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Alan Brooks · 01-11-2013, 02:10 PM

I have a few weeks before my cover art is finished and sent back to me, and am a bit less than excited with the formatting control I get with plain ol' ePub (using Sigil). I'm going to publish first to the iTunes Store, and have a copy of iBook Author, so I thought I'd put out a more elaborately formatted copy of my book just for the iPad.

Has anyone done this? It's not a big deal, but I have a couple weeks to burn, so I thought I'd have a video on the biography page, maybe another one talking a little bit about the book, design some enpapers to give the book a Japanese feel (the book is in English, with lot of Japanese elements). I'm already a registered publisher for the iTunes Store, Amazon, most of my eventual targets.

This is a just-for-the-fun-of-it project to see if I can produce a kind of premium version just for the iPad. Anyone have a workflow from Sigil / ePub into iBook Author? Any thoughts on the general idea?

01-11-2013, 02:10 PM	#1
Alan Brooks Author, Zamboni driver Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Woodstock, NY Device: iPad	combo strategy with Sigil and iBook Author I have a few weeks before my cover art is finished and sent back to me, and am a bit less than excited with the formatting control I get with plain ol' ePub (using Sigil). I'm going to publish first to the iTunes Store, and have a copy of iBook Author, so I thought I'd put out a more elaborately formatted copy of my book just for the iPad. Has anyone done this? It's not a big deal, but I have a couple weeks to burn, so I thought I'd have a video on the biography page, maybe another one talking a little bit about the book, design some enpapers to give the book a Japanese feel (the book is in English, with lot of Japanese elements). I'm already a registered publisher for the iTunes Store, Amazon, most of my eventual targets. This is a just-for-the-fun-of-it project to see if I can produce a kind of premium version just for the iPad. Anyone have a workflow from Sigil / ePub into iBook Author? Any thoughts on the general idea?