Creative Book Builder App Reviews

If you are looking for a book creating tool and you dont have access to iBooks Author you have found the answer. This could be use for creating books as well as a aggregation tool or after action reviews. The ability to saves what you create in dropbox AWESOME!! Creative Book Builder will also let students read with their ears! If I could give it more starts I would!

Tiger Ng has a great suite of ebook creation/sharing apps. Love this app. Easy to use. What I especially love is that you can import files (audio,video,music) from Dropbox. You can also export in a variety of ways. This does nearly everything that Apples desktop software does but you dont need the desktop! Well worth the price.

WYSIWYG please......let us arrange content "more flexibility and no one could ever beat you with all the features you have not even iBooks author please I beg you.........

Im new to creating ebooks, but this certainly beats working with HTML and trying to eliminate errors from Word Docs. BEST WAY to throw a previously written document into this app and turn it into a viable ePub book is to import via google Drive. You get pre-made paragraphs that way. Cover creator works pretty flawlessly. Im impressed that it showed right up in iBooks. I am the type of person to write books that are several hundred pages, not 24 page kids books full of pictures. If you are that type, there are other apps that may fill your needs.

Program crashes every time I try and record audio. Wont let me select my own audio files.

...to use. I found myself doing productive work with illustrations and various text formats within minutes. A little unwieldy to type in a lot of text, but the app easily accepts text, markdown, and HTML pasted inputs as well.

Note; Title disappear, font format and CR are gone, some Book settings reset when I Copy Book. And I can not copy or move elements from book to book. -------------------- No document size could change. PDF import is poor. Pages document import is not useful.

The workflow is very different from any other application Ive ever used for writing, but it didnt take long to adapt to the CBB way of doing things. Its a little rough around the edges, but its hard to complain. The number of features makes up for the drawbacks (mostly - there are a couple things that *need* to be fixed). I assume everything will improve with time (please continue development - dont abandon the project the way so many app developers do - what you have here is a great product with a ton of potential to be even better). There are three things, though, that I think ought to be addressed before anything else: 1. When editing an element (such as a paragraph), it would be nice if the text view automatically receives focus. Right now, theres just the "Tap on the area below to begin typing" title (I forget the exact words, but thats close enough). When I select an element (paragraph, title, whatever), its because I want to edit it. It might sound like a petty complaint, but it seems like most "elements" are subclasses of some base, abstract "element" that *always* represents an editable item. I dont know if Im making sense right now - its late and I forgot to eat because Ive been having such a good time getting to know CBB. Point being, if I tap on, for example, a "paragraph" element, when the paragraph appears, I want to be able to start editing it immediately. I dont want to tap on the text field. Its an unnecessary step in the process that gets very old very quickly. 2. After Ive selected an element to edit and tapped the text field to do my editing, the view is automatically resized to accommodate the iPads soft keyboard. Thats fine, but I use a bluetooth keyboard for anything that requires a significant amount of typing (like the review Im writing). I use several apps on a regular basis that require a lot of typing, and they all handle external keyboards properly (when I turn on the bluetooth keyboard, the soft keyboard disappears, and the text views resize to take advantage of the newly freed space). CBB needs to do the same thing. Its sort of frustrating to be typing in a text view that only takes up half the screen (the bottom half is just empty - black). Given that CBB is an app designed specifically for writing, its surprising that it isnt "aware" of external keyboards. I cant imagine writing even a short story using the soft keyboard (no offense to Apple - the soft keyboard is fine for filling out fields here and there, but its not a comfortable way to write a few thousand words in a row). 3. The cover editing is clunky. I tried using some drawing apps to get around the problem (designing the cover using a drawing app, exporting to a png, then importing the png in CBB). Despite using canvas sizes that correspond to the iPads screen ratio, I havent been able to get a cover to look right. You have the basic tools in place - resizing image views, moving them around, being able to push an image to the back or bring an image to the front - its tricky to develop that stuff, so kudos there. What bothers me is that youre *so close* to having a system that works - the features are good, but the overall experience lacks finesse. If you can take what you have and just refine it, the cover design aspect of CBB would be adequate. Anyway... although Ive spent a lot of time writing about the bits of the app Im not happy with, I want to be clear: I took the time to write this because I think the app is mostly great. Being able to assemble epubs on an iOS device is something Ive wanted to be able to do for ages. For the most part, CBB is snazzy. Its worth more than what I paid (at the time Im writing this, I think I paid $4 or something). Id have given the exact same review even if the app were three or four times more expensive. Im very happy with it - Im glad I bought it, and for anybody whos reading this and wondering if its worth it: it is. Its a brilliant product for the price of a latte. Or a box of granola bars. Or a tub of ice-cream. But CBB doesnt get cold, stale, or melt. Were used to apps being a dollar or two, so anything over a couple bucks seems expensive. If you take a step back and remember that desktop applications used to cost at least forty bucks a pop (with many costing far more), something like this is a no-brainer. Generally speaking, if you decide to wait until the app is "perfect", youll be waiting a long time. I figured - and I was right - that there would be some clunky bits here and there, but with a little more work, I think CBB will be fantastic. However, if you dont buy it, the devs dont make the money they need to continue working on it. In other words, if youre on the fence, just buy it. Its great as it is, and every dollar we spend is another dollar they can put toward perfecting this thing. For purely selfish reasons, I encourage all of you to invest in CBB so it can become a five-star app. Think about it: your money could fund the bluetooth keyboard problem I mentioned a few thousand words ago. What kind of person would pass up the opportunity to bring us all one step closer to the app being everything I want it to be? A bad person. Thats what kind. Are you that kind of person? If you dont buy the app, then, yes: you are that kind of person. Dont be that kind of person. I consider every sale of CBB to be a down payment on my happiness, and thats more important than your latte.

