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iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc.

iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc. for their iOS operating system and devices. It was announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010.

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is there any new api to create functionality like iBook

As we all knew that apple has put new iBook to read ebooks and for that they have provided so many good functionalities. my questions is have they provided any new api or sample to add such kind of functionality in our applications?? another things…
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Detect when user opens file in app

I was reading this documentation on how to preview a file on my iOS…
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How do I control the size of an (open) HTML widget for iBooks Author?

I've looked and experimented without fully understanding this. I'm missing something. There are at least 4 places you specify the size of your widget for iBooks author: In your plist In your HTML In the inspector for the widget in iBooks author…
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How do I load a webview page with a pdf into ibooks using Swift

This is closest code I can find but doesn't have syntax for using the webview page that contains the pdf file. var docController: UIDocumentInteractionController? if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("book", ofType: "pdf") { if…
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Downloading & Viewing ePub Books

I have the following requirements for an iPad App and would like to know if it's possible to implement them: Download ePub books and view them in iPads iBooks reader Install the downloaded book in the devices itunes library, so that they are…
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Highlight text, like iBooks app for annotations (hopefully using TextKit)

I'm trying to build an iOS app, where from a piece text, the user can select and highlight words or phrases. Very similarly to iBooks app. I've been reading, and I've seen answers which say that iBooks uses Javascript to render highlight text. I'm…
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How does Apple make their Swift programming books?

I'm trying to create a book using a template (or just formatting in general) similar to the ones used with the Apple Swift Programming Language iBook. I'm struggling with figuring out exactly what software Apple uses to create the book with such…
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Interaction in epub and iBooks

I have a simple epub with html inputs like this:

Input - type tel:

Input - type text:

Both inputs are disabled in iBooks for iOS and Mac. In…
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EPUB & Kindle File Glossary and Dictionary Selection

The Puzzle I am working on an eBook file, or series of files, which should be compatible with the maximum range of eReaders on the market. This would include, for example: The e-ink Kindle family The Kindle App on iOS, Android (including Kindle…
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Accessing to iBooks library (iOS)

Is it possible to access to the iBooks library from custom application? Like MPMediaPickerController for music/video? Or having access to the books which sync with iTunes. Thanks
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ePub and Javascript

I'm using a MacBook Air and have been looking into ePub creation. I've taken a copy of the epub3 boilerplate from github click here. I have in a javascript file added the following var txt = document.createTextNode(" This text was added to the…
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How to add read aloud narration in epub3 developed for iBook

I was searching any way to include audio with text highlighting in an ebook I developed for iBooks which is an epub3 . I know I can do this but I am unable to find any example of how to implement this functionality in epub3 specifically for iBooks,…
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epub3 document does not load iframe on ipad's ibooks

I have created an epub3 book which contains an iframe to load content from an external server. It works fine in the ebook readers I tried, but doesn't seem to work in iBooks on an iPad. Is this an Apple special or do I need to set some additional…
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iBooks for OS X cannot scroll div using mouse wheel

I'm building an epub for iBooks. The xhtml files in this epub contain a popup with scrollable content. This is only a div inside another div with overflow: scroll. As expected, this works in a web browser, and in iBooks for iPad too. The problem is…
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How to curl the page like iBook with fingure movement n iOS?

Hello friends i want my page to be curl just as they do in iBook page also page should turn according to fingure movement. please help thanks in advance..
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