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Apple's "Pages" word processor exports to ePub format

by John Henderson
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FYI: Apple have released an update for their "Pages" word processor that allows users to export documents in the ePub format, the open format used to publish eBooks that's especially prevalent on mobile devices...
Apple adds iBooks export to Pages | MacUser

Not all of the whizz-bang features of the modern word processor document can be replicated by the small screen and limited horsepower of a mobile device. So for guidance on how to create a document that happily translates between the two, Apple have posted the following support document, complete with a sample doc:
Creating ePub files with Pages
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Gosse
    This is GREAT news! Thanks for sharing!

    I use Pages for all my product creation, exporting epub is a fantastic option!
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    • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
      Cheers, guys. I'm glad that this info was helpful to somebody.

      Originally Posted by dannyadams View Post

      Now the question is how do you get your products onto the mobile devices?
      I'm not sure how it works for Blackberries and Android devices.

      My biggest worry was that the only way to get ePub books onto a customer's iPhone or iPad was to sell from the iTunes Store; the thought of having to jump thru Apple's hoops would have been too much to take.

      Thankfully, this isn't the case. You can sell ePub documents straight to the customer. iPod/iPad users can just drag an ePub file into the "Books" folder of the iTunes app, then connect their iWhatever to their PC/Mac to sync.
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        • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
          Originally Posted by dannyadams View Post

          Thats pretty cool. I could be wrong but cant they do that with PDF's as well?
          Not if you're syncing using iTunes. iTunes is very cautious about what it will transfer to a connected Apple device. There are PDF viewers for the iPhone/iPod Touch, but they're used to view online PDFs thru a URL.

          Alternatively, OS X's "Preview" app can be used to convert PDF pages into photos in an iPhoto album and then that album can be synced with an iPhone, like this...

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  • Profile picture of the author Tanner
    I guess I'm going to have to start using Pages when I create my kindle titles, that will make formatting a ton easier.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
      Originally Posted by Tanner View Post

      I guess I'm going to have to start using Pages when I create my kindle titles, that will make formatting a ton easier.
      I've got some bad news, Tanner. The Kindle only reads eBooks in the ".mobi" format -- Amazon Kindle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      And there doesn't seem to be any mainstream apps that can save your work in this format... MobileRead Wiki - MOBI
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  • Profile picture of the author funkynassau
    Yay! I'm a Mac user and use Pages for the magazine I edit. Thanks for the info, that's great news!
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Peters Benn
    The iBook app views PDFs natively now though, so I think it diminishes the importance of ePub somewhat...
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    • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
      Originally Posted by Steve Peters Benn View Post

      The iBook app views PDFs natively now though...
      You're absolutely right, Steve!

      I'm still using iPhone OS 3.1.3 on my 3rd gen iPod Touch, so no iBooks app for me until I "upgrade" to iPhone OS 4 (which reportedly slows everything but the most recent devices to a crawl). Hence my earlier answer that you "can't" drag a PDF into iTunes -- I'm still using the old version of the OS! :rolleyes:

      Originally Posted by Steve Peters Benn View Post

      ...so I think it diminishes the importance of ePub somewhat...
      I think that as an XHTML file with a bit of CSS, ePub would be much smaller than its PDF equivalent, and would allow the user to format the book to their own tastes (font size, portrait/landscape, etc.)
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve Peters Benn
        Originally Posted by John Henderson View Post

        You're absolutely right, Steve!

        I'm still using iPhone OS 3.1.3 on my 3rd gen iPod Touch, so no iBooks app for me until I "upgrade" to iPhone OS 4 (which reportedly slows everything but the most recent devices to a crawl). Hence my earlier answer that you "can't" drag a PDF into iTunes -- I'm still using the old version of the OS! :rolleyes:


        I think that as an XHTML file with a bit of CSS, ePub would be much smaller than its PDF equivalent, and would allow the user to format the book to their own tastes (font size, portrait/landscape, etc.)
        Ahhh, I see!
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