{"id":14222,"date":"2020-01-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/ressource\/create-an-e-book-with-book-creator\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T23:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T04:13:26","slug":"create-an-e-book-with-book-creator","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/en\/resource\/create-an-e-book-with-book-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"Create an E-book with Book Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/by-nc.png\"><\/p>\n<p>This Digital Tool is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"S\u2019ouvre dans une nouvelle fen\u00eatre.\" class=\" externe\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Non commercial 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gray-box\">\n<p>This Digital Tool is a translation of <a href=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/creer-un-livre-numerique-avec-book-creator\">a text first published in the French edition<\/a> of Profweb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>E-books<\/strong> are not new, but with more liberties for the use of mobile devices in class, e-books are becoming more and more interesting for teachers. Below I will present a tool that allows you to easily create an attractive e-book: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookcreator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Book Creator<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Many options for creating e-books<\/h2>\n<p>These days, publishing houses generally offer digital versions of the textbooks that they publish. However, there are many tools that exist that allow you to <strong>create your very own e-books<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Music teacher Ian Murphy is a user of iBooks Author and <a href=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/en\/music-ebooks-and-notes-at-the-tip-of-your-fingers\">shared his experience on Profweb<\/a>. Physics teacher St\u00e9phan Gaumont-Guay wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqpc.qc.ca\/en\/journal\/article\/writing-editing-and-publishing-textbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article in <em>P\u00e9dagogie coll\u00e9giale<\/em><\/a> in 2015 [in French] to share his experience of creating a book with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ca\/ibooks-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks Author<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Physics teacher Luc Tremblay presented his experience creating course notes simply using Microsoft Word in <a href=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/en\/creating-digital-course-notes-to-make-learning-easier\">an article on Profweb<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profweb.ca\/en\/partners\/vte-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitrine technologie-\u00e9ducation<\/a> wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/en\/using-wikipedia-to-create-an-e-textbook\">a Profweb article<\/a> in 2013 on how to create an e-book directly in Wikipedia using Wikipedia articles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article, I am presenting <strong>Book Creator<\/strong>, a <strong>simple<\/strong> and <strong>user-friendly<\/strong> tool which has a <strong>free version<\/strong> available<strong>.<\/strong> Book Creator is an <strong>iPad app<\/strong>, but also has an <strong>on-line tool which works inside Google Chrome<\/strong> (whether installed on a tablet or a computer).<\/p>\n<p>Note that you can also achieve a similar result to the output from Book Creator using Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint (the \u201cslides\u201d will replace the \u201cpages,\u201d but the difference is negligible).<\/p>\n<h2>Demonstration of the tool: An e-book on the pedagogical use of e-books<\/h2>\n<div class=\"media\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/read.bookcreator.com\/9NBf1HEOEUcC22KcW5xGtVuveTD3\/VOon0rpXQLitjNXOeuhBVQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.profweb.ca\/system\/cms\/files\/files\/000\/004\/427\/original\/Exemple_de_livre_fait_avec_Book_Creator_(EN).PNG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I created an e-book to summarize some of the interesting pedagogical aspects of e-books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How to use Book Creator?<\/h2>\n<p>Using an iPad, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/book-creator-free-make-books\/id661166101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the app<\/a>. If you are using a computer or a tablet with Android, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.bookcreator.com\/?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=referrals&amp;utm_content=book-creator-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-line version of Book Creator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The free version for iPad allows you to create just 1 book. The on-line version of the tool allows you to create 40 books (and then archive them if you need to create more), which is much more interesting. This is the version that I tested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media js-accessibility\">\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/220782126\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/220782126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A video introduction to Book Creator<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Using Book Creator is very simple, but the formatting options are relatively limited:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating bulleted lists is not offered.<\/li>\n<li>Special characters are not available. However, you can copy and paste special characters from elsewhere (using Word, for example) and Book Creator will accept them. Or you can create them using the \u201cpen\u201d tool (for example, you might wish to write out an equation).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"media-small\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mise-en-page-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mise-en-page-1.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Text formatting options in Book Creator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting about creating an e-book is the possibility to go above and beyond the text. In Book Creator, you can integrate different types of media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/integration-book-creator.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eductive.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/integration-book-creator.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media integration possibilities in Book Creator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Share your e-books<\/h2>\n<p>Once your e-book is ready, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publish it on-line at <a href=\"https:\/\/bookcreator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bookcreator.com<\/a>. You will be provided with a private link that you can send to whomever you would like. You can also end the publication at any time.<\/li>\n<li>Download in EPUB format (and share the file with whomever you choose).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view an EPUB file, the readers (your students) will need <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EPUB#Reading_software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an application that is able to read this format<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To view the on-line book on the Book Creator website, all you need is Internet access (any web browser will work).<\/p>\n<h2>Give it a try!<\/h2>\n<p>What\u2019s the best way to learn more? Try Book Creator for yourself! And don\u2019t be shy about sharing your books by sharing the links in the comments area below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-books are not new, but with more liberties for the use of mobile devices in class, e-books are becoming more and more interesting for teachers. 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