iBooks Author | A new users guide to publishing on iPad on iBooks store

by David Oneal

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 offers many templates, and although the program is rather easy to use, there are some pitfalls, and tips that this book will offer you. I will run through the basics of creating a book (it does not have to be a text book, it can be any book.)

I discuss the basics of how to author a book, as well as dive into how to create a more media rich experience (something the nook, and Kindle really lack).

You will learn the basics,

How to add Video, and Audio
Links
Email
How to sell your books on the iBooks store
How to distribute your new iBook for free

I also have included a sample iBook (link) so you can download my iBook (free) and see how video, still images, and audio can work together to tell a simple story.

This is a beginners guide book, I assume you have never used iBooks author before.

Also if you are not running the new MAC OS Lion, I will show you a method to install iBooks Author on snow leopard.

If you are ready to begin, lets start with what type of computer you must have.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 19, 2012

About the author

David Oneal is an award-winning author whose literary journey commenced in 2008 with his first book Anaheim Vacationland.

See the video of his first book here and a review of the book here

With an impressive portfolio of over 20 books to his name, he stands as a prolific writer in the literary realm.

Currently, David is creating a new 14-book series called "Time Tubes," a thrilling time-travel saga set against the backdrop of the 2030s. He is also creating an all-new philosophy for the 21st century called Sparkianism, see more here.