What's new in iBooks Author 2.6.1
Sep 25, 2018
- This update includes stability and performance improvements.
New in iBooks Author 2.6 (Sep 26, 2017)
- Add images and videos from the Photos app using the Media Browser or drag and drop
- Support for wide color gamut images
- Performance and stability improvements
New in iBooks Author 2.5 (Sep 20, 2016)
- New templates for creating interactive ePub books
- Support for publishing to iBooks using an Apple ID with two-factor authentication enabled
- Improved workflow when publishing books on behalf of multiple sellers
- Performance and stability improvements
New in iBooks Author 2.4.1 (Mar 29, 2016)
New in iBooks Author 2.4 (Sep 30, 2015)
- ePub templates now support the Pop-Over widget
- Minor usability improvements to the ePub templates
New in iBooks Author 2.3 (Jul 1, 2015)
- iBooks for iPhone now supports books made with iBooks Author
- Create Multi-Touch books using new ePub templates
New in iBooks Author 2.2 (Oct 17, 2014)
- Import ePub files
- Import Adobe InDesign IDML files
- Create customized books with new Blank templates
- New hyperlink options: link to a location in another book, link from an image, and more
- Improved transition support in Keynote widget
- Enable auto-play for media widget, Keynote widget, and HTML widget
- Readers can now interact with the HTML widget right on a book page
New in iBooks Author 2.1.3 (Jun 18, 2014)
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.
New in iBooks Author 2.1.2 (Jun 12, 2014)
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.
New in iBooks Author 2.1.1 (Oct 31, 2013)
- This version of iBooks Author resolves an issue where custom fonts may not properly display.
New in iBooks Author 2.1 (Oct 23, 2013)
- Preview books in iBooks for Mac
- Addresses an issue that removed enhanced caption tracks from some movies
- Includes various bug fixes and performance improvements
- And with the new release of iBooks for Mac, books made with iBooks Author can now be read on the Mac.
New in iBooks Author 2.0 (Oct 23, 2012)
- Create new gorgeous portrait-only books
- Embed custom fonts into books for complete control over text appearance
- Add even more interactivity with new Scrolling Sidebar and Pop-Over widgets
- Support for mathematical expressions with new native equation editing using both LaTeX and MathML notation
- Automatic optimization of media for iPad
- Improved support for embedded audio, including the ability to play an audio file by tapping an image
- Improved publishing workflow, including automatic sample book creation and pre-publish checking
- Additional Apple-designed templates
- Version numbering for books
- Enhanced to take advantage of the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro
- Performance improvements
- Usability improvements
New in iBooks Author 1.1 (Mar 7, 2012)
- Enhanced to create books that take advantage of the Retina display on the new iPad
- Includes performance and stability improvements
New in iBooks Author 1.0.1 (Feb 4, 2012)
- This release provides an updated version of the End User License Agreement.