Apple Releases iBooks Author for Mac
Posted January 19, 2012 at 4:07pm by iClarified
Apple has released iBooks Author, a new Mac tool to create and publish multi-touch books for the iPad.
Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page layouts. Add your own text and images with drag-and-drop ease. Use Multi-Touch widgets to include interactive photo galleries, movies, Keynote presentations, 3D objects, and more. Preview your book on your iPad at any time. Then submit your finished work to the iBookstore with a few simple steps. And before you know it, you're a published author.
Apple-designed templates
Give your book a great beginning with templates that include a choice of page designs with matching fonts, colors, and textures
Easily customize your book with text and images, create new layouts, and even save a custom template
Use the Book Navigator to organize your book and add a cover and table of contents
Beautiful text and layouts
Use a variety of text styles in each template to give your book a rich yet consistent look
Add text, shapes, charts, tables, and media anywhere on the page
Import a chapter written in Pages or Microsoft Word and apply a great-looking layout from your current template
Add any word to the glossary with a single click and easily include photos, images, charts, tables, and shapes next to any definition
Automatically create a portrait view of your book, which allows readers to focus on the text
Multi-Touch widgets
Choose from a variety of widgets that add Multi-Touch interactivity to your book
Add a photo gallery, chapter review, movie, Keynote presentation, interactive image with callouts, 3D object, or custom HTML anywhere in your book
Widgets include placeholders for titles and captions and are automatically numbered so you can reference them in your main text
Add accessibility descriptions to any widget so that it can be used by sight-impaired readers easily with VoiceOver
Export for iBookstore or iTunes U
Preview your book in iBooks on an iPad to see how it looks and works
Easily add a cover, video introduction, copyright page, dedication, and foreword
Submit your book to the iBookstore for sale or free download with a few simple steps*
Export your book in iBooks format to share on iTunes U or to give to others
Create a version of your book as a PDF file
You can download iBooks Author from the App Store for free.
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Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page layouts. Add your own text and images with drag-and-drop ease. Use Multi-Touch widgets to include interactive photo galleries, movies, Keynote presentations, 3D objects, and more. Preview your book on your iPad at any time. Then submit your finished work to the iBookstore with a few simple steps. And before you know it, you're a published author.
Apple-designed templates
Give your book a great beginning with templates that include a choice of page designs with matching fonts, colors, and textures
Easily customize your book with text and images, create new layouts, and even save a custom template
Use the Book Navigator to organize your book and add a cover and table of contents
Beautiful text and layouts
Use a variety of text styles in each template to give your book a rich yet consistent look
Add text, shapes, charts, tables, and media anywhere on the page
Import a chapter written in Pages or Microsoft Word and apply a great-looking layout from your current template
Add any word to the glossary with a single click and easily include photos, images, charts, tables, and shapes next to any definition
Automatically create a portrait view of your book, which allows readers to focus on the text
Multi-Touch widgets
Choose from a variety of widgets that add Multi-Touch interactivity to your book
Add a photo gallery, chapter review, movie, Keynote presentation, interactive image with callouts, 3D object, or custom HTML anywhere in your book
Widgets include placeholders for titles and captions and are automatically numbered so you can reference them in your main text
Add accessibility descriptions to any widget so that it can be used by sight-impaired readers easily with VoiceOver
Export for iBookstore or iTunes U
Preview your book in iBooks on an iPad to see how it looks and works
Easily add a cover, video introduction, copyright page, dedication, and foreword
Submit your book to the iBookstore for sale or free download with a few simple steps*
Export your book in iBooks format to share on iTunes U or to give to others
Create a version of your book as a PDF file
You can download iBooks Author from the App Store for free.
Read More