After some tinkering and testing, we’ve just uploaded the new eBook back cover designs to the bookleteer server. Alongside an improved colophon layout, all eBooks generated with bookleteer now automatically create a QR code link as well as a short URL, to the online bookreader version, featured on the bottom left corner of the back [...]
Entries Tagged as 'updates & improvements'
New eBook Design!
October 12th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: bookleteer · design · eBooks · inspiring uses · qr code · user guide
Easy peasy way of making A4 & A3 StoryCubes on any printer
September 16th, 2011 1 Comment
Recently, we’ve discovered a very, very simple way of making your own cardboard, hard-wearing StoryCubes, using only: A free bookleteer account If you haven’t signed up for a free bookleteer account yet, do so here. A4 single label paper, suitable for Inkjet or Laserjet printers Full sheet label paper, available from any decent stationers (Avery [...]
Tags: bookleteer · help · inspiring uses · making · StoryCubes · user guide
New feature: bookleteer online bookreader
June 6th, 2011 7 Comments
We’re really excited to announce a major new feature to bookleteer : an online bookreader allowing you to read and share your eBooks online. The bookreader is built in HTML5 and can be opened by standard web browsers – so now your eBooks can also be read on screen on a computer, laptop, smartphone (iPhone/Android [...]
Tags: bookreader · eBooks · help · inspiring uses · updates · user guide
FAQ page and User Forum
March 6th, 2011 No Comments
We now have a Frequently Asked Questions page and User Forum for members of bookleteer to post questions, comments, tips and answers.
Tags: feedback · help · updates · user guide
Short Run Printing Price Estimator
February 16th, 2011 No Comments
You can now estimate prices for eBooks and StoryCubes on the PPOD page using the estimator to select size of eBooks (A6 or A5) or StoryCube (A4 or A3), number of pages, quantity of copies and shipping destination (UK / European Union / North America / Rest of World). Both eBooks and StoryCubes can now [...]
Tags: ppod · print on demand · updates
New pricing coming soon
January 26th, 2011 No Comments
We’re presently working on a simpler and more flexible ordering system for our Print & Publish On Demand (PPOD) service. The key changes are : the minimum total order for StoryCubes will be just 50 cubes (the minimum per cube design). We will print orders as soon as we have received enough for a print [...]
Tags: ppod · print on demand
bookleteer API
January 13th, 2011 6 Comments
Just before Christmas we implemented a major new feature on bookleteer – an API (application programming interface) enabling eBooks and StoryCubes to be generated by users direct from their own web applications and stored in or downloaded from their bookleteer accounts. Realising Tangible Souvenirs This has been a long-cherished ambition for us – harking back [...]
Tags: API · bookleteering · experiments · tangible souvenirs · updates
Recent Updates and Changes
October 31st, 2010 No Comments
bookleteer members will have noticed a few changes to the site in September and October as we’ve pushed through a series of updates, changes and fixes to the platform. Here’s a quick run down of the most important of these from a member’s perspective, since many more were ‘under the hood’. First Time eBook & [...]
Tags: inspiration · updates · user guide
scheduled maintenance and new features
September 29th, 2010 No Comments
bookleteer will be offline for a few hours today as we do some scheduled maintenance and introduce some new features (the new image and content PDF gallery plus some other small tweaks). We’ll post more info about the changes when the site’s back online later today. *** Update 18.30 : its taking us longer than [...]
Tags: updates
A Glance Ahead
August 24th, 2010 1 Comment
Recently we’ve been tweaking things under the hood of bookleteer and planning the transition to a public beta version (hopefully later this year). I thought I’d give a brief outline of some of the improvements we’re planning to introduce soon and a look ahead to how we’ll shape bookleteer in the future. Forthcoming Updates & [...]
Tags: updates
Updated help page
May 25th, 2010 No Comments
We’ve updated the help page to reflect questions arising from the new features and services we introduced last week. Please refer to it for information on the differences between designs, page sizes, image dimensions and ordering. Do please give us feedback (via this blog, our twitter account or by email) if you have further questions [...]
Tags: feedback · guides · help · updates · user guide
Guide to new features
May 18th, 2010 No Comments
What Design Should I Choose? Proboscis have created 2 different eBook designs which you can choose from, both of which are available for A4/US and A3/Ledger sizes. Basic is a simple book design which places the title, author, a cover image and a logo image on the front cover. The eBook title, author, credits and [...]
Tags: bookleteering · guides · help · updates · user guide
Updates & New Designs
May 17th, 2010 No Comments
We are just finishing tweaks to the latest set of updates and improvements to bookleteer and will be integrating them into the live server over the next 24 hours : there may be some disruption to the service whilst we do this. We’re very excited by what’s in store, it’s a big step forward in [...]
Tags: bookleteering · design · updates
New videos on folding/making Diffusion eBooks
May 1st, 2010 No Comments
We’ve recently posted some new videos demonstrating how to fold, cut and make up the 4 different types of Diffusion eBooks that can be made using bookleteer: How to make: Book Landscape Diffusion eBook from Proboscis on Vimeo. How to make: Book Portrait Diffusion eBook from Proboscis on Vimeo. How to make: Classic Landscape Diffusion [...]
Tags: help · updates · user guide · videos
Print On Demand with bookleteer
March 22nd, 2010 1 Comment
Last week we passed another significant milestone for bookleteer – integrating a new set of templates that automatically render each eBook into a Print On Demand (POD) version. We’re sending the first 12 samples to be digitally printed as full colour A6 saddle-stitched booklets today and will post up some photos as soon as we [...]
Tags: bookleteering · ppod · print on demand · updates
