I'm involved in the production of a fixed layout eBook w/ audio targeting as many platforms as possible, and I'm seriously confused about audio support across devices and options for fixed layout.
The basic requirement is for a fixed layout book with embedded audio, basically a song or two that plays via custom controls on each page (so *not* a narrated media overlay / word sync experience). Pretty simple, right?
A few of questions:
- Is my understanding correct that the Kindle Fire and Nook HD do not support this kind of audio embedding for fixed layout?
- How widely supported would a fixed layout EPUB3 file be with this audio feature? Would some Kobo platforms support it?
- If the book were only produced for iBooks, is there any advantage to creating an EPUB3 fixed layout file rather than an iBooks Author file?
- Are there any good examples of EPUB3 fixed layout out there that include this sort of functionality?
I'll leave it at that for now. Appreciate the forum's help!
-R. James W.