Tips and instructions on getting started with iBooks Author. Get you students creating books!

1. iBooks Author
Christine Wells

2. Tips
• Have all the information that
you want to put in your
book in a pre-prepared file.
• iBook works best with other
apple apps e.g Keynote, Pages
and iMovie.
• Bookry is a widget website
which convertsYouTube clips
and pdfs.
• Don't use the term 'iBook' in
your iBook - Apple don't like
it!
• Change fill colours, borders
and fonts to create your own
style.
• Use a colour palette of 3-4
colours.
• Be consistent in the use of
font, font sizes, titles and
colours.
• Use your own images to
avoid copyright issues.
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3. Getting started
• Open the iBooks
Author app.
• Select a template.
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4. Book Title
• Click on Book
Title on the left
hand side.
• Double click on
the words Book
Title and add
your own title.
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5. Intro Media
• Either drop in an
iMovie or image
that has some
relevance to your
book. It’s fun to
make your own
iMovie to pop in.
Use Garageband
to create original
theme music.
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6. Table of Contents
• This is populated
automatically but
you can add your
own images for
each chapter.
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7. Adding a chapter, section or page.
• Click the cross at the top left hand
corner to add a chapter, a section
or a page.
• You can change the title of the
chapter or section by double
clicking on the untitled label under
each chapter or section.
• To delete a page, section or
chapter, right click on the page on
the left hand side and then select
delete.
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8. Titles and Text
• Click on the back
to front p for a
drop down menu.
You will need to
highlight the text
that you want to
change.
• The a has further
options for text.
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9. Widgets
• Click on widgets at the
top middle of the page
for a drop down box of
widgets to insert.
• Clicking on each adds a
placeholder in your
book which you can
insert images and text
into. Or you can drag
and drop pre-saved
media into it.
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10. The Inspector
• The Inspector at the
top right of the page
gives options such as
layout, numbering, text
options, fill colours,
tables, columns etc.
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11. Media
• Use the Media icon
to select audio,
photos or movies
that are saved in
iTunes, Garageband,
iPhoto or iMovie.
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12. Borders and Image Styles
• Click on the image or
shape on the page and
then click on ‘None’ at
the top left of the page
to change the border or
style of your image or
shape.
• You will also get options
to change the colour of
your shape.
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13. Preview
• Preview your book
before publishing.You can
do this on your Mac or
plug in your iPad. It is
good to see what it will
look like on your iPad
and then you also have a
draft copy saved to your
iPad.

14. Publish
• When you are happy with your book,
publish it to the iBook store.This is a
bit of a process so ask for help if you
need it.
• If there is anything that doesn’t meet
Apple’s criteria you will get an email
asking you to fix it.
• They will also email you when your
book has been published.This usually
takes a couple of days.
• Alternately, you can export your book
as a PDF to avoid the publishing
process.

15. Good Luck!
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