GitBook WebEditor
Productivity
book writing editor
SHOW HN2014
GitBook WebEditor
I'll add more details about what are the fee and that the author is keeping 80%.
gitbook.com#book writing#markdown editor#github sync#self publishing#gitbook
How HN took it
2 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Enjoyable to write books with; responsive team fixed a bug quickly
From 2 comments
I've been using this to write a book and really enjoy it so far (though I also enjoyed the desktop version, for what it's worth). One thing I've noticed (and that I tweeted…
jplahn on HNOne of the co-founders replied within three hours on a Sunday to this inquiry with a notification that a code-change has been pushed such that this issue can't happen again. I am…
s3nnyy on HN
Objections
Saving auto-commits and triggers builds, creating many commits and failed builds
From 1 comment
I've been using this to write a book and really enjoy it so far (though I also enjoyed the desktop version, for what it's worth). One thing I've noticed (and that I tweeted…
jplahn on HN
Looks too similar to GitHub's branding
From 3 comments
Am I the only one who thought this was a GitHub product from the LnF of their website?
foreign-inc on HNThey even send out an "Explore today on Gitbook" email which looks an awful lot like the "Explore today on Github" email. It's a cool product, but they could use some original…
knicklabs on HNNope...took me a long time to figure out it's a separate company.
dahdum on HN
Editor refresh lost unsaved written text
From 1 comment
I've just wrote something for about an hour, then went to make a new outline point via "add article" on the left pane. As a result, the editor refreshed to the new empty…
s3nnyy on HN
Monthly fee and mandatory listing make long-tail books depend on payments
From 1 comment
80%-cost is higher than any other POD service I know, that's potentially quite good. Through my current publisher I get 70% after cost, so it depends on what their fee is (and it…
jarcane on HN
Requests
Separate saving, committing and building
From 1 comment
I've been using this to write a book and really enjoy it so far (though I also enjoyed the desktop version, for what it's worth). One thing I've noticed (and that I tweeted…
jplahn on HN
Bitbucket support
From 1 comment
Looks good. Any plans for Bitbucket support?
nacs on HN
Clarify the publisher fee
From 1 comment
80%-cost is higher than any other POD service I know, that's potentially quite good. Through my current publisher I get 70% after cost, so it depends on what their fee is (and it…
jarcane on HN
Questions
Has GitBook licensed the Git trademark?
From 1 comment
Has this company licensed the Git trademark? http://git-scm.com/trademark (2.3)
benatkin on HN
Is an 80% royalty normal for book sales?
From 1 comment
Err maybe I'm misunderstanding this but the pricing says 80% royalty? That means they take 80% of your profits if you sell a book authored in this tool? Is this normal in the…
atonse on HN
Alternatives named
prose.io
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. It reminds me of http://prose.io/ which is basically a general-purpose Github-based web editor and that I used some time ago to edit my markdown files.
killercup on HN
Desktop GitBook version
From 1 comment
I've been using this to write a book and really enjoy it so far (though I also enjoyed the desktop version, for what it's worth). One thing I've noticed (and that I tweeted…
jplahn on HN