By Zoe Wake Hyde If you’ve ever tried a new feature in Pressbooks, you know that we’re always trying to improve our system and make it work for you, our users. But what you might not know is that behind the scenes, we’re making regular updates and changes, many of which you won’t ever notice.
2017 Publishing Trends for Authors and the Industry
By Lauren Wise Midnight Publishing The publishing landscape is always evolving; and it’s not slow, like water carving out canyons. It peaks and dips, like shifting sand dunes—and the winds of change have been strong in the past 10 years on all angles. Even though there wasn’t a big book hit in 2016, the industry is
Remove the Watermarks from Your Book Files for Less This Week
Go Pro for Less This Week! Remove the Ads from Your Book Files Before Jan. 31 & Save 40% If you’re serious about publishing, you’ll want to remove the watermarks (ads) from your files. You can do that anytime before you publish your book, but this week it will cost you less…40% less! Upgrades are normally $19.99
Getting Started With Pressbooks: A Quick Guide
New to Pressbooks? Welcome! Here are some tips on how to get best results when using Pressbooks software. What is Pressbooks for? Pressbooks brings down the cost of getting great-looking book files in the formats you need to publish. Pressbooks makes sure your book meets complex ebook and print-on-demand standards as well as the Chicago Manual of Style
Upcoming Training for Indie Publishers
These upcoming training opportunities will help you be an even more successful publisher. How to Write and Publish an Ebook In this on-demand course, Tara Gentile and Creative Live have created a simple, step-by-step formula that anyone can follow to write or publish an ebook. The 16 video lessons include how to outline and write your book
Business Owners, Here’s How to Blog a Book in 2017
Have you been thinking about new ways to market your business in the new year? Turning your blog into a book should be among your new year’s resolutions. You can use the print version as a high-end calling card and the ebook download for lead capture. Plus, you’ll build authority that may help you leverage speaking engagements and other
Introducing: Hypothesis Annotations in Pressbooks
By Zoe Wake Hyde Pressbooks has recently added Hypothesis as an annotation and highlighting tool that can be added to your webbook. If you already know about Hypothesis, we think you’ll be quite excited by this, but if you’re not familiar, here’s what you need to know. What is Hypothesis? Hypothesis is a simple web annotation tool
Webinar: Format Your Book Like a Pro
Free Webinar: Format Your Book Like a Pro Thursday, December 15, 1 p.m., EST We’ve partnered with Merrimack Media, founders of the DIY publishing with guidance program Publi, to offer free training on how to format your book professionally using Pressbooks. In this Bestseller Bootcamp webinar, Pressbooks Director of Marketing and Operations Elizabeth Mays will take you through the easy
[UPDATED] Temporary Issue with Cardo Font in PDF Exports
This issue has now been resolved, but some users may need to make a small change if they are using Custom CSS with any of the affected themes. See instructions on how to fix the problem at the end of this post. We’ve recently encountered an issue with our PDF conversion tool that will temporarily
Book Marketing 101: What’s a Logline and Why You Need One
By Jenny Pivor Don’t Be a Bore! How a Logline can crystalize your marketing copy and help your writing too. Have you ever been cornered by a bore at a party? You know the one that I mean: he goes on and on, telling every detail (did you ask?) about some uninteresting topic and you