Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB

Join author Anne-Marie Concepción, as she shows how to create fixed-width EPUBs to sell in the iBookstore. The course explores the fixed-layout EPUB format and files, providing a quick-start EPUB template to download, examine, and use to build simple fixed-layout files right away. The course explains how to get content from PDFs and InDesign files into an EPUB, demonstrates editing for fixed-layout settings, and covers modifying CSS to position content and proofing an EPUB on the iPad.

Topics include:

• Comparing fixed-layout and flowing EPUBs
• Replacing placeholders in the fixed-layout template
• Extracting content from PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Pro and Reader
• Using free scripts to streamline fixed-layout production
• Extracting text and its formatting from InDesign layouts
• Exporting InDesign layouts to single-page HTML files
• Adding viewport and orientation instructions
• Embedding your own fonts
• Creating faux text wraps around background images
• Validating the EPUB