Going from finished book to online and interactive book

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June 5, 2021
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I have a finished textbook ready for print, but I want to create an online/interactive book also. The question for me now is how to go about doing this. Looking through old threads here I didn't find a clear solution.

Fundamentally I see two options: 1) keeping the current structure, 2) set up the chapters to be one long text for the reader to scroll through instead of going to the next page.

I have a preview for my website made with the flipbook plugin for WordPress and I think that works very well. But that's for a preview. For actual reading, I'm not sure which option would work best.

Are there any good - and not too complicated - solutions for turning my book into an online book?

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Derek Cross

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It depends on how interactive you want the book to be, whether you want to monetise it, whether you want it to be able to be read on a small screen, such as a tablet or smartphone. The easiest solution is single page continuus PDF.

Other options include, (a third-party PDF facility e.g. https://www.paperturn.com/uk/ ) FXL ePub, Reflowable ePub, InDesign's Publish Online, in5 (the InDesign plug-in at extra cost).

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simon5CD0Author

Inspiring

Thank you!
It should be monetized, probably by every student having their own login to the website giving them access to the entire book.
Interactivity: I probably only need a hover effect (to have a little pop-up window explain certain words) and the ability to link to other chapters/paragraphs.

Devices: I think it should be readable on both laptop and tablet since students will probably use both.

It's a bit difficult to judge which solution to go with here

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simon5CD0Author

Inspiring

For a book, that's insanity.

Maybe I should have been more specific. I of course mean to separate it into its chapters and only scroll through each of them. I agree the whole book in one would be a mess.

The one big plus with a solution like what I use for the preview is that it's very easy for me. And I'm guessing it will work with a simple interactive pdf with just a few effects like I mentioned previously.

The potential minus I guess is that readers could prefer the continuous format.

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