Version 3.1 Highlights

iCloud Drive

Now you can insert files (image, video, song, etc), import epub from iCloud Drive or upload epub to iCloud Drive.

Cut, Copy, Paste Element

Editing page in Fixed Layout Book or editing cover image:

1. Tap any elements and then select "Cut" or "Copy"
2. Next, go to any other page in any book
3. Tap the space and then select "Paste Element"

Editing page in Classic Book:

1. Tap and hold any elements and then select "Cut" or "Copy"
2. Next, go to any other chapter in any book
3. Tap and hold one of the elements and then select "Paste"

Rotate Element

Just use two fingers to rotate any element when editing page in Fixed Layout Book or editing cover image

Vertical Text

1. Open book
2. Tap settings button and then select "Book Style"
3. Change direction: Vertical, Left To Right OR Vertical, Right To Left

Creative Book Builder v3.1

New features:

1. Support iCloud Drive (for iOS 8 users)

2. Rotate element when editing fixed layout book or cover image

3. Cut, copy and paste elements from page to page

4. Support vertical text

5. Lock element to avoid movement

6. Add audio for each image of slideshow element

7. Show cover thumbnail when selecting book

8. Add justification option for alignment

9. Import multiple images to generate new book

10. Backup book to Dropbox automatically after generating book

11. Revamp Slideshow Element

12. Revamp Quiz Element

13. Optimized for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus

Creative Book Builder v3.0

New features:

1. Set audio for cover image (used for audio and video generation)

2. Import app generated by TouchAppCreator

3. Option to use inline stylesheet

4. Skip words when mixing for Read Aloud element

5. Change page color for fixed layout book

6. Batch upload book to OneDrive and FTP Server

7. Change font for link element

8. Keep same horizontal margin of all elements in the page

9. Copy pages from Fixed Layout Book to Classic Book and vice versa

10. Import multiple books

11. Sort books by title or modified date

12. Revamp Book List

13. Fix bugs for flickr integration

14. iOS 8 ready

iOS 8 Issues

We have found some issues that happen in iOS 8.

There is a problem for getting image from photo library.

For workarounds, please use "Add Element -> Misc -> Clipboard" or "Add Element -> Files" to import photos.

We will update the app as soon as possible.

Stay tuned.

Write Once, Four Formats (Version 2.9 Highlights)

Do you have audio recording, song, music or read aloud on each page? Do you want to just generate audio or video format for your book?

For any books created on version 2.9, you can export your book into 4 formats: EPUB, PDF, Audio, and Video.

Convert Book Into Audio

Now you can get your audio format for your book! You just add your audio to each page, and then CBB will merge all of them into one audio file.

• You can skip page if that page contains no audio
• You can choose either audio recording, song, music, or read aloud element
• Only the first audio file will be selected
• You can include draft or glossary if necessary

Convert Book Into Video

Now you can get your video format for your book! You just add your audio to each page, and then CBB will generate video that each page is synchronized with the corresponding audio.

• Fixed Layout Book is required
• You can skip page if that page contains no audio
• You can choose either audio recording, song, music, or read aloud element
• Only the first audio file will be selected
• You can include draft or glossary if necessary
• You can choose transition between switching pages
• You can choose to show or hide audio control

Creative Book Builder v2.9

Creative Book Builder v2.9 is released.

Here are new features:

1. Export book into audio format

2. Export Fixed Layout Book into video format

3. Copy elements from Classic book to Fixed Layout book and vice versa

4. Copy glossary items from Classic book to Fixed Layout book and vice versa

5. Copy footnotes among books

6. Full screen table

7. Video can be launched by link

8. Add link to anchor bookmark

9. Import files from OneDrive

10. Upload book to OneDrive

11. Select image from OneDrive or Resource Library

12. Revamp cover image editor (just like fixed layout page editor)

13. Show or hide audio control for PDF output

14. Option to generate share link when upload

Version 2.8 Highlights

Quiz

You can now create Quiz element that contains a set of questions. After answering all questions, users can view their score.

Points to note:

• Quiz can be displayed in embedded or hidden & full screen mode.
• Quiz can be displayed with or without paging.
• For hidden & full screen mode, you can add new link element or link in paragraph and markdown to launch the quiz. It is very flexible.
• You can copy existing question element into quiz.
• You can control the size of quiz.

Features of quiz for different layout:

Quiz \ Layout	Classic	Fixed Layout
Embedded	Supported (Paging is not allowed)	Supported (Paging is needed)
Hidden & Full Screen	Supported (Size should be specified)	Supported (Size should be specified)

Slideshow

You can now create Slideshow element that contains a set of images. Each image can contain caption with title and description. You can tap the image to show or hide the full screen button and play button. You can tap play or pause button to play or pause slideshow. You can even swipe right to left in order to go to next image.

Points to note:

• Slideshow can be displayed in embedded or hidden mode.
• You can control size, interval, caption, caption style, auto-start option of slideshow.
• You can choose transition effect: Push & Fade.
• For hidden & full screen mode, you can add new link element or link in paragraph and markdown to launch the slideshow. It is very flexible.

Features of slideshow for different layout:

Slideshow \ Layout	Classic	Fixed Layout
Embedded & Full Screen	Not Supported	Supported (Size should be specified)
Hidden & Full Screen	Supported	Supported

Preparation of Publishing

If you intend to publish the book to online book store, CBB now will provide some advices in order to make the publishing process easier. CBB checks if the problems exist in the book, e.g. missing author, missing published date, etc. so that you can solve these problems before uploading book to online book store. It can greatly save your time to communicate with online book store.