Learn about the Kotobee Free License, plus a free 30-day trial for Kotobee Cloud and Library.
The Kotobee Free License enables you to create interactive ebooks that run across many machines and platforms. It allows you to use features of Kotobee products (Kotobee Author, Cloud, Library, and Reader).
Free License Benefits
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- Create interactive ebook content.
- Import from EPUB, PDF or HTML.
- Export PDF, EPUB or MOBI (for Kindle) ebooks.
- Export Web or Desktop Apps with the Kotobee watermark.
- Export 5 mobile apps with the Kotobee watermark.
- Host one ebook online at a subdomain of your choice (e.g. mybook.kotobee.com).
- Use one cloud ebook, to control user access to your ebook.
- Create an ebook library at a subdomain of your choice.
- Publish to the Kotobee Shared Library.
Kotobee Reader Pc
- Kotobee Reader is the tool of choice for reading interactive ebooks on web, mobile, and desktop. EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 compliance Support for fixed and reflowable layouts Available for web, desktop, and mobile.
- Kotobee Reader is based upon state-of-the-art HTML5 technology, and designed with user-experience at top priority. Your book content is reflowable and may extend as you like. This allows your users to set their own font sizing, having the content neatly wrap to fit the screen, and easily scrollable.
Kotobee Author Limitations
- One user on 2 machines (computers)
- 10 chapters/pages per ebook
- 20 MB per ebook
- Kotobee logo and watermark on web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Cannot export encrypted EPUBs, and SCORM packages
User refers to the person creating the ebook in Kotobee Author. A single user is allowed to run Kotobee Author on a maximum of 2 machines (computers), regardless whether Windows or Mac.
Kotobee Cloud Limitations
- A 30-day trial for one hosted ebook
- 40 MB per hosted ebook
- A 30-day trial for one cloud ebook
- 10 users (readers) per cloud ebook
Kotobee Library Limitations
- A 30-day trial for one library
- 40 MB per library ebook
- 20 users (readers) per library
Kotobee Reader Limitations
- Exported ebook apps (bundled with Kotobee Reader) will contain a Kotobee logo and watermark.
The Free Kotobee License allows you to explore almost all of Kotobee Author's features. To get the full experience, head to Kotobee Author Licenses to learn more.
Learn more about the Kotobee Reader API and how to start using it.
For advanced users, you can control different aspects of the reader using the Kotobee Reader API. This is a Javascript library made available to you through any of your ebook chapters, which will let you leverage functions already provided by the reader. This library is useful in the following cases:
- You want to build a scalable ebook app.
- You want to provide your own ebook navigation controls.
- You want to store user data on the server easily.
- You want to achieve a level of customization not easy achievable with CSS.
Different methods, properties, and events are provided. The methods provided are divided into 5 categories.
UI Methods
These methods are used to interact with the reader's different UI elements and components.
Content Methods
These methods are used to display/set content in different ways.
Navigation Methods
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These methods are used mainly to navigate to different chapters efficiently.
SCORM / Tin Can Methods
These methods are used to send progress to an LMS or LRS.
Cloud Methods
These methods are used to store and retrieve user data into the database, for that cloud ebook or library. These methods are available for logged in users only.
Events
These are event types that you can listen to, in order to call particular functions when your user has interacted with your ebook in a particular way, such as going to a new chapter, or playing a video, etc.
Kotobee Reader Tutorial
When opening any ebook app in the browser, open the web inspector (aka DevTools) using F12 or Ctrl+Shift+i keyboard shortcut. The API is accessible through the variable 'kotobee' which is available to you at startup.
In the console tab, type in 'kotobee.documentation' and hit Enter. You will see a complete documentation of all methods, properties, and events.