[ddj] Tool for User's Guide

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky znmeb at znmeb.net
Sat Jun 6 23:32:58 UTC 2015


I've used both GitBook and ReadTheDocs. If you want/need to get under
the hood, GitBook is built on Node.js and ReadTheDocs is built on
Python. GitBook also has a marketplace if you want to charge for your
books.

There's also LeanPub, which is similar to GitBook and has a
marketplace. You can't "get under the hood" with the LeanPub
toolchain, though - it only runs on their servers. Personally, I think
lack of a marketplace is a show-stopper; if you can't ask for the sale
you're wasting your writing time. ;-)

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Anastasia Valeeva
<anastasiya.valeeva at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Alex, Jason and Whisky,
>
> Thank you so much!
> I am diving into the tools you've recommended.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Anastasia VALEEVA
> Freelance Journalist, MA Student
> University of Siegen
>
> +49 152 23506934 (DE)
> +32 489 748 542   (BE)
> +7 916 486 69 69  (RU)
> anastasiya.valeeva at gmail.com
>
> On 5 June 2015 at 15:07, whisky CHANG <whisky at ystaiwan.org> wrote:
>>
>> I use Gitbook (https://www.gitbook.com/) - a authoring tool associated to
>> Github
>>
>> -- whisky
>>
>>
>> On 2015/6/5 下午 09:04, Jason Norwood-Young wrote:
>>
>> How about something like https://readthedocs.org/ ? All the cool kids are
>> using it. (In other words, I haven't used it yet.)
>>
>>
>> On 05 Jun 2015, at 2:52 PM, Alex Salkever <alex at silk.co> wrote:
>>
>> Silk.co
>>
>> See poynter.silk.co
>>
>> Its free supports collaboration images media and even data visualizations
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Anastasia Valeeva <anastasiya.valeeva at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> I am searching for a tool for a user's guide / manual,
>>>
>>> It should be smth like the one on the picture attached (chapterized and
>>> functional),
>>> But also secure, accessible online, editable by participants, with
>>> ability to insert hyperlinks and - important - graphically attractive.
>>>
>>> I came across Scrivener and will give it a try,
>>> But if you have any other ideas, could you please share with me?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time,
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Anastasia VALEEVA
>>> Freelance Data/Journalist, MA Student
>>> University of Siegen
>>>
>>> +49 152 23506934 (DE)
>>> +32 489 748 542   (BE)
>>> +7 916 486 69 69  (RU)
>>> anastasiya.valeeva at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex Salkever
>> Growth/BD/Data Journalism
>> 415-503-9035
>> www.silk.co / @silkdotco /@silkjournalism
>>
>>
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