Creating the Reflowable eBook

This is another video showing the process for creating the re-flowable eBook (ePub3) from InDesign. We have 2 files in a book panel,

[@jdosses]

This is amazing, thank you.

[@vacaton4413]

These videos are extremely helpful! Do you know if there's a way to have title and subtitle (h1 and h2) on a single page, and body (p) on the next page. I can't find how to do this without ending up with three different pages.

[@workingTchr]

I'm sure you've solved this by now, but I'm new to InDesign and 85% of my questions answered by GPT-4. It gets the other 15% wrong (BS answers that it "makes up" LOL!), but it's a great resource.

[@felborba]

Hi, everything ok? Could you give me a little help, please? My images stretch to the full width and height of the page (Kindle only) when exported to a reflowable layout. How could I make the images remain the correct size, without distortion, could you guide me? I can't find any content about this specific configuration! Thank you in advance for your help! And congratulations on your channel!!

[@DigitalPublishingHub]

Sorry for the late reply! Do I presume that you are making the eBook with InDesign? If so, you need to make sure that you don't add anything special to the image settings on export. If you use the Relative to Text Flow, then all should be well.

[@felborba]

​@@DigitalPublishingHub Hi, thanks for your response! Yes, I am using InDesign to create the eBook. I appreciate your suggestion about not adding anything special to the image settings on export and using Relative to Text Flow. I had created an object style for the images and set them to rasterize container, with alignment and spacing centered, and a space of 5 pixels before and after. The size is set to be relative to text flow. When I exported, I chose to use the existing image for graphic objects and repeated the configuration in the CSS: size relative to text flow, layout aligned center with a space of 5 pixels before and after. I tested without this configuration, and it seems to be working fine. However, I don't have a Kindle device to test on, and in the Kindle preview, the images always appeared normal. My client provided negative feedback when viewing on their Kindle device. I hope this adjustment resolves the issue. Thank you very much for your attention and assistance!

[@RusstafaB]

Would you know how to anchor multiple images correctly, for example, chapter headings with images correct for re-flowable publication?

[@DigitalPublishingHub]

Not sure I understand you question. You can anchor images after a paragraph but the image won’t look right if you try to put it above the anchor point. However, for the ePub reflowable it will be in the correct place. If you want an image above the chapter heading you need to anchor to the end of the previous chapter.

[@sreelucky287]

How to import text from pdf to indesign

[@DigitalPublishingHub]

You can place a PDF into Indesign. If you want the text you will need to save out from Acrobat first. You can save from Acrobat to Word.