Baker Ebook Framework

1. Design

for iPad and iPhone

To design for the Baker Framework you just have to build HTML5 pages prepared for the iPad and iPhone screen and you can unleash the power of WebKit.

That's all. Use your favorite tools, test it on the iPad from Safari, refine as much as you want, include all the HTML5 goodness: video, audio, animations.

Portrait? Landscape? iPad & iPhone? Web too? No problem with CSS 3.0.

2. Package

in the HPub format

Baker uses the open and simple HPub 1.0 format: one zipped file, contains all your HTML pages and all your assets, like a microsite.

Inside, one short file, book.json specifies page order, title, url identifier and properties of your publication.

Design your own navigation using an additional HTML file: index.html.

3. Publish

using Baker Framework

Download the Baker Framework, choose if you want a Newsstand or Standalone app and follow the simple instructions contained in the readme file:

• Rename and configure the Xcode project
• Include your publications (Standalone) or configure your server (Newsstand)
• Follow the App Store Developer submission instructions

Baker Framework 4.1 includes:

• Full Newsstand support with In-App purchases (server required)
• Push notifications capability (server required)
• Baker API defined to allow third-party servers
• Issue data can now be refreshed
• Index handling improvements (thanks to @waywalker)
• Memory enhancements
• Bugs and fixes
• Thanks to @nin9creative, @danielreiser, @freney, @waywalker, and @sdarlington.

Baker Framework publications use the HPub 1.0 specification.

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We think that digital books should be well designed, easy to publish and written in an open standard: that's why we decided to build Baker and release it under the BSD license.

The BSD License allow you to use Baker Framework for both personal and commercial use.

If you want to contact us, feel free to use Github or write us at info@bakerframework.com.

You can find the steadily growing opensource community and the evolving roadmap on the Github tracker.