Hear Sharon’s take on iBooks in Sharon’s recent interview with podcaster Chuck Joiner at MacVoices. Sharon and Chuck talk about why PDFs open on the Mac in Preview, the relationship between iTunes and iBooks, iBooks collections, turning “pages,” and volumes more.
Category: Book Blog
How Do I Find a Downloaded Ebook on a Mac?
Here at Take Control HQ, we are often asked about how to locate a downloaded ebook, once it has been downloaded to a Macintosh. If you’re stuck on this problem, here’s what you need to know. Where’d My Download Go? Your downloaded ebook file is likely in the Downloads folder, inside your user folder (~Downloads).…
On MacVoices Joe Kissell Explains How to Get Ready for Mavericks
Who is the tall dark stranger riding into town? Mavericks is its name. Pull up a chair and sit down for a spell as Joe Kissell tells Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][1] what you need to do to prepare your Mac for OS X 10.9 Mavericks. The discussion includes backup strategies, software upgrades, and more. Special…
Joe Kissell Tells Chuck Joiner How to Keep It to Himself
In an [interview][1] with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices, Joe Kissell goes over some of the basic dos and don’ts that he offers in his latest book, Take Control of Your Online Privacy. Included are useful tips about email, Google, off-shore providers, Wi-Fi, and social media. Take a look or a listen (we’ll know whether you…
On Learning LaunchBar – Don’t Reach for the Mouse!
If you’ve taken the step of buying “Take Control of LaunchBar” you are well on your way to learning the utility. But, reading can take you only so far. Here’s how I became more competent with LaunchBar. I typically work in a single application window until I need to pull some other app or document…
Ebooks, Footnotes, and Skeuomorphs, Oh my!
If you’ve been wondering about the place of traditional footnotes in a Multi-Touch book, you might find this article on TidBITS, “[Ebooks, Footnotes, and Skeuomorphs, Oh My!][],” 4 June 2013, of some interest. []: http://tidbits.com/article/13805
Joe Talks about How to Think inside the (Drop)box
Fresh from pioneering a new Take Control authoring workflow for his Dropbox book, Joe Kissell (virtually) sits down with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices to discuss some of the lesser-known benefits of using Dropbox for cloud storage and file sharing and to describe the educational extras that come with the book.
Michael in Your Pocket (Sized Podcast)
Michael chatted with Scott Willsey and Peter Nikolaidis of [Pocket Sized Podcast][psp] about iBooks Author and how best to approach using it last week, and a good time was had by all. The interview begins about 8 minutes into the show. [psp]: http://www.pocketsizedpodcast.com/2013/04/psp108/
MacVoices Talks with Michael about iBooks Author
Within hours of completing the 1.1 version of Take Control of iBooks Author, Michael virtually met up with Chuck Joiner to talk about what is new with the iBooks Author software, how Apple is progressing with its Multi-Touch textbook initiative, and where interactive text seems to be going. Hear or watch the interview on MacVoices.
Kissell Hotfoots it out of Paris Following Take Control Live Premiere
Following the premiere of the first episode his four-part video presentation, Take Control Live: Working With Your iPad, Joe Kissell packed up the remaining assets of the Take Control media complex in Paris, France, in preparation for his move to Southern California later this month. Show #1 of the series, “The Three R’s,” which was…