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About Baker

To this day, ebooks have been limited by an old standard created in the pre-Kindle and pre-iPad era. Baker is the first stepping stone to show that we could already be using the powerful HTML5 language to create books with real typography, real layouts and high-quality design.

 

How to setup a magazine with Baker 4.0

1. Setup your publication
   • ...within Newsstand, read here (supports remote downloads).
   • ...Standalone, read here (as a standard application, non-Newsstand).
2. If you have problems, see Problems and Debugging.

More on Shelf and Newsstand

• Newsstand shelf JSON
• Subscription pingback
• Difference between Newsstand app and Standalone app
• Issue cover displayed in Newsstand

 

Documentation on Baker 3.2

• Getting started with Baker Framework 3.2
• FAQ
• Newsstand support (iOS5)
• How to manage links and URLs

 

Baker Framework

Features

• Baker rendering modes
• Book.json Baker extension parameters

The HPub format

• HPub 1.0 specification
• book:// protocol details

 

More How Tos

• Baker Walkthrough/FAQ for Newbies
• Proper cleanup to remove cached images and old data.
• Use Baker JavaScript Events, to know when the page is visible
• Publish on iPad and iPhone
• Take pages screenshots for a Baker book
• Deployment with Testflight
• App Store Deployment
• Adding an Index Bar to your publication
• Newsstand vs Bundled publications support in Baker 4.0
• Known glitches and solutions

Extras

• Libraries for Baker

 

Administration pages

• Checklist for Release