WEEK 4: refinements

In class:

Review homework from last week.

BREAK

Printing your book jacket cover for a simple comp.

Translating your print book jacket design to digital media.

Homework: Book Jackets and Interior Ornaments/Imagery

Make final refinements to your Front Matter and Body. Style and refine your book cover. Place imagery into your digital comp.

Brainstorm ideas, develop your sketches and create an image, illustration or ornament for your interior layout.

Bring in your ideas, sketches and development for your interior image and print samples of your book jacket for next week (scale to fit on an 11x17) to class for review.

Click on these links:

Required for ePub cover image
General cover image requirements (pdf)
Cover image size requirements: SMASHWORDS (site)

Adobe TV: How to create your book title page and your book "jacket" cover image from Indesign for an ePub
Creating Title Pages and Covers in Indesign for ePubs (site)
Controlling order of content using the Articles panel in Indesign (site)
Graphics and object export settings need to be set for your title page (site)

Recommended
International Digital Publishing Forum

Publishing information for iBooks/iPad
iTunes Connect — In order to access the latest guides/tools such as iBookstore Asset Guide 5.0 and sample ePubs you would need to register.

Comparing the iPad models: iPad 2 vs. the new iPad (site)
iBookstore Asset Guide 4.8 (pdf file)

Sample ePubs
Sample ePub 3 files (AZARDI) (site)
Sample ePub 3 cover images (Jill's samples)