InDesign to ePub | Course Overview

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. This 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 This 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.

Create, edit, repurpose...

ePubs

InDesign to epub | Outline

Defining eBook Formats

Browsing and viewing platforms
Previewing the ePub in Adobe Digital Editions
Software simulation / Emulation

Setting Up

Introduction to eBooks

Making your first eBook

Publishing ePub
Previewing the ePub
Controlling image size
Creating a table of contents

Controlling Images

Anchoring Images
Captions
Custom Image export options

Cover Art, Metadata & Expanding ePubs

Adding metadata
Defining a cover and cover thumbnail
InDesign Cover
Choosing your own cover
Expanding the ePub file

Creating Chapter Breaks

Creating an InDesign book
Adding chapters

Creating Links

Links to external websites
Internal links with Cross References
Internal links with Hyperlinks

Styling & Structure

Fonts and sizes Headings
Fonts and sizes Paragraphs
How styles will map to HTML & CSS
Expanding and editing the ePub file

Adding Audio

Adding Audio in InDesign
MP3 and m4a files

Adding Video

Adding video in InDesign
Determining video size
Adding poster images

Cleaning up code & ePub Validation

Validating and pre flighting ePub files

Converting to Kindle's Mobi format

Converting an ePub into a Mobi file for the Amazon Kindle
Converting using Calibre
Previewing using the Kindle emulator

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Canberra

SYDNEY Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
InDesign Lite	21	25	25	26	23	1 Nov
InDesign Essentials	13 & 14 21 & 22	4 & 5 13 & 14 17 & 18 25 & 26	1 & 2 9 & 10 17 & 18 25 & 26	5 & 6 13 & 14 21 & 22 29 & 30	4 & 5 9 & 10 17 & 18 26 & 27	2 & 3 15 & 16 21 & 22 29 & 30
InDesign Advanced	14 & 15	27 & 28	29 & 30	26 & 27	—	10 & 11
InDesign Long Documents	14	27	29	26	—	10
eBooks: Creating ePubs	—	21	15	26	—	11
eMagazines: InDesign to iPad	9 & 10 30 & 31	17 & 18	3 & 4 24 & 25	13 & 14 29 & 30	19 & 20	9 & 10 28 & 29
InDesign Interactivity & Animation	8	—	5	9	6	18
InDesign Accessibility	—	12 (AM)	—	2 (PM)	—	1 (PM)

MELBOURNE Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
InDesign Lite	15	24	24	28	19	25
InDesign Essentials	28 & 29	13 & 14 24 & 25	9 & 10 24 & 25	5 & 6 15 & 16 26 & 27	10 & 11 19 & 20	2 & 3 15 & 16 28 & 29
InDesign Advanced	—	—	22 & 23	28 & 29	—	7 & 8
eBooks: Creating ePubs	—	17	31	—	6	18 Nov
eMagazines: InDesign to iPad	6 & 7	4 & 5	8 & 9	20 & 21	—	1 & 2
InDesign Interactivity & Animation	—	—	12	—	30	—
InDesign Accessibility (1-4.30pm)	27	—	—	21	—	15 Nov

BRISBANE Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
InDesign Lite	27	20	9 24	8 26	10 25	10 25
InDesign Essentials	27 & 28	20 & 21	9 & 10 24 & 25	8 & 9 26 & 27	10 & 11 25 & 26	14 & 15 29 & 30
InDesign Advanced	—	—	—	1 & 2	—	—
eBooks: Creating ePubs	Available on request.
eMagazines: InDesign to iPad	Available on request.

CANBERRA Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
InDesign Lite	—	20	—	26	—	15
InDesign Essentials	—	20 & 21	—	26 & 27	—	15 & 16
InDesign Advanced	—	—	4 & 5	—	—	—
eBooks: Creating ePubs	Available as custom training only.
eMagazines: InDesign to iPad	Available as custom training only.
InDesign Interactive PDFs	Available as custom training only.
InDesign Accessibility	Available as custom training only.

InDesign to epub | Testimonials

"What an excellent course! Linda was a patient and excellent presenter who managed to maintain an even flow throughout the course. Thank you I will be back for the next instalment."

Gaye Belbin, Graphic Designer

"A great day, great trainer and a great course."

Benjamin van Trier, Education

"Really well presented, professional training. I would certainly do more courses with City Desktop Training. "

Chris, Lecturer

"Excellent course! Instills me with confidence to produce ebooks."

Graeme, Publications Manager

"Was really worthwhile. Learnt a lot. Linda was great. Cant wait to go and create ebooks!"

Jane Bertram, Marketing Assistant

"Linda is an extremely knowledgeable teacher who explains things so clearly. The course is well worth completing, even more so on the second free re-sit!"

Kay Cantwell, Education Officer: Digital Learning

"Was incredibly helpful."

Vanessa, Designer

"Great course. Well paced and well taught. Good practical and logical examples. Would recommend!"

Melinda, Marketing Officer