The App download the book, but change the name and is impossible to fix.

I couldnt even get started because I cant even edit my chapter titles. It would be helpful if there were a tutorial

This is a fine app for real publishing. Not that watered down, mail to friends or read in iBook. If youre serious about getting a book to iTunes, this the way to go. With the latest update, there are some preset templates. Use your creative ways and stay with the original. Edit photos,(uses Avairy- another great app- built in). Preview the book in iBooks just like those you download. The real thing. Do it now.

that isnt for parents who want to make a book of their family vacation to send to grandma. This is a serious tool. Mr. Ng- PLEASE continue to update and support your product! Thanks!

I have written my first book completely using CBB. With CCB, I was able to create a compelling how-to book with pictures and videos. I am now submitting my book to the iBookstore. Thanks Tiger!

I cant believe its claiming to be the most advanced ePub editor when you cant even import or rename a pre existing ePub from the iBooks that are already on your iPhone or iPad!! All you can do is import ePubs from Dropbox, a Google drive, FTP server, or an URL! FOR PETES SAKE, the blasted file is already on the device! Who in their right mind would force their customers to build a web server, or an FTP server, or make them go do research to figure out how to setup a Google drive or a Dropbox??? My opinion is thats just asinine. I looked at all the reviews to see if anybody had this kind of problem prior to purchase. There was none, so I bought, and got screwed! Well now heres a review to keep others from getting suckered like I did! Hope this helps others keep from wasting their money.

This is my first time writing a book and now I have 2! Putting this together was extremely easy using this app! I had several, problems initially but after reporting these problems to the developer, his response was same day and very helpful. There were a few issues promised in the next version but all the others were quickly resolved once I learned my way around the app. I would recommend this app to anyone with a desire to put together an ebook. Great Job!

When trying to add read aloud recording app keeps crashing. Even after fresh install

CBB does it all. No other ePub builder comes close to the functionality, ease of use, and reliability of this product. Import, export, (those who complained of not being able to import were not following copyright laws, the dev shouldnt have to state that you may not plagiarize) From ePub to paperback, from the classroom to the soccer stands, this is the app to use if you express in words, pics, vids, auds, etc. The developer himself? Three months ago I gently requested a search function, knowing that particular bit of coding is more challenging than most realize; why it wasnt in the original release. It is in the newest update, and works beautifully. And that is but ONE example of his customer support. I wish every developer were as helpful as Tiger Ng. Download CBB. You will pat yourself on the back. And then publish your novel :)

This app is comprehensive and easy to use. The tools are intuitive. The developer is great as he has quickly addressed any questions and has consistently worked to improve the product.

This app never crashes, the words all fit, and its just great!

I asked for a different format and optimized for iOS 8 thank you sooooooooooo much! Five Stars!