Post on 12-Apr-2017
Teach42Morrow.ComKatie Morrow, E S U 8
So, you want to PUBLISH
a book?
katie@esu8.org
http://tinyurl.com/iBooksPublish
Katie MorrowTechnology Integration at ESU 8 Apple Distinguished Educator
@katiemorrow teach42morrow.com
I am NOT a professional author.Yet, I have been directly involved in publishing nearly 150 books in the iBooks Store.
Disclaimer:
AGENDAGetting Started with iBooks Author
Uses for the Classroom
The Path to Publishing
1
2
3
4 Additional Resources
“An iBook is way cooler than just a normal book.”
- Justin, OHS 8th grade
Getting Started
1
with iBooks Author
What you will need…
iBooks Author on Mac iBooks on iPad or Mac
What you will need…
Demo
Planning Tips for Authoring Projects
Draft in Pages (outside of iBooks Author)
Utilize Styles
Plan Table of Contents first (backbone of any book)
Collect/Organize all Media
Modify the Master Layouts/Themes
Collaborative Authoring Tips
Uses for the Classroom
2
Opportunities & Options
TEACHER-CREATED Promote your school, document a class project, class yearbook, instruct your students, share professional learning
STUDENT-CREATED Demonstrate learning, creative interests, leave a legacy, instruct younger students, nonfiction & research, document a project, portfolios
Content ~ Purpose ~ Audience
$
Essay compilationhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/48-ways-to-show-patriotism/id764177284?mt=11
Literature Circle portfolios
Literature Circles
Literature Circle portfolios
Poetry Portfolioshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/short-poems-syllable-structures/id1093849499?mt=11
Literature Circle portfolios
Backyard Ecologyhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ecology-drews-backyard-ecology/id982092346?mt=11
Choose Your Own Adventure Stories
Interactive Fictionhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/course/write-your-own-adventure-interactive/id1032400189
Show what you knowSearch for “O’Neill Public School” in the iBooks Store to find many student examples.
Search for “O’Neill Public School”
Share your Passion
Literature Circle portfolios
B-Side Bookshttp://ops24-7learning.blogspot.com/2015/03/newly-published-student-authors-at-ohs.html
Literature Circle portfolios
Community Connectionshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/our-community-oneill/id953365005?ls=1&mt=11
Literature Circle portfolios
End of Year Reviewhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-abcs-of-english-7/id996220335?mt=11
Literature Circle portfolios
Interactive workbooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/descriptive-writing-workbook/id810245068?mt=13
Publishing on the Professional growth
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/write-to-change-world-challenge/id835453522?mt=11
Books by other classroomsin the iBooks Store
Book Shelfies(Reading Class Book Reports)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/write-to-change-world-challenge/id835453522?mt=11
Found It!(Art Class projects)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/found-it/id806918326?mt=11
Heart & Lungs(Bilingual Biology book)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/heart-lungs-corazon-y-pulmones/id1047843039?mt=11
Just Right Books(Leveled Readers)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/just-right-books-at-their/id844630612?mt=11
The Path to Publishing
3
iTunes Connect & more…
Publishing to the iBooks Store
Apple ID1.
iTunes Connect
iTunes Producer
If selling…
2.
3.
opt.
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph2808?locale=en_US
If publishing isn’t for you…
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2809?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Sharing Options
1) Preview to any connected iPad 2) Export as .iBooks and distribute file manually 3) Export as .iBooks and add to iTunes U course 4) Export as PDF and print or use elsewhere
Additional Resources
4
for AWESOME iBooks Authoring!
Books to help create bookshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ebooks-arent-books/id665856181?mt=11
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dont-create-book-create-field/id845210288?mt=11
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/design-secrets-revealed/id814087040?mt=11
Thank You!Slides and notes with links available at:
http://tinyurl.com/iBooksPublish
Teach42Morrow.Com@Katiemorrow katie@esu8.org