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iBooks Author: First Impressions and Making a Comic

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Apple released a new piece of software called iBooks Author. It is for making digital, interactive books for the iPad and is available as a free download. I recently gave it a test run, and was pleased with the results. Here’s my overall impressions and thoughts, and a free download of my first ever iBooks book!

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Making and Publishing a Children’s Book, Part 2

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This is part 2 in my series of posts about the making of my “Once Upon a Time” picture book. See my previous post here: Part 1

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Making and Publishing a Children’s Book, Part 1

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I’ve been writing, ranting, and debating about books, art, self-publishing, and digital publishing non-stop since launching The Illustrated Section a few weeks ago. It’s time to stop talking and start CREATING.

I’m going to make a picture book!

This is the first in what will be a regular series of posts that will go through the entire process, from sketch to sale. So here we go…

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