ePub Samples

Here is a small sampling of some books that I recently converted to ePub.

Note: All of these books were initially designed and laid-out (using Adobe InDesign CS4 or CS5.5) for the purpose of traditional printing. Using those same files, I exported to ePub, created custom stylesheets (CSS), and cleaned up the code using Oxygen.

The very nature of the ePub format is to allow enough flexibility so that the books can be read on any size/type of device/reader that can read ePubs. Because of this, the files may look slightly different when compared from one device to another. However, great care has been taken so that the content looks good and is legible on all ePub-compatible readers/devices.

With that said, these ePubs have been optimized for the iPad (since it is by far the most popular ePub reading device). So, the sample images that you are about to see are screen grabs from the iPad.

 

Art Space Tokyo

Ashley Rawlings & Craig Mod, Pre/Post
http://artspacetokyo.com/
(Adobe InDesign CS5.5)

Art Space Tokyo cover and TOC (Horizontal view)

Sample chapter start with Title and Map (Vertical view)

Map zoomed in to fit the screen (Horizontal view). (You can double-tap images in iBooks in order to zoom in)

Start of Interview section with intros (Vertical view)

Sample Interview section (Horizontal view)

 

Google SketchUp Cookbook

Bonnie Roskes, O’Reilly Media
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596155100/
(Adobe InDesign CS4)

Google Sketchup Cookbook cover and TOC (Horizontal view)

Sample spread with images and Note (Horizontal view)

Sample spread with image (Horizontal view)

Sample page with image and sidebar (Vertical view)

 

The Geek Atlas

John Graham-Cumming, O’Reilly Media
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596523213/
(Adobe InDesign CS4)

Geek Atlas Table of Contents (Vertical view)

Section start with title and map (Vertical view)

Sample spread with sidebar and image (Horizontal view)

 

Building the Perfect PC, 3e

Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchman Thompson, O’Reilly Media
http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010197/
(Adobe InDesign CS4)

Building the Perfect PC cover and TOC (Horizontal view)

Chapter start (Horizontal view)

Start of Hardware Design Criteria section (Horizontal view)

Sample spread with Warning (Horizontal view)

Sample spread with images (Horizontal view)

Sample page with table (Vertical view)