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heySkippy · 02-18-2012, 04:08 PM

I started this thing as an experiment with Apple's iBooks Author software and it's taken on a life of its own. After spending a month with it I think I'm ready for some perspective from others.

The story. A couple years ago I walked from Key Largo to Key West. 100 miles. I took a lot of pictures and blogged about it during the walk. It was fun and scenic, yadda yadda.

Anyway, I started with the blog, added more pictures and descriptions, and out came this book. It's got over 200 pictures in 9 slideshow albums with a blurb accompanying each. There's a map (which I had hoped to be interactive, but sadly isn't yet) and a 9 minute movie and some assorted stuff at the end.

I know I'm not much of a writer. Sometime soon I'm going give it to someone who knows English more better than me (

) to clean it up a bit. I intended for the tone to be chatty and brief. It's mostly about the pictures.

My vision was to create an ebook version of a coffee table book. I would like the opinion of anyone who cares to offer it regarding my success or failure towards this goal. I am particularly interested in how a first-timer finds the navigation and overall layout. I have an original iPad so would like to know that it looks good on an iPad2 as well.

Your iPad needs to be running iBooks2. This book only works with an iPad, so please save me the bandwidth and don't download if you don't have one.

340 megabytes - I don't know any way to load it on an iPad except though iTunes. I won't be able to provide any tech support. Sorry.

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Thanks in advance for any input. I've been staring at it for weeks now so my perspective is kinda influenced.

m'kay, PM me for the link.

02-18-2012, 04:08 PM	#1
heySkippy Groupie Posts: 182 Karma: 1316076 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Florida Device: iPad	Would someone with an iPad look at my book and give feedback? I started this thing as an experiment with Apple's iBooks Author software and it's taken on a life of its own. After spending a month with it I think I'm ready for some perspective from others. The story. A couple years ago I walked from Key Largo to Key West. 100 miles. I took a lot of pictures and blogged about it during the walk. It was fun and scenic, yadda yadda. Anyway, I started with the blog, added more pictures and descriptions, and out came this book. It's got over 200 pictures in 9 slideshow albums with a blurb accompanying each. There's a map (which I had hoped to be interactive, but sadly isn't yet) and a 9 minute movie and some assorted stuff at the end. I know I'm not much of a writer. Sometime soon I'm going give it to someone who knows English more better than me ( ) to clean it up a bit. I intended for the tone to be chatty and brief. It's mostly about the pictures. My vision was to create an ebook version of a coffee table book. I would like the opinion of anyone who cares to offer it regarding my success or failure towards this goal. I am particularly interested in how a first-timer finds the navigation and overall layout. I have an original iPad so would like to know that it looks good on an iPad2 as well. Your iPad needs to be running iBooks2. This book only works with an iPad, so please save me the bandwidth and don't download if you don't have one. 340 megabytes - I don't know any way to load it on an iPad except though iTunes. I won't be able to provide any tech support. Sorry. [Link removed - MODERATOR] Thanks in advance for any input. I've been staring at it for weeks now so my perspective is kinda influenced. m'kay, PM me for the link. Last edited by heySkippy; 02-18-2012 at 04:16 PM.