We are excited to announce another update to bookleteer including a new feature called Collections. This new feature allows for eBooks or StoryCubes to be grouped together to form a collection. This can be given its own title, author, publisher, colophon, summary, copyright info and a cover image. Collections can be shared or kept private [...]
Entries Tagged as 'updates & improvements'
New Feature : Collections
February 27th, 2013 No Comments
Tags: collections · libraries · news · updates · user guide
Fresh look and new features
August 27th, 2012 No Comments
As some may have noticed last week we quietly updated bookleteer to give it a fresh look and to introduce the sharing features we announced previously. We’ve been tweaking and bug-fixing over the last week or so and are now very excited to let everyone know about it. New Look Home & About Pages We’ve [...]
Tags: updates
Evolutionary update #1
July 24th, 2012 Comments Off
In about three weeks time we will be making a fundamental change to bookleteer by enabling public sharing of eBooks and StoryCubes. What does this mean? users will be able to share their eBooks & StoryCubes direct from bookleteer users will be able to add tags to their publications users will have a personal page [...]
Introducing… the Periodical
July 14th, 2012 1 Comment
An eccentric monthly publication for an era of eclectic exploration More and more beautiful, thought-provoking and inspiring eBooks are being created with bookleteer all the time so, with a nod to such illustrious forebears as William Hogarth, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne and Charles Dickens we’re creating the Periodical, a regular monthly publication to [...]
Tags: experiments · inspiration · inspiring uses · news · publishing on demand · sharing · the periodical
What’s next in bookleteer’s evolution?
May 29th, 2012 No Comments
Following our major updates of last year – the user API, bookreader and integration of QR codes and short URLs bridging the physical/digital divide – we’ve been concentrating on using bookleteer in our own projects like Agencies of Engagement, Material Conditions, Professor Starling’s Thetford-London-Oxford Expedition and Pallion Ideas Exchange, helping others create their own eBooks [...]
Tags: community · crowdfunding · feedback · ideas · new features · ppod · print on demand · sharing · updates
Big Price Cut & Minimum Print Run Halved!
May 28th, 2012 No Comments
Today we’re very excited to announce a couple of major changes to bookleteer’s Short Run Printing service : Minimum print run is now just 25 copies per eBook – half the previous minimum of 50 copies We have also slashed the cost of A6 printed eBooks between 30%-50% (depending on quantity ordered) Check out the [...]
Tags: discounts · ppod · price cut · print on demand · updates
New eBook Design!
October 12th, 2011 No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: bookleteer · design · eBooks · inspiring uses · qr code · user guide
Easy peasy way of making A4 & A3 StoryCubes on any printer
September 16th, 2011 2 Comments
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 [...]
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