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The iBook Authoring tool - allows users to generate apple specific authoring language which is a derivative of ePub 3 standard.

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Is it possible to embed an eBook created with iBooks Author inside an app?

I would like to embed an e-book created with iBooks Author inside an app. Does anybody know if it's possible? If not, is it possible to add a "link" in my app that opens the e-book?
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Automatic animation with iBooks Author

I am trying to create animations in an ebook (using iBooks Author) much like the the first few pages of Yellow Submarine ebook. Specifically I want to have animations in the content and immediately animate and interactable without the need to…
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Updating a book created with iBooks Author

I have a quick question about Apple's iBooks Author: is it in any way possible to update a book created with iBooks Author? I mean: if I create a book, publish it and users download it, can I change it afterwards so that users get a notification and…
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How do I link to a specific section of an iBook from an iBook HTML Widget?

I am creating an HTML widget in the new iBooks Author format(.iba) that will be able to link to content within the book. In the epub3 format, I would just link to an .xhtml page that contains the content, but since the new .iba format is flow-able…
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Specifying minimum version of iBooks in an ePub

I'm working on a full-screen fixed layout epub requiring iBooks 3. I've noticed other books display an alert on launch requesting that users with an earlier version of iBooks upgrade. I can't find any information on how to implement this, and…
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iBooks alignment examples fail as 'Invalid Equation'

Copy/pasting all three of the alignment examples from Apple's iBooks Author : About LaTex fail with 'Invalid Equation'. For example What is the correct format for alignment?
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Can (javascript) widgets created for iBooks Author use SQLite (HTML5 web) databases?

I'm creating a "quiz" widget for iBooks Author and would like the widget to save student responses in a SQLite database in the iBook when the user is not online until the user can get an internet connection. Is SQLite CRUD possible within iBooks?…
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Dynamically resize iBooks HTML widget

I want to create a dynamic widget for iBooks 2, but I can not dynamically resize the widget to match portrait or landscape mode. I found Apples documentation for resizing dashboard widgets but this doesn't seem to work within iBooks. As an…
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Document could not be saved

I'm working on a large iBooks Author file. About 100 pages in, when I went to save it, it said Document Could Not Be Saved. I don't know if it is because of the size of the document, the shape that I added to create a mask over text, or the odd…
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Auto activate html5 widget in an iBook

I am trying to give my iBook a more app like feel. To do this I need the HTML5 widget I have created to automatically activate once a page is opened so the user doesn't need to click on it. Is this something that is possible in iBooks and iBooks…
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can i change Ibook html widget behaviour

i am creating an "iBook Author html widget", That perform some calculation(a simple calculator), Everything work perfectly but my problem is that i want to show widget on page rather then "Default.png" image, and my widget should not be open in…
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Adding a table in an iBook popover

I'm trying to add a table (i.e. a small grid) into a popover in an iBook I am trying to author. Problem is: I have no idea how to do it. All I seem to be able to add are images and text boxes. The table is grayed out. I tried creating a table in…
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How to open .IBA file in my ipad application

How can i open .iba file in my ipad,iphone application? I made .iba file from ibooks author. now i want to merge this file with my ipad application. I try to find in google but i can't find proper solution or code. Please give me any suggestion.
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How to Invoke/Open html widget on button/icon click in ibook author?

In iBook Author I have an HTML widget which I want to open when a button is clicked from a page. Is there a possibility of that?
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is there a way to flush the page cache? (window.init and audio autoplay won't work)

If I have an interactive widget that has something like window.init = function() {alert('foo');}; or then when I close the interactive widget and bring it back up again, the init() doesn't run…
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