Inspirational Quotes - iBook Update: Ver 3.2

All the quotes are taken from Inspirational Quotes Blog
http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Inspirational Quotes on iBooks - Version History Page

A separate page is created for the Inspirational Quotes on iBooks and included all Version history. I've also added the download link, so you can go the iTunes Store from here.

Inspirational Quotes - iBook Update: Ver 3.1

Not so long ago i updated the content with new page layout, font and more quotes on 3.0. Since I am moving to an another city by the end of this month, i do not want to miss the update so here's this month update 3.1.



Whats new in Version 3.1

• 100 more New quotes
• 10 new Author

iTunes (ver 3.1)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11

All the quotes are taken from Inspirational Quotes Blog
http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Inspirational Quotes - iBook Update: Ver 3.0

Whats new in Version 3.0

• 150 more New quotes are added
• 58 new Authors
• Updated all the fonts for clear readability
• Font size is changed for all the Quotes
• Font alignments are corrected
• Quotes are separated by Sections/Chapters (each has 250 quotes)
• New Authors image are Optimized
• Total of 600 Quotes
• Inspirational Quotes Blog link is Added. You can directly go to the Blog with one click and browse more than 1000 Quotes

iTunes (ver 3.0)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11

All the quotes are taken from Inspirational Quotes Blog
http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Inspirational Quotes - iBook Update: Ver 2.2

Version 2.2

• 100 New Quotes
• 21 New Authors

iTunes (ver 2.2)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11

All the quotes are taken from Inspirational Quotes Blog
http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Inspirational Quotes - iBook Update: Ver 2.1

Version 2.1

• 100 more new quotes are added
• 35 more new Authors
• Typo error corrections

iTunes (ver 2.1)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11

All the quotes are taken from Inspirational Quotes Blog
http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Making of Inspirational Quotes for iBook

You must have seen my other blog Inspirational Quotes if you haven't check it out, it is all about Inspirational quotes from various authors. I created this blog on 2011 and i was updating whenever i get time. Recently for the couple of months i was updating regularly (well.. almost).

When this iBook on iPad came i was so inspired and thought why not make a quote book out of this blog and make it available for free.

So i'll just walk you through he process of creating the book cover, well there's nothing much in the content (the quotes) its all take from the blog. The hardest was the book cover.

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01. The initial idea of the cover was to stick to the same color style from the website. So nothings fancy, i just placed the title in the center and made a simple mountain like design at the bottom. It is was kind of dull i know, but i had to make some cover for the time-being.

The ornament at the bottom of the text is a shape layer from Photoshop. The border was the last minute add-on. I don't know why, but i kind of like a frame around the corner.

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02. Since the design is simple, the book cover was re-created inside iBooks author to reduce some space.

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Every time i do the update, i keep thinking of updating the cover too, but at that time i didn't had anything in my mind, so left it as it is.

03. Couple of weeks back i came across this image on Bigstockphoto.com and it was perfect for the book cover. I really like the above-the-cloud shot. It's kind of tell you to look-up. Also it's kind of look like a sunset behind the mountain.

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04. This is the first look for the design (fig 4.0). The left side background image was exactly as it is, even though its clear on top, but it looks too close to the camera, so i reduced the size and extend the top (the right image), which gives me more room to place the text. Also white was more soothing than a darker text.

Something was missing here. I left it for a day and didn't do anything, and came next day and added couple of things, and the first thing is the border around the image, it looks more like a poster than a book cover.

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05. This is the second design (fig 5.0).

Since the original image had lot of blue tint, to balance that i had to do some little color correction and added some green (I like to have green in the picture, it kind of match the original design fig 2.0).

The book has all kinds of categories of quotes, which i wanted to show here. I wanted the text to levitate from the ground and pass through the clouds.

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06. The text coming out from the cloud was too flat, so i had to blend the text to looks like it is really coming out and the pieces of cloud overlaps the text.

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07. I previewed the book on iBooks, i like the look but it doesn't give a book effect, more like a flat piece of cardboard. Adding the old frame border won't work.

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08. So make it more realistic, i added a binding on both side. The binding on the right side, gives a cushion-kind feel. The sun and the lens flare added to show some kind of light in the picture. Too much of text in the picture, so i removed the text at the bottom and replaced with the logo.

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09. You can see the previous index page (left) and the new one (right). The same image for the book cover was used in the index page.

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10. To maintain clarity and focus from the beginning, i was very clear not to use any images in the quotes pages. The only information you see is the Quote no. and the author name at the bottom.

The Quote number at the top was added in the Ver 1.1

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The Glossary contains all the authors information.

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11. You can download the book from the iTunes, it is absolutely free. I will be adding all the quotes from the blog to the book regularly, i'll try my best.

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iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11

Inspirational Qutoes - iBook Update: Ver 2.0

Version 2.0

• 100 more new quotes are added
• New Book cover and Index Design
• 36 more new Author informations

Link: iTunes (ver 2.0): https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11
Inspirational Quotes Blog: http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Inspirational Qutoes - iBooks Update: Ver1.2

New Update



Version 1.2

• 50 more new quotes are added

Link: iTunes (ver1.2): https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11
Inspirational Quotes Blog: http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

Inspiration Qutoes - iBooks Update: Ver1.1

Just a week back i updated and submitted and the updates are ready now and available in the iBooks Store for "Inspirational Quotes on iBooks" Verion 1.1

Version 1.1

• 50 more quotes added
• Quote numbers are added
• Minor line adjustments are made
• Minor alignment changes
• Spacing adjustments were made for author descriptions in the Glossary Section

Link:
iTunes (ver1.1): https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inspirational-quotes/id826458812?ls=1&mt=11
Inspirational Quotes Blog: http://beekeepersinspirationalquotes.blogspot.in/

How to create a Free Books Account for iBooks

If you need to submit a Free books on the iBooks Store, you need to create a Free Books Account. Even if you already have an iOS Account, you still need to create a new account for books, both are entirely different.

Few things before we proceed
If you already have an iTunes Connect account associated with your Apple ID, you still need to create a New Apple ID (with Credit Card details)
Free Books and Paid Books Account are entirely different
If you wish to sell your books later, you cannot change your 'Free Books Account' to 'Paid Books Account'. You need to create a new 'Paid Books Account'.
Even for 'Free Books Account', you still need a credit card details. If you wish to purchase books, you can use the same account

01. Go to iTunes Connect >> https://itunesconnect.apple.com/ , click 'Get Started'

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02. Click 'Learn more' under Books.

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03. 'Get Started'

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04. Click the 'Create a Free Books Account'

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05. Fill your Apple ID and password.
Enter the Name details that you used it when created the Apple ID.

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06. Fill in all the details.

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07. 'Done'

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08. Check your email to activate the account. If you do not find it in your inbox check the spam.

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09. The newly created apple id will display in the mail field, if not fill in the information.

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10. 'Accept Terms'

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11. You can access everything here.

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iBook Author - Save As... option

In case if you are wondering where is Save as option in iBook Author, here's the hidden key.
Hold the Option (alt) key when you open the File menu.

Color palette - Eyedropper tool in Mac

Every time when this color palette opens in any mac application, i used to think this top portion is a search bar, because of the Zoom icon.
You can enter the HEX code in the search bar and the color displays, Why the heck they have a big search bar, and the zoom tool on the left? So, i accidently clicked this today and my mouse cursor turns into this cross hair icon.

Zoom tool as the Eyedropper tool... Seriously?