What's inside a fixed-layout EPUB?

- [Instructor] What makes a fixed-layout EPUB work?…What exactly is happening inside,…that it doesn't reflow like a regular webpage,…like a regular EPUB?…Let's take a look inside.…I have one of the EPUBS that we'll be working with…in this chapter open in iBooks.…This is a fixed-layout kids' book…called The Little Red.…You can see there's a picture on the left,…the folios on the bottom,…the text on the right.…It is live text, it's not a picture,…but we're getting this weird selection,…which you'll see why in a minute.…

And we can go on to other pages,…and you'll see that the text just stays where it is.…If I resize, we might get some redraw issues,…but the text doesn't reflow, it can't reflow.…All it can do is get larger and smaller.…Alright, so let's jump into the Finder,…and I'll hide the other programs.…And inside here is The Little Red Hen EPUB,…and I've already cracked it open and expanded it…for those of you who didn't want to bother with…downloading the friendly eCanCrusher app…that I talked about earlier.…