2.2 - A Big Step Up - Minus the Bugs

Version 2.2 is a big step up, especially now with the new blank templates. (How long have we been waiting for those?!) Of course, with every update, there are bugs. It might be my Mac, I am running 10.10 after all. First, I noticed that when you go into full screen mode the font altering options (bold, italic, etc.) are gone, but when you leave full screen mode they’re back on the tool bar. Would love a fix for that, Apple. The blank templates are just that, blank. (took you guys long enough)

I like that I can import IDML files from InDesign, but unless the layout in InDesign is at it’s most basic, it’s pretty useless. Perhaps Apple should have made it more compatible with features used in InDesign. For instance, if you put a two page spread into the document that had a single picture as the background, iBooks Author makes a copy of the photo and tries to, and horribly at that, make it seem like it did in InDesign by lining up the photos. I’m glad it has that feature, Apple, but please, if it can’t handle fancy InDesign features just don’t include it, what it can handle from InDesign can be easily done inside of iBooks Author.

Finally, I noticed that typing, again might be the OS, is far slower in this version. PLEASE FIX! I don’t want to have a five to ten second delay on what I’m typing, I would like to be able to see it appear on the screen instantly. I have no idea if it is the OS X or if it’s the program, but something isn’t compatible, so fix it.

Otherwise, the app is awesome, use it all the time. Also, if any of you use the blank templates, be forwarned that it is COMPLETELY blank, no images on the cover, empty text boxes, and blank layout set-ups. Good for those who want to have complete control over what their book looks like, bad for people who hate tedious work, then again, those people probably weren’t the ones wanting blank templates to start with…

ROOCIS about iBooks Author