I read somewhere that with the new iBook app, it is now possible to get page numbers that correspond with the hard copy. How can you do this? I'm using the book for my dissertation so the page numbers need to be correct.
Also is it possible to view the iBook on my Mac?
iPad 2, iOS 5
Page counts in iBooks is fluid. It will change according to the text size and orientation you use, so no there will not be a direct correlation to what a printed copy will have (just like different print editions will be different). Check with the style guide your school uses for dissertations, or your advisor for how to cite from an electronic book.
If ther are references to a print copy page number in any ibooks, it would be something specifically implemented by the publisher. I haven't seen that as of yet, and I read primarily non fiction.
Page counts in iBooks is fluid. It will change according to the text size and orientation you use, so no there will not be a direct correlation to what a printed copy will have (just like different print editions will be different). Check with the style guide your school uses for dissertations, or your advisor for how to cite from an electronic book.
If ther are references to a print copy page number in any ibooks, it would be something specifically implemented by the publisher. I haven't seen that as of yet, and I read primarily non fiction.
Is there any update on this with the latest version of iBook and Mac OS? I have a MacBook Air and I'm using iBooks for a uni policy brief I'm writing - need page references and really doesn't work when they change according to the view!
I can do a search but it gives me the page number in the iBook rather than the one in the hard copy.
I've only got the iBook but the printed version is supposed to have around 400 pages and it told that the word I looked for is on page 722.
If it the publishing company released a digital copy for iBooks, yes, they will have the same pages. Tap the magnifying glass on the top right hand side, and type in the page number, and choose the results. No you cannot view iBooks on Mac.
Nothing has changed and it has nothing to do with the iBooks app. eBook formats inherently use fluid page numbering since an eBook page is fluid - there is no fixed amount of text per page as it depends on the viewing settings and the device, hence page numbers inherently change. That is the very nature of an eBook format and it would be the same if that eBook was viewed in iBooks, Kindle, Nook, Kobo Reader or any eBook reader.
A PDF can be configured to have fixed page sizes and hence fixed page numbering, but eBooks (e.g. EPUB or IBOOK format files), by design, are fluid and adapt to the app and device. They would be horrible otherwise - imaging viewing a page on a 12.9" iPad Pro that had been formatted with a fixed page size format to fit on an iPad Mini display? Then you'd face the same limitations of PDFs and would have to zoom or shrink, and scroll up and down all the time to read them, instead of just turning the page like a..., well, a book.
Thanks a lot! Yeah this makes sense, will have to ask my university then.
Hi. Are you actually creating an iBook or a pdf? If you're working on a pdf, you'd be better off with a real pdf app like Acrobat or GoodReader.
iBook and hard copy- corresponding page numbers?
