interactive ebooks: what are the possibilities?
DESCRIPTION
Since the introduction of Apple's iBooks format, publishing a digital book has become more interesting with fixed layouts and dynamic widgets. Here, we discuss the various iBooks we created and the widgets we used to enhance them.TRANSCRIPT
Our ebook Capabilities
Stephan Beauchesne,Nice Oak Founding Partner
Types of ebooks
• From basic ebooks…
• to more complex iBooks for iPads
Basic ebooksFor all e-readers
Can contain text, images, videos
Interactive ebooks
For use on iPads and Mac
Can contain text and images
But also interactive charts
videos and interactive tables
Types of Interactive ebooks
Interactive ebooks
Research
Interactive ebooks
Training
Interactive ebooksDashboards
Interactive ebooks
Studies
Interactive ebooks
Reports
WidgetsHow to enhance an ebook
Video
• Embedded videos
• Can be played in their spot or full-screen
Image Gallery
• Display a series of images
• Tap on thumbnail or swipe
• Can also be viewed full-screen
Interactive image
• Image with labels
• When user taps on label, image zooms-in
• Tap again to zoom-out
Presentation
• Embed Powerpoint presentations
• Display in their spot or full-screen
• User can control slides
• Or can be self-running
Topic Explorer
• Used to describe further a topic
• Can include images and text
• User can navigate in any order
Charts
• User taps on small image
• Interactive chart appears full-screen
• Bring charts to life
Timeline
• User taps on image
• Timeline displays and user can tap on time points to see information
• Intuitive and visual way to show time-related information
Tables
• Interactive table
• Sort
• Search
• Filter
Footnote
• Footnotes appear as pop-up when icon is tapped
• Reader stays on page
• Can contain links and images
Quizzes
• Fun and interactive
• Test your reader’s knowledge
FAQs
• Collapse and expand on tap
• Can be tabs or accordion
How can we work together?
• NiceOak is your ebook and iBook developer
• Bid jointly
• Joint marketing