Any good solutions to export InDesign to a web flip-book without Flash?

[ccbangler]

I currently use a workflow for a business journal that takes a multi-page InDesign file converted to PDF, and converts it to a Flash based flip book style web page. This has worked just fine for years, however I need to get away from Flash and to a more Smartphone friendly / non-Flash system.

I did searches and found plenty of services etc - but I was wondering if any of you had some experience with some of these options and could recommend the best solution? Or better yet.. an Adobe solution that wouldn't require the third party app?

[Mike Witherell]

Have you considered Publish Online? It is essentially a fixed layout EPUB.

[Sandee Cohen]

I second Mike's suggestion. It is everything a flip-book could be except it doesn't "flip" the pages.

[ccbangler]

Thanks Mike, I"m trying to test this option now - it would be easier to keep it all Adobe, but also I have to consider whether this is a good archive solution. Will Adobe limit or remove this in the future? Who knows.. but depending on it as a long term solution is a little risky I think. I don't mind not having a flipping page look, I just need to be able to have links for when stories continue on a separate page and links from ads to their respective websites.

I do like that it may take a lot of steps out of the creative process.. which the K.I.S.S. principle is my favorite!

[Derek Cross]

Also this might be worth looking at: FlipBuilder provides page-flipping ebook software and ebook publishers.[FlipBuilder.com]

[ccbangler]

Hi Derek, those apps are Windows.. I'm all Mac based! Thanks for the information though, appreciated!

[Derek Cross · Accepted solution]

http://www.flipbuilder.com/flip-pdf-pro-mac/

[ccbangler]

I missed that one! ha! I'll check it out! Thanks!

[Justin Putney]

This can be done with in5 directly from InDesign on both Mac and Windows:
https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/11/07/how-to-make-an-html5-flipbook-with-interactivity-from-in...

***Disclaimer: I am the creator of in5***

[Derek Cross]

Yes, in5 is the way to create different types of interactive documents – it's an InDesign plug-in (at extra cost): https://ajarproductions.com