. Sign up for free.

• Previewing in iBooks Author — This tutorial shows how to use the preview function in iBooks Author, including how to preview only certain sections or chapters of the iBook.

• How to Write Your First Book in iBooks Author — A blog post with an initial walk-through of iBooks Author and examples of features.

• iBooks Author Widgets and Layout — This YouTube video follows the creation of an iBook with a focus on widgets and layout.

• How to format video for iBooks — This YouTube video discusses how to format videos for inclusion in an iBook. This can be tricky to get to work right just through experimentation.

• eBooks: From Adobe® InDesign® to the Apple iBookstore An Adobe tutorial on creating EPUB files using Adobe InDesign, including submission to the iBookstore.

Presentations

• iBooks Author keynote Jan 2012 — This is an in-depth presentation about iBooks Author by Roger Rosner (Vice President, Productivity Applications) at Apple Education Event Jan. 19, 2012.

Resources

• Bookry: Widget Library — This web page contains various free customized widgets for iBooks Author.

• 7 Tips for Beginning iBooks Author — This blog post shares a basic perspective on starting out with iBooks Author.

• Publishing With iBooks Author — An aggregate website with many articles/resources about iBooks Author, from using the program to news in general.

• Templates — An introduction to templates in iBooks Author.

• Making a Comic — This is a blog post that addresses a creative workaround for the lack of full-page support. It also makes a point to discuss what did and did not work for this user.

• iBooks Author - Image compression — This page provides a discussion of the image compression used by iBooks Author when creating an iBook, including a suggestion and a potential hack to get the desired image into the iBook.

• 5 creative ways to use the new iBooks author — This blog examines alternate uses of the iBooks Author platform to create for individual use.