Brief Summary
This course is a fun and easy way to learn how to make your own eBooks using Sigil and iBooks Author. You'll get to play around with multimedia features and create engaging content in no time!
Key Points
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Step-by-step guide to creating ePub and iBook files.
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Learn to use Sigil and iBooks Author software.
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Create chapters, Table of Contents, and add images.
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Incorporate video, audio, and hyperlinks into your eBook.
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Not covering publishing aspects yet, maybe later!
Learning Outcomes
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Understand the basics of eBook creation using Sigil and iBooks Author.
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Be able to create multimedia-rich eBooks with chapters and a Table of Contents.
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Learn how to add images, audio, and video to your eBooks.
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Know how to create a stylish cover page for your eBook.
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Gain skills in adding hyperlinks to enhance reader experience.
About This Course
Quick step by step guide to creating ePub files and iBook Author files. Get that eBook created quickly!
This course is a quick step by step instructional guide to using Sigil and iBooks Author in order to produce ebooks in both the ePub format as well as the popular iBooks format.
Sigil can be downloaded at https://code.google.com/p/sigil/
The details of iBooks Author can be found at http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
This course is meant to be a quick start guide to creating eBooks with these two software. You will quickly learn how to create different chapters in your eBook, generate Table of Contents, insert Text and Images and later on Video and Audio. Also covered are how to create a Cover Page and adding both Internal and External Hyperlinks to your eBook.
Note that I am not covering the publishing aspects of eBooks. But perhaps this topic can be added in the future.
Maria I. D. L. T. R.
It has not been recently updated unfortunately, but otherwise is a good introduction to the subject.