What is the use of subject in book creation phase?
The Subject is the listing by which your created books would be displayed in the category. If you want to have multiple books in the same category then the subject of those books should be kept same in book creation phase.
What is the use of Font Permission in Book creation phase?
- This is used in creating HTML pages. In Tablet readers the PDF file is rendered and in HTML5 reader we create HTML page using the PDF file.
- To maintain the look and feel same as PDF, we need to create the font as well. Now many publishers do not have adequate permission for using font used in PDF file in any other format other than PDF. Such publishers can create eBook by having the Font permission checkbox value unchecked.
- If the “Font Permission” checkbox is checked at the time of eBook creation, the generated HTML page has all images of PDF converted as .jpg/png background image (.jpg/.png background image based on selection at ebook creation) and Text of PDF file are then converted as a vector graphic.
- This helps is non-pixelated text with lightweight pages, provided the eBook publisher is having legal rights on the font files used in PDF.
Font permission description
How can I upload PDF which is greater than 25 MB in size?
You can click on file picker which would open a pop-up from where you can import/upload your pdf.
Do I need to optimize a PDF? How can a publisher optimize?
No, As per the principle of our product, Preprocessing of a PDF is not required, However, going by nature of multiple PDF, We recommend you to optimize the pdf before upload. Kindly download the document for Optimization.
How can I update a book by adding a new PDF / Page but with retaining all my markups?
Kindly download the document from the link below.
Work with the Arrow buttons to modify
How can I update a book without adding a new PDF, swap the pages within the TOC but with retaining all my markups?
Markup Added on a Page depends on folio number, To move a page to some other location in a PDF, you need to use the arrow navigation button in TOC, keeping in mind the folio number should not change.
Work with the Arrow buttons to modify
How can I update a book without adding a new PDF / Page, swap the pages within the TOC but with retaining all my UGC?
Markup Added on a Page depends on Page number, To move a page to some other location in a PDF, you need to use the arrow navigation button in TOC, keeping in mind the folio number should not change.
How can I update a book by adding a new PDF / Page but with retaining all my markups?
When a PDF page is changed, UGC cannot be retained.
Does TOC has any restriction?
Following are the two limitations in TOC:
1. TOC does not accept special characters
2. In folio generation if the user generates page range by giving input as roman numbers, then folio generation is not automatic, the user has to manually input the folio.
I am a sub-publisher / Producer, why I am not able to view the books of another publisher?
As per the implementation of the product, a producer user having the rights of a producer can only view the books created by him and not by other producers. However, the books created by another producer would be available for licensing.
I am an admin user, I can see the books created by other producers, can I edit them?
As per the implementation of the product, an admin user can only view all the books created by him and other producers/admin. However, the books created by another producer would be available for licensing
What is the average conversion, publish and archive time taken by kitaboo?
A book conversion, Publish and Archive time is directly proportional to
i. PDF:
Initial size of pdf
Number of pages
A number of Vector graphics in pdf pages
ii. Markups:
The number of markup/resources like video, audio etc used as package contains all files used the size of each asset needs to be accounted for.
iii. Book Type: If font permission was selected? if yes, then average page size will be 210kb if not selected, then average page size will be around 700kb
iv. A number of books kept in queue.
Conversion, Publish and Archive Time
Pages showing up with the wrong running foot and incorrect display of type even though this font displays correctly on other pages and in other books. Our original files do not have this problem?
This issue occurs when the pdf fonts are not embedded.
I noted that choosing JPG with 150 dpi is slower to create than JPG with 125, but that 150 dpi is NOT slower for the student to download. Can you confirm that? Would we prefer to use 150?
Yes, books, while creation 150 dpi would take not much but just minor time difference than 125 dpi, however using 150 Dpi, is recommended as pages would look clear in the reader.
After a book has been converted is there any way we can change the dpi?
Yes, Only after you Publish and archive the book, then on updating you can change the dpi settings.
After a book has been converted, is there a way for us to change the TOC? We‘d like to add a section (it already appears in the book itself, but we’d like to add the section name to the drop-down TOC)?
