Comments on: Creating eBooks in InDesign

By: DENISE

DENISE — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:42:10 +0000

I’m trying to learn how to create EPUB books. I followed the steps and when I hit create I receive an error: The required resource file “swf_template.html” could not be opened. Could someone tell me where to find this file.

Thank You for your help.
Denise Johnson
DBS

By: carl

carl — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:21:28 +0000

thanks david

i have recently discovered a program called 3D Issue Professional .. have you heard of it and do you have any recomendations /

thanks again

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:49:09 +0000

@carl: The closest thing Adobe offers is PDF or perhaps the new digital publishing suite that debuted recently on labs.adobe.com (for the ipad, though focused more on magazines). I believe that the NY Times is also licensing their ipad viewer technology to other newspapers.

By: carl

carl — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:57:37 +0000

thanks david

a news paper ebook should look like any other glossy mag ebook, just a little bigger (tabloid size) and what programs can create ebooks. does Adobe have anything like that..?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:04:56 +0000

@carl: What should a newspaper ebook look like? Are there any examples of EPUB newspapers? In general, you should consider EPUB documents like Word documents… that is, they start at the beginning and go to the end in a line. That is why EPUB is great for novels, but usually not magazines and newspapers.

By: carl

carl — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:09:53 +0000

hi all

i am new to the publishing game and produce a community newspaper. i wish to create an ebook using adobe indesign, however when i export it as an EPUB file it looks nothing like a newspaper ebook should ..can anyone help ..?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:40:03 +0000

@Dan: I’m not sure what you mean by document proofing. There’s no way to open an INDD file on the iphone. You could export to PDF and use one of the PDF reader tools to view it.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:35:21 +0000

I found this site while searching for “InDesign to iPhone” tools. Does anyone know if there is software available allowing InDesign document proofing on the iPhone? Thanks, Dan

By: erique

erique — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:55:12 +0000

@ Brian :

Looks like they’ve changed their minds …

http://www.lexcycle.com/

“Stanza is a free application for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.”

By: Brian Lawler

Brian Lawler — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:38:17 +0000

I was excited today to make my first epub, and then export it to the Stanza application, to make it ready for the iPad.

But then I discovered that Stanza has been purchased by Amazon.com, and they have NO PLAN to support the iPad.

What an amazing coincidence!

I’m sure the decision not to support iPad was purely one of the amount of time necessary to develop the app for the iPad, and not one of crushing the competition for the Kindle.