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Tumult Hype for HTML5 iBooks Widgets

by comix
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| eBooks, HTML5, Tools
December 21, 2012

These days we’re leaving an unforgettable era of an exciting Internet experience. Everyone would admit that Adobe Flash had brought a lot of beauty and innovations built in the base of today’s Internet. Now, we’re meeting HTML5 and Javascript as an advantageous, but in the same time, a pretty compromise solution. One of the things that Flash had injected in...
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Tablo iBooks Publishing Services

by goran
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| eBooks, Publishing
November 26, 2012

When we finished our first book in Oblivious Fill series couple of months ago, we have expected that it will be relatively easy to publish the book in iBook store. We already had one simple game in App store and from our point of view we though that publishing a book wont be more difficult. We were wrong. I believe...
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Bookry Services for iBooks Author

by goran
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| eBooks, Publishing, Tools
November 24, 2012

Here is something interesting for all of us iBooks authors. Bookry offers numerous services for authors of iBooks who are using the iBooks Author app as an authoring tool. These services range from online bookstores, ebook templets, variety of high-quality interactive widgets, bookstore, book and widget analytics, live widget updates, full interactivity with readers and much more. In this post we...
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HTML5 for iBooks and ePub3 eBooks – Part 2

by goran
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| HTML5, iBooks Author
November 19, 2012

The easiest way of adding interactive content in your iBooks is to start with an existing HTML5, JavaScript and CSS code and package it for inclusion in your book using iBooks Author app. In this post we will analyze two examples how you can do this to make a sliding puzzle game. Before we jump into these examples lets first...
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HTML5 for iBooks and ePub3 eBooks – Part 1

by goran
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| eBooks, HTML5
November 14, 2012

One of the most interesting features of the Apple iBooks file format, and ePub3 ebooks in general, is a possibility to add interactive content using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Of course interactive content is not and should never be a replacement for the main textual book content. Main book story that author is presenting should only be supplemented with interactive...
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How to Optimize Video for iBooks Author

by comix
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| eBooks, iBooks Author, Media
November 14, 2012

One of the best way to improve the content of an ebook is adding a piece of multimedia. If you already got a great book made in iBooks Author, you can still go step further including a nice (and optimized) video clip(s) that moves your story up to a different level of comprehension. For instance, I always had a difficulty...
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iBooks Author 2.0 Review

by goran
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| eBooks, iBooks Author, Publishing
October 26, 2012

I have to admit that I prefer to use iWork set of apps for my everyday work – Pages, Keynote and Numbers have all the features I need, they don’t crash like MS Office apps for Mac, performance is good and I like the user interface. When Apple introduced iBooks Author it was clear that this app follows all the...
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How to make an e-book – Part 1

by comix
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| Design, eBooks, iBooks Author, Publishing
October 16, 2012

In today’s digital world, publishing a book has become a simple and widely available to anyone. Of course – an electronic book. The electronic “paper” has become a dominant medium of communication in offices and everyday correspondence in general. It was just a matter of time when the paper book, as we know it, will be replaced or supplemented with its...
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Ashley Davies, Tablo Publishing

Might I say as well, it’s a wonderfully produced book. Beautiful illustrations and I’ve no doubt children will love the story!Ashley Davies, Tablo Publishing

iCanDoBetter Team

Find our what Santa Finder is and how to make your own. Enjoy new Oblivious Fill adventures. Available now in iBook Store.iCanDoBetter Team

MarkoP33

The game really gets interesting as the levels increase! Works well for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! Love the game!.MarkoP33