InDesign to epub Course

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.
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Adobe InDesign to epub Course

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
Adobe InDesign to epub Course
BRISBANE
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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."

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

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

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

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

"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!"

"Was incredibly helpful."

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

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