ePublishing: Creating eBooks with InDesign CS5.5: $995
Course description
The ePub format is a free, open eBook standard that was developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). The MOBI file format is used by Amazon's Kindle device for publishing eBooks. The course is designed to instruct designers how to create ePub and MOBI files from InDesign and how to edit and optimise the output using a code editor.
Who should do the course
- — Book & Magazine publishers wishing to re-purpose their publications
- — Owners / developers of printed content wishing to take advantage of the greatly expanding online market
- — Companies wishing to rationalise internal documentation and to provide easy access to this information
Prerequisites
Experience with InDesign's print publishing procedures. Confident use of InDesign page layout, text frames and paragraph / character styles. Some HTML / CSS knowledge would be an advantage, but not essential.
What people will learn and be able to achieve after the class
- — How to create an eBook from scratch using Adobe InDesign
- — How to view / debug / edit ePub / mobi files
- — How to publish content.
Course Outline
Defining eBook Formats
- Browsing / viewing platforms
- Previewing the ePub in Adobe Digital Editions
- Software simulation / Emulation
EPUB File Structure
- Core requirements
- Asset management
- HTML & CSS overview
Prepare InDesign Documents for Export as ePub
- Design considerations
- Reading order
- Text styling: headings and paragraphs
- Defining How Styles Will Map to HTML Tags
- Expanding an ePub File to See the Code
- Articles, page layout & XML structure
- Controlling Document Flow Using the Articles Panel
Paragraph Rules, Background Colors & Margins
- Unzipping an ePub to Edit the Files
- Adding Paragraph Rules (Borders) Using CSS
- Adding Background Colors
- Re-Zipping an ePub
Text Alignment & Embedded Fonts in iBooks
- Controlling Text Alignment in iBooks
- Getting Embedded Fonts to Work in iBooks
- How to use the com.apple.ibooks.display-options.xml File
Device Targeting
- Preparation for landscape / portrait viewing
- Accessibility
- Document Restructuring
- Metadata
Image Optimisation
- Image Size: Fixed versus Relative to Page
- Controlling Image Position Using Anchored Objects
- Anchoring Images with Captions
- Fixing Tinted Color Problems
- Setting Custom Object Export Options
- Wrapping Images in a Span Tag
- Removing the HTML Image Size & Replacing with CSS
- Alt Text for Images
Cover Art & Book Metadata
- Adding Important Metadata about the eBook
- Defining the Cover Art in the ePub Versus the Cover Thumbnail
- Letting InDesign Create a Cover
- Choosing Your Own Cover Art
Creating Chapter Breaks Using the Book Feature
- Creating a Book in InDesign
- Adding Chapters to the Book
- How Book Chapters Turn into ePub Chapter Breaks
Creating Links (Internal & External)
- Creating Links to External Websites
- Creating Internal Links Using Cross-References
- Creating Internal Links using Hyperlink Destinations
- Using Table of Contents to create links
Create/ Edit an ePub File in Dreamweaver or Sigil
- Best practice HTML and CSS coding
- Search & Replace using GREP styles
- Recompiling ePub formats
- Creating mobi files for the Amazon Kindle
Cleaning Up Code & ePub Validation
- Correcting the Doctype
- Fixing the Styling of Hyperlinks
- Validating and Preflighting ePub Files
- Deleting the iTunes/Metadata.plist File
- Dealing with Encrypted Fonts
Adding Audio
- Adding Audio in InDesign
- Fixing InDesign's Code
- Customizing the Width of iBook's Audio Controls
- MP3 Versus M4A Audio Files
Adding Video
- Adding Video in InDesign
- Determining the Proper Video Size
- Adding Poster Images
Common ePub Publishing Gotchas
- Preventing Bad Breaks & Hyphenation
- Keeping Items Together (Avoiding Page Breaks)
- Master pages
- Nested Styles
- Hardware testing on iPad, Android & Kindle
- Backwards compatibility
- Tips for CS4 & CS5
Reference Materials
- How to Load eBooks Onto eReaders
- How to Load eBooks Onto an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Nook and Kindle
ePub File Structure Explained
- The META-INF Folder
- The MIMETYPE File
- The OEBPS Folder
Other Adobe InDesign
COURSES
| MELBOURNE | February | March | April | May | June | July |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InDesign Lite | 20 | 1 15 |
16 | 8 30 |
21 | 24 |
| InDesign Essentials | 20 & 21 | 1 & 2 15 & 16 |
16 & 17 | 8 & 9 30 & 31 |
21 & 22 | 9 & 10 24 & 25 |
| InDesign Advanced: |
22 & 23 | — | 12 & 13 | 10 & 11 | 25 & 26 | 16 & 17 Aug |
| InDesign Advanced Long Documents |
22 | — | 12 | 10 | 25 | 16 August |
| eBooks: Creating ePubs | 8 & 9 | — | 4 & 5 | 28 & 29 | — | 16 & 17 |
| eMagazines: InDesign to iPad | — | 5 & 6 | — | 1 & 2 | 28 & 29 | 30 & 31 |
| BRISBANE | February | March | April | May | June | July |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InDesign Lite | 13 | 5 28 |
16 | 15 | 5 28 |
24 |
| InDesign Essentials | 13 & 14 | 5 & 6 28 & 29 |
16 & 17 | 15 & 16 | 5 & 6 28 & 29 |
24 & 25 |
| InDesign Advanced | — | 19 & 20 | — | 24 & 25 | — | 19 & 20 |
| InDesign Long Documents | — | 19 | — | 24 | — | 19 |
| InDesign Interactivity & Animation | — | 12 | — | — | 29 | — |
| eMagazines: InDesign to iPad | — | 13 & 14 | — | — | — | 2 & 3 |
| eBooks: Creating ePubs | Currently not available as a public course in Brisbane. Private training can be organised onsite. |
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