Apple iBooks® - ePub |
  
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Apple iBooks® - ePub |
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The ePub eBook format is outstanding for universal distribution across many platforms and devices but precisely because of this it is also more restrictive than some other formats. It is designed to be more like a book than an electronic document and it thus has some special requirements and restrictions.
Before publishing to ePub first visit the 
Adobe Digital Editions download page and install the Digital Editions eBook reader. You need this to be able to preview your ePub eBooks on your Windows computer after you have created them.
You will also need to check whether everything in your project is compatible with ePub. Please study the information on ePub eBooks in the Configuring Your Output and Publishing Formats and Configuration Settings chapters before proceeding.
You can embed fonts used in your ePub books. This is required for languages with special character sets on some readers, including Adobe Digital Editions. Apple iBooks does not require font embedding for special characters, but you may wish to embed fonts to get more control over your book's appearance.
Embedding fonts can make your eBook considerably larger and you must have permission from the font copyright holder to distribute the fonts you embed.
See Managing Fonts in ePub for full details.
Just click and select an image to add front and/or back cover pictures. You must use an HTML-compatible format (JPG, PNG or GIF).
The only fields that are absolutely required are the book ID (UID), which is the unique identifier for your eBook, and the title, without which your eBook will not display its title properly in readers. Most of the other options are recommended, however.
You can use text variables in all the fields listed below.
Book ID: |
Also referred to as the UID. This is the unique identifier of your eBook, so you should attempt to make it genuinely unique to avoid confusion with other available publications. You can use any alphanumeric text string here – for example your web address plus the name of the book. |
URI: |
A web link, for example to a page with information about the book on your website. It's a good idea to include this as eBook readers often have online access. Always include the http:// prefix with the URI, plain www. addresses will probably fail! |
ISBN: |
If your book has an ISBN code then enter it here. |
Book Title: |
The title of your eBook. You can use the <\%TITLE%> variable to insert the title of your project here. |
Subject: |
A short description of your eBook's subject matter. |
Description: |
A longer description of your eBook. |
Author: |
The author of your eBook. If you have entered the author of your project in your Common Properties you can insert the <%AUTHOR%> variable here to use the same text string automatically. |
File Author as: |
An additional attribute for the author that shows explicitly how the author is to be filed officially. For example, you might enter Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for Author and King, Martin Luther Jr. for File As. |
Publisher: |
The publisher (i.e. your company) of the eBook. |
Copyright: |
Your copyright notice. You can use the <\%COPYRIGHT%> variable to insert the standard copyright notice stored in your project. |
Relation: |
Relation information for your eBook, this can be an URI (weblink, the new term for URLs) or other information. This is defined as an "auxiliary resource and its relationship to the publication". |