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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 4.1

1. Decide whether you need a Newsstand or a Standalone App
2. Setup your publication
   • ...within Newsstand with Free issues only, read here (supports remote downloads, does not require a server).
   • ...within Newsstand with In-App Purchases, read here (you can buy issues and subscriptions, does require a server)
   • ...as a Standalone app, read here (as a standard application, non-Newsstand).
3. If you have problems, see Problems and Debugging.

More on Baker 4.1, shelf and Newsstand

• How to package an HPub
• Newsstand shelf JSON
• Baker Server API
• Subscription pingback
• Push notifications tutorial
• Issue cover displayed in Newsstand
• How to setup Google Analytics or similar
• Dynamic Type Fonts support

 

Documentation on Baker 3.2

These pages refer to an older version of the framework, but are in part still relevant.

• Getting started with Baker Framework 3.2
• 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
• How to package an HPub

 

More How Tos

• Basic FAQ
• Advanced FAQ
• 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
• Adding an Index Bar to your publication
• Localized interface
• 3.2 Newsstand support

Extras

• Libraries for Baker

 

Administration pages

• Checklist for Release