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Why does a HTML Widget blows up the file size of an iBook?

Hey,


I created an iBook with nearly 270 pages and many photos. The exported iBook file has a size of 290 MB. Now I included on nearly every single page of the book a HTML widget made with Tumult Hype that has a size of 6 MB (I did it with copy & paste). The new exported iBook with the widget has an incredible big filesize of 1.8 GB. ⚠


I really don't understand this because I use always the same widget and iBooks Author is treating it as seperated widgets, which increases unnecessarily the file size. Why? Is there another possibility to include the same widget on every single page without blowing up the file size?


Thanks,

Sebastian

iBooks Author-OTHER

Posted on Mar 4, 2013 10:42 AM

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Posted on Mar 4, 2013 11:56 AM

It doesn't matter. Nothing is blown up...that's the size of all of the assets you used.


Each time you copy/paste an image, iBA treats it like a new asset. iBA uses XML, and any HTML in a Widget is stand-alone. It's the price you pay with the tool.


2.0GB is the max in the store, so you're good to go.

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Mar 4, 2013 11:56 AM in response to hoeing

It doesn't matter. Nothing is blown up...that's the size of all of the assets you used.


Each time you copy/paste an image, iBA treats it like a new asset. iBA uses XML, and any HTML in a Widget is stand-alone. It's the price you pay with the tool.


2.0GB is the max in the store, so you're good to go.

Why does a HTML Widget blows up the file size of an iBook?

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