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iBooks Author and Meta Data

The first task you have when creating a book in iBooks Author is to give titles to the chapter and sections of your book which will determine the Table of Contents. In the Book Pane are the pages that create the foundation of your book, as they contain hidden code, called meta data.

The iBooks Author Template

All iBA templates contain several chapter, section and page layouts. As in traditional books, an iBA book chapter contains sections and those sections contain pages. Let’s discuss just what you will find in any iBooks Author template and the extras I have added to my template for children’s books.

iBooks Author Placeholder Magic

iBooks Author placeholders make creating your own storybook as easy as dragging and dropping. Each layout in a template has the graphic and text placeholders already position on the page. You can use these as is or rearrange or delete them.

Install iBooks Author Template

Before we begin building your book, you should download and install iBooks Author on to your computer. If already installed, be sure that it’s the latest version. You will find it free in the App Store. Once you have iBA installed, you are ready to load the template.

iBooks Author for Board and Picture Books

In this How to Use an iBooks Author Template series of tutorials, we will learn how to customized an iBA template with your own text and illustrations and publish to the iBooks Store.

iBooks Author Blank Layout

In this tutorial, we will continue to take a close look at the iBooks Author template, in preparation for building our own custom template for a children's board, picture or chapter book.

iBooks Author Layouts - Default Blank Template

In this tutorial, we will take a close look at the iBooks Author template, in preparation for building our own custom template for a children's board, picture or chapter book. The first step is to examine the default Blank template and explore all of the design elements on each page.

Background Images for iBooks Author

What are the exact sizes for standard and Retina iPad screens and how do you prepare your background images for use in iBooks AuthorR? In this tutorial, we will take a look at the image requirements.

Keynote Text Box Widget

We will continue to work on our Keynote widget for iBooks Author. This widget will have two text slides and navigation arrows.

Text Slides Keynote Widget iBooks Author

In this tutorial, we will build a two-slide Keynote widget for iBooks Author. Each slide will contain half of the text for one page in our iBA book and an interactive arrow icon to move between slides.

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