Create a Book with Book Creator

Revision as of 13:50, 19 January 2017 by Kipkis (Kipkis | contribs) (importing article from wikihow)

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Book Creator is an app on the iPad (and iPhone) that allows you to create your own books, and it has a variety of interesting features.

Steps

Installing the App

  1. Download the app from the iTunes Store. If you're on your iPad or iPhone, download the app from its iTunes Store, or from the App Store.
  2. Open Book Creator once it has installed. Go through the short tutorial it offers. This will give you a feel of what creating a book will be like.

Creating a First Book

  1. Click on "New Book." This will start the book creation process.
  2. Choose the type of book you want to create. There are three options under "Choose a Template": Portrait, Square and Landscape.
  3. Create your book cover. Add a title and image as wished (see the next section for adding elements).
  4. Add elements to your book use the + at top right. The elements are as follows:
    • Text - Add text to your book by pressing the key symbol in the top menu bar (or 'T' in the + menu) . The "i" allows you to make changes to font size, point size, alignment, hyperlinks, color, opacity and arrangement. The tab marked "Arrange" lets you move the text box around the page, back or front. Click "Done" when you're done.
    • Pictures - Choose an image from your Camera Roll to make the book prettier. Click on the image icon in the top menu bar (or photos under the + menu) to start adding an image and use the "i" button to change image opacity. Simply pinch in or out to enlarge or decrease the image's size (the success of this will depend on the image quality). Images can also be arranged vertically or horizontally using the Arrange tab.
    • Camera - Take a picture or film a video to add to your book.
    • Sound - Record sound or import a music file from iTunes.
    • Drawing - Draw a picture using a pen. Use the "i" button to edit the drawing.
  5. Add another page to your book by clicking "Next." If you're not creating the first page after the cover, click the arrow to the right.
  6. Edit your book by clicking on the text. Add more elements and delete certain elements if needed, and proofread for any mistakes.
    • When you're satisfied with the book, click on "Save".
    • Click on "My Story" for changes to the name of the story, changes to the author, addition of music or changes in the image resolution. If you add music, it plays whenever you open the book.
  7. Export or send your new book. Go back to where your collections are shown on the home screen. To export or send, simply click on the icon consisting of an arrow shooting out of a box, in the bottom line of options on the screen. A menu will pop up with sending buttons for email, iTunes, collections, PDF and printing.
    • If sent to iBooks, you will see your new masterpiece sitting in the iBooks shelf alongside your other books.
    • If you email the book, it will appear as an icon in the recipient's mailbox and needs to be downloaded to be read.

Tips

  • Click on "Support" to get more help. It will direct you to a page on the Internet that helps you.
  • Same orientation (e.g. portrait) books can be combined and edited (use the + button in the "My Books" screen). Mixed orientation (e.g. landscape and portrait) cannot be combined.
  • The book icon allows you to view the book in iBooks, Evernote or your dropbox.
  • Open the book in another app you have that's related to books. Just click the button to the very right and it will show you a list of apps you can open the book in.

Related Articles

Retrieved from "https://kipkis.com/index.php?title=Create_a_Book_with_Book_Creator&oldid=17816"