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Fixed-layout EPUBs

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Fixed-layout EPUBs

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- [Narrator] In addition to reflowable EPUBs, you can also use, InDesign CC, to create a fixed-layout EPUB that will retain the entire look of your document, including all the colors, fonts, and images similar to a PDF. Fixed-layout EPUBs are often used for publications where it's really important to maintain control over the layout. Things like Children's books, Cookbooks, Textbooks, Graphic novels, and so on. Here's an example of a fixed-layout EPUB that was created with InDesign. It's called Window Seat, The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking by Julieanne Kost. And it includes lots of beautiful photos that the author took through the windows of airplanes during flight. It has a navigational table of contents to jump to the various parts of the book. And there are a few different page layouts, including single-column with running headers and full-bleed photos like you see here on the left. There are also grids of photos, full-page images, three-column pages, pages with…

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