A Midsummer Night’s Dream - 4 Ways

Posted: Monday, April 28, 2014

We view 4 different versions of the Play on the iPad

You want to turn Shakespeare's Play A Midsummer Night's Dream into a fancy digital product for the iPad (and other tablet devices possibly).

Let's have a look at some different versions on the iPad.

I provide a table below the screencast with the various options explained.

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Size of file is: 60 MB

Duration: 00:15:16

915.6 seconds

Type	Made with	Advantage	Disadvantage
Re-Flowable ePub	InDesign with some editing of CSS	User can change font and type size,compatable with more devices	Difficult to arrange objects on page. Design and layout is not respected. Multimedia might not stay with text.
Fixed Layout ePub	InDesign with some significant editing of CSS and package OPF file.	Good control over layout through the CSS. Each page is HTML file. Multimedia will stay with text. 'Read aloud' feature is possible.	InDesign will not directly create this type of ePub, but can be made to start the process. Not supported on so many devices.
Multi-touch book for iBooks	iBooks Author	Author tool free. Easy to build usable and often compelling artefact. All assets embedded including fonts.	No direct relationship to InDesign (if print first). Only distributable through Apple unless free. Only viewable in iBooks on iPad or MAC (with Mavericks).
Adobe Folio	Adobe Digital Publishing Suite within InDesign	Direct conversion from print ready InDesign. Design and layout respected. Can be shared and proofed through Adobe ID.	Needs Creative Cloud subscription for single editions as well as Apple developer licence. Only Apple iPad unless you have a professional subscription. Apple may not agree to distribute book APP unless it has significant multimedia and interactivity; they prefer you to deliver a book through the iBookstore.