jonathan157
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Q: Can I create widgets on pages and export as an ePub?

Hello,

 

I have been working with iBooks Author but I just realised that the iBook will work only for iMacs and iPads


I really want to create an iBook for iOS and MacBooks with some similar widgets as the ones iBooks Author has for making exercises (see attachment please)


Is there any way to do that on Pages or at least any kind of option to add exercises and exported as an ePub that works on iOS and MacBooks?



Excersices Widg.tiff

 

iBooks Author , OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Dec 3, 2014 4:45 PM

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Q: Can I create widgets on pages and export as an ePub?

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  • by Tom Gewecke,Helpful

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Dec 4, 2014 8:54 AM in response to jonathan157
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    Dec 4, 2014 8:54 AM in response to jonathan157

    I think you would have to first export as epub and then manually add widgets.  Try a google search on "widgets for epub".

     

    Your statement about "iBook for iOS and MacBooks" makes no sense.  iBA can in fact make such books.  What it cannot do is make books for iphones.

     

    You statement about "only works for iMacs and iPads" makes no sense.  iBA works for any Mac with OS X 10.9 or higher, not just iMacs.

     

    Your "attachment" cannot be seen by anyone.  If you want to post a screenshot, you use the camera icon which you should see when you post a message here using your browser.

  • by Frank Lowney,

    Frank Lowney Frank Lowney Jan 3, 2015 3:47 PM in response to jonathan157
    Level 1 (113 points)
    Jan 3, 2015 3:47 PM in response to jonathan157

    While iBooks Author now (2.2) imports ePub, it does not export to ePub. The iBooks Author app exports only to iBooks, PDF or text.  Exporting to iBooks (the iBooks app on iOS and MacOS X 10.9 or newer) creates a file with a suffix of .ibooks that can only be viewed and read by the aforementioned iBooks app. That same iBooks app is also one of the better ePub eReaders because  it can render both ePub 2 and many ePub 3 eBooks.

    Currently, there is an inverse relationship between the reach of your eBook and the richness and interactivity of its content. You can target the largest potential audience with ePub 2 but you'll be restricted to text and static images. You can add rich media such as audio and video using ePub 3 but the number or eReaders and platforms capable of rendering that eBook will be smaller. The *.ibooks eBook format is the richest, most interactive medium available today but, as you've observed, requires specialized hardware and software with a consequently smaller audience.

    Authoring environments  also offer difficult choices. With iBooks Author (*.ibooks) and Pages (*.epub), you will find no equal in affordability, power and ease-of-use. The other contenders are more expensive or more difficult to use or both. 

    So the bottom line, as they say, is that there is no one "have it all" option. An author must still carefully consider the tools at hand in relation to what it is they want to communicate.