Booktype is open-source software that allows people to write, publish and print e-books within minutes. Using powerful, yet simple to use tools, Booktype makes it easy for almost anyone to start their very own e-book. An easy drag-and-drop interface makes it plain and simple to make an e-book, while tools such as collaborative proofreaders, editors [...]
If you want to venture into self-publishing, then you should check out Booktango. While it touts itself as an online e-book publisher, Booktango also offers a well-optimized e-book editor for the iPad and other tablet devices. Anyone can upload their book, add a design cover and publish it to major e-book retailers like Amazon, Barnes [...]
Starting a new company is a lot of work. Totem makes things a little easier by expediting the process of creating a press page for your company. They make the process as smooth as possible, and the finished product is very nice to look at. They give you all the tools you need to set [...]
CheckThis is a handy online utility which allows users to publish anything. Whether you want to share a story with your friends or anyone, sell anything, hire someone or simply anything in a quick and easy way. CheckThis provides the user with an easy to use interface and gives them 4 options to choose from [...]
People who are experts in their fields often feel they can share their knowledge by writing a book. But not everybody has the skills necessary to write a good book. Also, not all books are on topics that have a universal appeal. Whether you are about to write on a niche topic or if you [...]
Online blogging platforms do a wonderful job of letting you write an online diary. But what if you are an aspiring author looking for a way to write an entire book online? What you will need is a web service that organizes the chapters in your books and lets visitors comfortably go through them. This [...]
With today’s advanced computer tools it is not difficult to communicate your messages in a visually appealing way. One way to do this is through great looking interactive ebooks. If you want to create such ebooks for smartphone users, then “Moglue” is a tool just for you. Moglue is an excellent desktop and smartphone application [...]
Are you one of those people who want to blog but don’t have a website/blog or you do not want to set up a blog? If that’s the case, you should check out an online service known as Instablogg. InstaBlogg is a simple online service which allows users to create one time blog posts, without [...]
Open letters let you address anyone openly i.e. for all to read. If you have somebody you want to write an open letter to, then you should definitely check out a web service called MyOpenLetter. MyOpenLetter is a free to use web service that lets you write open letters and publish them online. You do [...]
Blogging services normally provide only one type of writing interface for all types of blog posts. The ideal blogging service should however have unique templates for various post types. This is exactly what is offered by Jux in a visually appealing package. Jux is a free to use blogging service. But the site does not [...]
If you want your blog, website or portfolio to have the look of an offline glossy magazine, check out Grisker. It is a free online WordPress-like publishing platform, which lets you publish any content in a unique magazine-like style. On the publishing back-end it has a user friendly interface, files & media manager and built-in [...]
Creating a webpage that suits your preferences normally requires you to have coding know-how. Placing the webpage elements – such as text boxes, image galleries, social media buttons, etc. – where you want them often means expertly manipulating a page’s code. But thanks to Papyrs, you can place those elements expertly without dealing with any [...]
If you consider yourself a writing purist where all you need is a “blank slate” online to write and publish your thoughts, then you should check out Scriffon. This minimalist tool allows anyone to write about anything and get published within seconds, removing the need for a blog or a tumblog. Scriffon’s concept is very [...]
There is much discussion going on when it comes to sharing in the social space that most people forget that we also use other channels, such as e-mails, to share online. We use e-mails to forward ideas to people without broadcasting them. Certainly there are a lot of good user stories living in our e-mails that [...]
While PenIO cannot replace tools that let you create websites, it does give you one of the fastest ways to publish a simple text-based webpage. Once you give your page a name and choose a password, your webpage will be created as yourname.pen.io. You can click anywhere on the webpage to edit that section and [...]
If you are working on your next e-book or publication, you’ll probably find it difficult dealing with layouts and the final design for your material. Whether we work with books, newspapers, or magazines, having a solid layout that we can visualize from cover to cover is a must. Fortunately, we have Flatplan, a simple web-app [...]
OnText is a simple app with a single idea but which has many uses. The app is a dead simple way to publish text online without any formatting and without the pain of registering for an account or going through any code. Simply go to OnText and start typing your text (or copy/paste). Once done, [...]
Websites are great but sometimes all you need is a quick and simple webpage. PageEasy is one of the simplest tools to create a free temporary web page without writing any code. Once you sign up for a free account, you can insert text, links, email addresses and more by simply typing it. You can [...]
Various online platforms such as blogs, social networking sites, and social bookmarking sites allow us to publish and share individual links to interesting webpages to our contacts or followers. However, wouldn’t it be better if you could publish more than one link about a particular topic? BagTheWeb takes a fresh approach to web publishing tools. [...]
Knowledge Genie is an online publishing platform which lets you organize your knowledge of a certain topic into a dedicated learning portal (Genie) and share it with other people. For each different topic you can create a separate Genie. It doesn’t require technical skills and takes care of the process of building and centralizing the [...]