Research into existing iBooks

I thought a good place to start would be to look at existing iBooks this would help me get a good idea of how information is typically laid out in iBooks you find on the Apple Store and give me some guidance how to lay mine out.

I found this example of an iBook online, it contains some strong elements such as the Insect body plan on the bottom right of the page. As you can see it has three images of real interpretations of ants and then below it has a illustration in the shape of an ant/mosquito. It has clearly emphasised each of the body parts to help the reader understand each part of the body. This will be a very useful interactive element to include in my iBook and I could easily incorporate into a diagram representing trees or a certain mammal for example. Additionally the simple layout with interactive elements around the page such as the video is definitely an aspect I'm going to include. This also will make use of the internet capabilities on the iPad making it overall a more entertaining iBook.


Image sources: http://images.apple.com/au/ibooks-author/images/gallery_html_modules.jpg