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Originally Posted by andym
Hadrien
I'm sorry I was going into Custom settings and pressing OK each time when (I now realise) all I needed to do was click on Custom pdf.  
A couple of suggestions:
- it might make make sense to put a smaller version of the download graphic beside each of the download links;
- amending the custom settings should send you back to the previous page.
But apart from that it's brilliant. Merci beaucoup. I will have to learn about LaTex so I can upload as well as download. |
OK.
I'll add a full help guide on the website soon.
You don't need to know LaTeX to upload books on Feedbooks. To add parts/chapters/sections you just need to click on a few buttons and the markup in the text will soon be XHTML (for basic formatting like bold, italics etc...) and a few extra tags (<footnote>, <quote>, <verse>...).
I'll create a full guide explaining how to upload books too.
There's a few reasons why uploading on Feedbooks can be even more helpful than uploading a handmade version:
- anyone can customize the PDF output for their own taste
- we'll be adding support for more formats (expect Epub support pretty soon), which means that you won't have to edit/publish a book again when a new format is needed
- metadata: we use metadatas the best that we can. It's easy to search for a book, browse through the books of an author using filters (most downloaded, year, type of book), create lists (http://www.feedbooks.com/list/view/6) etc...
- recommendation system: we try to identify similar books through download patterns. Suggestions are added on the page of a book, but also at the end of the e-book file. Personal recommendations is on the way: just add a few favorites, download some e-books and we'll create a recommendation list.