The Details

Aerbook Maker radically reduces the cost and complexity of building next generation, graphical eBooks and true native apps, for multiple formats and devices.

• How To
• What
• Formats
• Export and Sell
• Cost
• Who
• Studio

• Sign in and create a book with a few clicks.
  • Add pages. Optionally save any as a template
  • Add page elements: images, text boxes, fonts, audio or video
  • Position the elements then apply styles, colors, frames, and interactivity
  • Make any page or element shareable on the web
  • Pro and Pro Deluxe accounts add team collaboration and task management
• There's really no limit to what you can make.
  • Children's books, how-to titles, travel books
  • Cookbooks, illustrated non-fiction, graphic novels
  • Yearbooks, catalogs, portfolios, brochures
  • Photo albums, business presentations, manuals
  • Textbooks, self-help books, journals, and more
• Export your projects to work across all major formats and devices.
  • Amazon's new Kindle KF8 graphical format
  • iBooks fixed layout, graphical eBooks, with audio and video
  • Deliver your book on the web, with an HTML5 web format export
• Once a title is built you can export it into multiple formats, downloading watermarked draft versions for review or final versions for sale.
  • There are never any storage charge for draft and final versions
  • Draft versions are free, and contain Aerbook-branded watermarks.
  • Buy and use Aerbook credits to remove the watermarking and generate a final version
  • Easily download iBooks titles on the iPad, where they can easily be installed in iBooks. No iTunes syncing!
  • Download KF8 titles on your computer, and sideload into your Kindle Fire or other device via USB cable
  • Today, you can directly place your titles with retailers.
    Coming soon: integrated Aerbook distribution to major eBook and app stores
• Use a free Basic account, or pay a monthly access fee for pro accounts. Buy and use credits for exports.
  • The basic service is free of monthly fees. Pay only for exports
  • The Pro Version, coming soon, adds team collaboration, more storage and projects
  • Pro Deluxe is ideal for large teams, with large numbers of titles and formats
  • Pay only for the formats you want, using Export Credits you buy singly or in batches
  • There's no commitment. Pay as you go, only for as long as you want to.
• Aerbook was founded by Ron Martinez, former Yahoo! VP, inventor, and software developer.
  • Nick Ruffilo, CTO, has led development at both publishing startups and major financial institutions.
    Also: he's a metadata guru
  • Cotty Chubb, partner and board member is a successful movie and television producer, and publisher.
    Fun fact: he produced Pootie Tang
  • Karole Irene, muse, creative contributor, and community liaison is an artist and educator.
    Like our Facebook page for Karole's inspiring posts
  • John Hays, creative lead for our studio, is a legendary animation director.
    Did you know: John's company Wildbrain created Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Aerbook Maker's design and development was disciplined by real-world eBook and app production.
  Our studio group continues to drive our innovation.
  Please get in touch if you need some help in getting your project up and running.
  Recent projects include:
  • The Sourcebooks Hear It, Read It series for iBooks, eight titles built with Maker in collaboration with the celebrated independent publisher
  • Yo, Millard Fillmore, a USA Today Top Ten Book App
  • Maurice's Valises, an original, animated fixed layout iBooks title
  • Purple Leaves, Red Cherries, an award winning print journal we built as an illustrated ePub and Kindle title
  • Your Fantastic, Elastic Brain, a richly animated iPad app containing both the successful book and fifteen innovative brain workouts for kids