*iBooks Author* is Apple's attempt at revolutionizing textbooks, cookbooks,
history books, picture books, and more for iPad. With it, you can create all
of the above and more all via a classically easy to use Apple interface. To
get you started quickly, there are lots of Apple-designed templates that
merely require you to add your own text and drag and drop images. To add
interactive photo galleries, movies, Keynote presentations, 3D objects and
more, there are simple widgets which make things very easy indeed. To check
how your book is looking, you can preview it on your iPad at any time
although note that you'll need iBooks 2 installed on your iOS device to do
this. The widgets are one of the outstanding features of iBooks Author. They
enable you to add everything from a photo gallery to a Keynote (Keynote '09
v5.1.1 or later) presentation and can be easily identified in your Table of
Contents. You can also add a voice-over to make it easier for sight-impaired
readers to read your books. If you don't like the look or layout of your
book, you can easily re-arrange it using the Book Navigator including the
possibility of adding a cover and table of contents. In addition, you can
import a chapter written in Pages or Microsoft Word and automatically create
a portrait view of your book which makes it easier for readers to focus on
the text. The final step is to submit your finished work to the iBookstore
and hey presto, you're a self-published author. However, be aware that once
you've issued it to the iBookstore, the terms and conditions stipulate that
you can't sell it elsewhere. The exports are in iBook format but you can also
export them as PDF files which any e-reader or tablet can read. Presumably
however, any multimedia elements are excluded from PDF files so the result
won't be as good as if you publish to the iBookstore. Alternatively, you can
just export a pure Text version. As you'd expect from an Apple application,
iBooks Author is a very stylish and easy to use application. If you've ever
used Keynote to make a presentation, then you'll feel very at home with
iBooks Author. *iBooks Author is a superb iBook authoring package which
produces stunning results with relatively little effort.*Download *iBooks
Author 1.0* in Softonic
