See the component files of an EPUB—it's basically a series of web pages.
- [Narrator] Let's take a peek inside the actual ePubs…components, because I think it helps anyone…who is working with ebooks to understand…what makes up an epub.…I have open, behind my finder window,…the English Cottage Gardens refillable ePub.…Let's look at it, if you haven't used ADE,…Adobe digital editions, up till now…it's a pretty good ebook reader…available for both Mac and Windows.…I'm looking at it right now in double page view.…It defaults to single page view…so if yours looks like that just go up…to the reading menu and chose double page view.…
Here's the navigational TOC and I can jump back and forth.…It's just a regular epub, but let's take a look…at the inside of this epub.…I am going to go back to the finder,…now if I were on windows I could just rename this file…to .zip instead of .epub I could just actually…edit the file name and when I do that…I would get a warning in both windows and Mac.…In windows it'll work, in Macintosh it doesn't.…That is I can change this to .zip in windows…and then chose extract all from the right click menu.…
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Released
9/18/2017- Finding, downloading, and reading free ebooks
- Choosing the right format for your ebook
- Building reflowable EPUBs and fixed-layout EPUBs
- Using tools like Word, Sigil, calibre, Jutoh, Pages, PubCoder, and InDesign
- Adding animation and interactivity such as clickable buttons
- Creating ebooks for the Kindle
- Learning the pros and cons of PDF ebooks
- Creating reflowable and multitouch ebooks with iBooks Author
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 26s
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1. What Is an Ebook, Exactly?
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Different types of ebooks6m 17s
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Where can you get ebooks?4m 50s
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Open and read ebooks5m 59s
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Make an ebook6m 59s
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Distribute and sell ebooks5m 51s
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Choose the right format4m 24s
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2. Reflowable EPUBs
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What's inside an EPUB?5m 47s
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EPUB 2 vs. EPUB 34m 30s
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Make an EPUB on your own5m 49s
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Validate and edit the EPUB4m 30s
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3. Fixed-Layout EPUBs
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Make a fixed-layout EPUB5m 8s
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4. Ebooks for the Amazon Kindle
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5. PDF Ebooks
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Pros and cons of PDF ebooks5m 47s
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6. Ebooks with iBooks Author
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7. Tools and Services
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Pages6m 31s
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Sigil, Calibre, and Jutoh6m 54s
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8. Business Matters
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How to get an ISBN number2m 45s
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Conclusion
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Resources and next steps4m 3s
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