14 DAY TRIAL // Authors looking to publish their works on the iPad might want to look into CodeStore’s iOS app templates for Comic Book Apps, which offers an extremely easy way to publish digital comics on the App Store, without the need to learn how to develop an app. Comic Book App templates load pages in JPEG format, and outputs a native iPad App, ready for the App Store.
According to the developer, “A whole bunch of authors have used my easy book app templates to publish their book to sell on the App Store.
“You'll find affordable 'template apps' for traditional books, children's books and comic books,” says Chris Mayer.
CodeStore projects allow authors who aren’t familiar with software development to easily create an app from their content.
Basically, the projects are apps that load content in HTML or JPEG format – therefore, no knowledge of the Objective-C programming language is required to create a book using the templates, according to Mayer.
Some of the key features available with Comic Book App projects are listed below:
- Loads pages from image files, easily add pages to the project, no coding required - Simply save your pages as .jpg files and the Comic Book App will display them in order - Supports 'Zoom', adapt the zoom level to suit your comic, again, no coding required - Supports high-resolution images for great detail even when zoomed - Swipe between pages, or use on-screen buttons - Animated page transitions, and app launch animation - Supports an unlimited number of pages - Example comic book included - Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left format comics supported.
Mayer notes that his templates have opened up the App Store book market to a slew of authors who were stuck at either learning iOS software development, or paying an expensive price to have an app built for them.
The developer believes his solution is the easiest and most affordable way to get a comic book turned into an iOS app for sale in the iTunes App Store.
The Comic Book App project can be purchased for $27 (iPhone only) or for $37 (Universal - iPhone and iPad). Customers reportedly still need a Mac running Snow Leopard and the iOS SDK installed.
Writers can purchase once and have as many apps released as they want.
For $57, authors can buy all five CodeStore book projects. Visit CodeStore here for more information.