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Re:Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the autho... by mhartl on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @05:51PM (#7350547)
The Softcover sales platform includes a marketing page with slots for author bio, testimonials, FAQs, etc. (See, for example, Mark Bates's marketing page at http://conqueringthecommandline.com/) Softcover also supports an optional free HTML version of your book, which can be a great marketing tool. Finally, we are planning to develop a step-by-step "Marketing Wizard" to give authors detailed advice and guidance in their marketing efforts.
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Re:Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the autho... by thaweatherman on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @07:01PM (#7350883)
Do authors have the option of providing a book preview for free online rather than the entire thing? Or does that feature only allow for the entire book to be made free online?
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Re:Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the autho... by mhartl on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @07:41PM (#7351060)
Yes, Softcover has integrated support for making downloadable previews. In addition, currently the HTML version has to be either 100% free or 100% behind a paywall, but we plan to add the capability to make select HTML preview chapters available as well.
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