Perplexed-IBA-User
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Q: How do I make my iBook open on the cover page, the first time it is opened?

When I first tap my book in the iBooks app, to open it, it'll open the book, briefly show the cover, and then automatically show the contents page.

In fact, there's no way for the reader to look at the cover other than during that brief moment after opening the book.

 

How can I solve this?

 

Thanks.

Posted on Jul 6, 2015 6:14 AM

by Gary,Solvedanswer
Gary Gary
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A:

I played quite intensively with iBA when it first came out around three years ago, exploring all the functionality.  I've pretty much not touched it until this new EPUB3 option just appeared – but I vaguely seem to recall that the issue of the cover display not pausing to allow everyone to admire your work occurred then too.  So I don't think that's new behaviour.  (I'm not defending that design decision, I'm just saying…)

 

In fact, I've just double-checked several commercial purchases I have available and they exhibit the same behaviour.  (NB I'm viewing these books on the iPad version of iBooks, not on my iMac version.)

 

On the iPad, the nearest you can come to pausing the full sized cover display, that I have found, is on the way back out.  Get to the Table of Contents page.  Then do a slow two-fingered pinch, pausing at the end of the pinch.  You'll see the full-sized cover for as long as you keep your two fingers pinched together.

I think that's going to be as good as it gets.

 

...

 

The only workaround might be to replicate the cover as a bitmap on the first page within the eBook.  I've just found a couple of books where I'm pretty certain that's what they've done.

Posted on Jul 6, 2015 3:47 PM

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Q: How do I make my iBook open on the cover page, the first time it is opened?

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  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Jul 6, 2015 6:31 AM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User
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    Jul 6, 2015 6:31 AM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User

    when open go "backwards" with the arrow on the leftside of the page (it will show when you move the mouse pointer there) and then place the bookmark there.

  • by Perplexed-IBA-User,

    Perplexed-IBA-User Perplexed-IBA-User Jul 6, 2015 6:45 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    Jul 6, 2015 6:45 AM in response to Lexiepex

    In iBooks Author or in iBooks?

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Jul 6, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User
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    Jul 6, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User

    iBooks. that's what you described, or not?

  • by Perplexed-IBA-User,

    Perplexed-IBA-User Perplexed-IBA-User Jul 6, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    Jul 6, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Forgive me, I assumed that since this was a forum on ePub *creation*, it was implicit that I was referring to the book I'm trying to create on iBooks Author.

    In other words, I'm creating a book on iBooks Author, but whenenever that book is opened on iBooks, it doesn't open on the cover. This is what I want to fix.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Jul 6, 2015 7:19 AM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User
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    Jul 6, 2015 7:19 AM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User

    Forgiven.

    Can't you set a fixed bookmark in iBook Author on the page you want to open?

  • by Perplexed-IBA-User,

    Perplexed-IBA-User Perplexed-IBA-User Jul 6, 2015 8:31 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    Jul 6, 2015 8:31 AM in response to Lexiepex

    I don't believe there's such an option on iBA. In any case, all books open on the cover - mine is the exception, which would suggest a bug.

  • by Gary,Solvedanswer

    Gary Gary Jul 6, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User
    Level 2 (185 points)
    Jul 6, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Perplexed-IBA-User

    I played quite intensively with iBA when it first came out around three years ago, exploring all the functionality.  I've pretty much not touched it until this new EPUB3 option just appeared – but I vaguely seem to recall that the issue of the cover display not pausing to allow everyone to admire your work occurred then too.  So I don't think that's new behaviour.  (I'm not defending that design decision, I'm just saying…)

     

    In fact, I've just double-checked several commercial purchases I have available and they exhibit the same behaviour.  (NB I'm viewing these books on the iPad version of iBooks, not on my iMac version.)

     

    On the iPad, the nearest you can come to pausing the full sized cover display, that I have found, is on the way back out.  Get to the Table of Contents page.  Then do a slow two-fingered pinch, pausing at the end of the pinch.  You'll see the full-sized cover for as long as you keep your two fingers pinched together.

    I think that's going to be as good as it gets.

     

    ...

     

    The only workaround might be to replicate the cover as a bitmap on the first page within the eBook.  I've just found a couple of books where I'm pretty certain that's what they've done.

  • by Perplexed-IBA-User,

    Perplexed-IBA-User Perplexed-IBA-User Jul 10, 2015 9:01 AM in response to Gary
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    Jul 10, 2015 9:01 AM in response to Gary

    Thanks! I thought I was going crazy but I guess the bitmap option you present really is the way to go. Thanks again!