Our focus in this chapter will be on Adobe’s solution: the Digital Publishing Suite, also known as DPS.Īdobe’s Digital Publishing Suite consists of several components that allow you to bring your InDesign layouts to life as applications on tablets that include the iPad, the Kindle Fire, Android tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy, and even the iPhone (though our focus throughout this chapter will be on tablet apps). Most of them provide a set of free plugins for creating interactive overlay elements, along with some means of converting your documents into an app. Several third-party products allow you to convert your InDesign layouts to tablet apps for the iPad, Kindle Fire, or Android tablets. Understanding Digital Publishing Suite Apps With InDesign and Adobe’s complementary set of tools, known as the Digital Publishing Suite, a whole new world of design and interactivity has opened up to designers and publishers everywhere.
InDesign is at the center of the publishing world for print, so it’s not surprising that it has now become a key part of publishing to the iPad and other tablets. And the experience of reading is becoming much more immersive and engaging in the process. Buttons and video are becoming as commonplace as editorials and classifieds. Today, an increasing number of books and magazines are read with a swipe and a touch onscreen. But few of us in publishing and design realized how profoundly it would change our world.
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad on January 27, 2010, the world expected another game-changing product from Apple. What’s Next: Publishing Your App to a Store 175.Understanding Digital Publishing Suite Apps 121.
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