Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
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Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
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Re: Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
#2I'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 earlier) is that having my github hooked up to my book, every time I save (via cmd-s, which I do out of habit every minute or so) it automatically pushes to my repo. So without realizing it, I had something like 50 commits after working for 15 minutes. Not a big deal, but it might be nice to separate the two.
The other thing I've noticed is that saving also builds the book. So in this same 15 minute period of working, I went to the status page of my book and noticed I had 50 or so builds currently being processed, with almost all of them failing in a flurry of emails an hour later. (Side note, any reason for this?)
So the only thing I would say is that I'd like to see a separation of the saving, committing, and building, much like the desktop version had. I'd like to build my book (and commit it) at the end of the session, not on every save. But maybe that's just me.
Re: Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
#3Am I the only one who thought this was a GitHub product from the LnF of their website?
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#4Am I the only one who thought this was a GitHub product from the LnF of their website?
They 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 direction in their branding and marketing.
Re: Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
#5Has this company licensed the Git trademark? http://git-scm.com/trademark (2.3)
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#6Looks good. Any plans for Bitbucket support?
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#7Err 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 book world?
Edit: I think I misread, the writer probably gets 80% royalty.
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#8Am I the only one who thought this was a GitHub product from the LnF of their website?
Nope...took me a long time to figure out it's a separate company.
Re: Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
#9Am I the only one who thought this was a GitHub product from the LnF of their website?
They 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 direction in their branding and marketing.
I'm pretty sure it's intentional, although they obviously wouldn't admit it.
Re: Show HN: GitBook WebEditor
#10Err 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 book world? Edit: I think I misread, the writer probably gets 80% royalty.
Pretty high in any case I would say.