Comments on: InDesignSecrets Videocast #7: Exporting EPUB Files

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:20:26 +0000

Good stuff, David and Anne-Marie! Thanks. My only request: get a pop filter for the microphone — or speak to the side of it to prevent popping P’s, etc.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:48:15 +0000

To add a cover image for iBookstore, add the epub to iTunes, then right-click it and select Get Info. Choose Artwork and drag your artwork in (or browse to load it).

By: Jason K.

Jason K. — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:45:54 +0000

Thanks David, the fonts were the issue I was having. I’m now having problems with getting a thumbnail of the cover to show up when the book is on the “bookshelf”. Do you know how to add that?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:18:38 +0000

@Jason: Perhaps you need to not embed the font? For more ideas, I suggest posting this on the forums at: http://indesignsecrets.com/forum/
(You’ll need to sign up for a free membership in order to post there.)

@Polly: I did hear something about this, I think from Liz Castro. Might check with her.

By: Jason K.

Jason K. — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:54:21 +0000

I’m having some problems viewing my exported ePub file. I can’t use Adobe Digital solutions, because I don’t have Admin access on my machine, and the installer won’t let me choose anywhere except the Applications folder. I was able to install the B&N reader, but when I try to open it there, it says my ePub is encrypted. How do I make an unencrypted file?

By: Polly

Polly — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:59:32 +0000

Have you heard of any issues with exporting Spanish and Canadian French to epub files? Do you have any resources to any related articles about foreign language ebooks?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:23:57 +0000

@CRM: In CS5 you don’t need to have 50 files anymore; you can autosplit the chapters based on a top-level heading in the TOC. But in CS4 and earlier, having separate files is somewhat necessary. Ugh.

By: C.R.M.

C.R.M. — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:36:33 +0000

Hi!

A question about splitting my file first and creating a book. What are the pros of that vs. the cons? What if I have a file with over 50 chapters – I don’t want 50+ files.

Thanks!

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:08:40 +0000

Colin Fleming (the TOC commentor above) is from Adobe, and is doing a session on ePub at Adobe MAX next week in LA (sorry I’ll have to miss it!). Here’s the description of his session from http://max.adobe.com/:

“Learn best practices and step-by-step instructions on how to take your content from creation to publication to distribution on eBook readers such as Reader Digital Book, Kindle, and iPhone. This session is organized into three sections: layout of books using Adobe InDesign, export of a book from InDesign to Adobe Digital Editions, and conversion of a book into the appropriate file format for use on a particular reading device. Leave this session with best-practices techniques and practical guidance on how to build eBooks for digital distribution.”

By: Arthur Attwell

Arthur Attwell — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:27:04 +0000

Nice how-to, thanks! It would be great if in a future videocast or a note you could cover how to add a cover image too (so that your thumbnail isn’t the first page of text, ugly, eek). There are various ways to add cover images to epubs – after battling with CS3’s clunky epub export, I now work with the epub code after export to add a cover, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Would it be easiest to add a one-page document, containing only the cover image, at the start of your book?