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iBooks Author Resource List
As I created the Children's Storybook Template, I needed to find various information about building and publishing a book. Below is a list of resources that I collected.
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iBA Template - Story Page Layouts
For a children’s book template, the storybook page layouts are the most important part of the template. So where do you start? What are the requirements? The most important requirement is that this template should feature large graphics and a small amount of text.
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iBooks Author Build the Quiz Section
One of the most requested features for my iBooks Author Children’s Book Template is a learning section with pages for individual iBooks Author Review Widgets. In this tutorial, we will take a look at the Quizzes section layout and some individual widget page layouts for the Children’s Book Template.
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iBooks Author Build the Story Section
Now that we have the front matter finished, we can add the storybook pages to your iBooks Author book. This section in the template begins the story portion for your book. For short early reader books, one section may be all that is needed. But the template has three story section layout designs.
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iBooks Author - Building Title Page
The template’s first section begins with the title page. From there, you can add other pages to this section, such as the foreword, copyright, dedication or introduction. If you prefer, you can just have the Title Page and no other pages in the front matter.
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iBooks Author Building Table of Contents Layout
In the last tutorial, we began building your book in iBooks Author by customizing the Book Title layout with your own title and book cover illustration. Now, it’s time to tackle the Table of Contents.
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