We are placing some icons on the book pages. Is there an easy way to place an icon in exactly the same spot on every page? We are making some use of the gridlines at the top and left the side of each page, but there is no numbering on these grids and we thought there might be a quicker way?
Yes, Kindly Refer the image attached below for the steps to execute the same.
Gridlines Specification
Can we or the teacher set up a default setting for sharing? For instance, can the platform be set up so all students are automatically sharing with the teacher as the default setting? In our demo materials, the student has to accept sharing with the teacher.
Currently, user needs to accept or reject every shared note.
Can we disable sharing on any content? For example, we would not want a student to be able to share a completed quiz with another student.
This feature currently not available, If required this can be customized.
Is there a way for students to see or receive a student quiz only when the teacher wants to administer the quiz? For example, could the quiz content be "hidden" on the student bookshelf until activated by the teacher, or could the teacher "push" the quiz to the students from her bookshelf?
This feature currently not available, If required this can be customized.
Is it possible to recover a Deleted Widget?
Once a widget is deleted it cannot be recovered.
What are the languages on which I can create a book?
Following are the languages in which a publisher can create books
i. English
ii. All European
iii. Indian regional languages.
What’s the difference between an assigned book and a published/archived book in the Kitaboo Create admin panel? To whom is it assigned? They managed to assign one (automatically after duplicating another book) without having archived it. What does this mean and what does it lead to?
Assigned book is a raw book which is created without any additional data attached to it. It will not contain any enrichments like audio, video, interactivities etc.
Published book is the book created with all the enrichments. This is the final book which is created to support the formats in which they are published( Like HTML, iPad, Android, etc. This book is still not available on the server.
Archived books are books that are moved on the server and are ready to be used by the readers.
How exactly does a teacher assign a book to a student? They thought this is automatic when a student logs in with their access code that’s associated with the class, but it seems to from the teacher’s account that something additional needs to be done, so the student is “assigned” a particular book
It is not a teacher who can assign books. The books are assigned from the distributor account. We can create a class with teacher and students and the books which are assigned to that particular class will be available to all the users present in that class. Teachers and students do have different levels of authorizations. Adding to this, If a teacher and student are fresh (new users) have been assigned to a class, so to enable their name in sharing options or to see a class level association, all the users (teacher/student) should open the book at least once.
We noticed that when you upload a PDF in Kitaboo, The system changes the type of font?
For a kitaboo system to use the font in the PDF the font family used in respective PDF should be embedded in the file.
Is it possible to update the collection cover?
Yes, It is. A publisher can update the collection cover
Following are the steps:
1. Go to “Collection” tab
2. Click on the pen icon on the “Update”, tooltip of “Edit Collection” will be seen
3. The publisher needs to click on Upload and can update the collection cover.
What are the settings for PDF optimization?
Kindly download the attached document
What are the PDF Specifications for Fixed Layout ePub3 conversion?
Kindly download the attached document
Is it possible to add a cover to books in the bookshelf? E.g. The PDF book file does not come with a cover, and they want to add it one for the bookshelf. Or does it need to be added to the start of the PDF file?
Currently, we use the first page of eBook PDF as the cover image of eBook. For Collection, the user can define the collection cover image separately.
If required, you can share the images for any specific ebook which you want to use as eBook cover image. We can get that replaced at the server.
Recommended way is to add that image at the start of PDF file only.
I have done is created a publication in the kitaboo books area, things like "Enrich" are greyed out. why?
The “Enrich” option is greyed out if the book is in “Resume” state and it will only be enabled once the book is converted.
If there is a way for publisher to control updating of the book when it is re-archived? for example, the production can archive the book as many times as needed but the titles mapped on schools will not be affected?
Publisher can update the book as many times as required the changes will not be reflect to the mapped users, unless the book is not archived.
Once the book will get archived post making certain changes/update, user whom the book is mapped will get a update symbol for that title in native app, HTML offline reader. Once updating the title the updates made to the book will be visible for the associated users.
Note – The update symbol will not be visible on HTML online Reader and Offline Reader.
