EPub TOC

'''Defining Rich Media Publications'''
Enhanced ebooks
Examples of rich media publications on the iPad

'''Formats and Creation Tools
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PDF-Based Publications
Flash-Based Publications
The Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Woodwing's Digital Magazine Tools
RovingBird ePublisher

'''Rich Media Publication Foundations
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Layout requirements
Pages sizes
Repurposing print publications to digital publications
Content management considersations unique to iPad/tablet publishing
Master page best practices
Paragraph and character style best practices

'''Basic Interactivity
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Internal and external hyperlinks
Creating headers and footers
Using page numbers
Building a user-friendly page-level navigation system
Employing text variables

'''Adding Audio, Video, and Animation
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Supported formats
Preparing audio and video
Placing and sizing multimedia content
  
Advanced multimedia controls  


'''Advanced Interactivity
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Buttons--they aren't what they sound like
Creating rollover image galleries
Creating video galleries
Replacing text content with buttons

'''Publishing and Imposition
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Finalizing Flash-based publications
Finalizing PDF-based publications
Building horizontal and vertical layouts
Combining page versions into a single publication
Finalizing publications in Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Finalizing publications in RovingBird ePublisher
Hands-On: InDesign to eBook: Design, Customize, Deploy [2-Day Course]

'''What are eBooks
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ePUB versus MOBI
eBook Readers
ePUB format advantages and disadvantages

'''Creating Basic eBooks
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Laying out ebooks
Laying out the book text
Repurposing for-print text to ebook
Creating and using appropriate paragraph and character styles

'''Preparing and Adding Images and Video
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Unique requirements for photos, figures, illustrations, and captions in eBooks
How to prepare images in Photoshop and Illustrator
Adding a cover image
Placing and laying out images and video

'''eBook Output
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Exporting ePubs
Exporting for Kindle
What's inside that ePUB file
Metadata
Dealing with InDesign's ePub export bugs

'''eBook Styling
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What controls the styling of ebooks
Editing the styling of ebooks
Fonts and ebooks

'''Advanced eBook Production
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Adding and editing hyperlinks
Creating a tables of content
Creating an index
Creating multi-chapter ebooks
Creating external CSS ebook stylesheets for efficient, multi-ebook publishing
Publishing, Selling, and Profiting from eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewsletters [1 Day Course]

'''Pre-Publishing
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Obtaining an ISBN number for books
What to do after obtaining an ISBN number
Obtaining an ISSN number for periodicals

'''Publishing & Distributing
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Step by step: Getting your ebook into Apple's iBooks store
Step by step: Getting your ebook into Amazon.com and Kindle
Publishing your eMagazine or eNewspaper to Kindle
Digital Rights Management, do you need it?

'''Selling & Profiting
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Distributing ebooks and periodicals
Selling ebooks: why, how, how much, and who can collect the money for you
Managing e-magazine subscriptions and services that can handle distribution and recurring payments for you
How to turn a profit from free-to-own ebooks and e-publications
Value-adding e-publications
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