Task 1 - D

Research into Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

Step 1:

Adobe InDesign Logo

Preparation: we will start by downloading InDesign version CS5 or CS5.5, then we'll need to update the DPS (Digital Publishing Suite) tools and plug-ins which are add ons for the program itself. In order to view the Digital magazine or book on your iPad, tablet or phone device you will need to download and install Adobe Content Viewer that way you will be able to test your magazine or your project before publishing it fully. However, in order to continue and progress with step one, you'll need to create an Adobe ID and have developer credentials for iOS and/or Android.

Step 2:
Design: After you have managed to download all that is needed and made sure everything is up-to-date at the current time, you can then move forward onto building your InDesign file (vertical and horizontal), add interactivity for your customers and the people that will be viewing your online magazine whether you will make it flashy so it's quite attractive to the eye will depend on your feeling. Then, it will lead on to constructing publications by using the panel called Folio builder which makes everything much simpler/easier.

Step 3:

Produce & Publish: After designing your project you should start to organise and edit your folio to your own standards, apply pictures and different fonts to make your magazine look interesting and eye catching, check your folio metadata there are two types of metadata which are structural and descriptive. However, the difference between these two types is that structural metadata is related to the specification of data structures whilst, descriptive metadata is related to the individual instances of application data. After you've checked your folio metadata you can continue with publishing your folio which is quite straight forward then, create your custom Viewer app with Viewer Builder for your folio.

                                                                                    Step 4:

Sell: After Producing and publishing your digital magazine/e-book you need to start by submitting your app (application) to a store of your choice then after submitting your app to a store you need to then set your price in the chosen store for customers to purchase your app for. Finally, custom viewers may include in-app purchase, subscription, and entitlement. There are different rates that are charged when submitting your app to specific stores, so you may want to research different stores to see which one will promote your application the most or which store has a lot of viewers.

The video which is placed on the left side of this text, thoroughly goes through the stages of the DPS workflow. However, in some of the stages they go more in detail than other stages. The reasons i've referred to this video specifically is because i've gone through many other videos on the internet however, i haven't come past a video which stages where they are able to explain themself sufficiently in a limited amount of time.