digital book content authoring method and digital book content authoring system

摘要

patent summary: "content authoring for digital books". The present invention relates to computer program systems, methods and products for authoring digital book content. In some embodiments, a single graphical user interface (GUI) is presented, which allows an author to create a layout for the digital book that includes editing text and inserting various types of interactive elements into the text. The gui works as both a layout template for the digital book tool and a word processor to make it easier to compose a digital book. The relative location of the widget insertion page can be determined by a user-selectable anchor point placed within the text. A view with the digital book outline can be created and presented in the gui based on a hierarchical structure determined by the paragraph styles applied to the text. gui can provide a hybrid glossary and index page to allow the author to create and manage a glossary and index for the digital book.