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Ebooks from blog posts made easier #Blogging

November 18, 2011 By 21 Comments
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One of the methods used in ebook writing is to take your posts and expand upon them in order to create an eBook. This ebook may be for selling or for giving away as an “ethical bribe”. The ebook may be something that you just share with your readers or your other social media friends (and potential customers). Whatever you decide to do with it, Anthologize makes it easier to get the bones or the outline of your ebook created faster.

How do I use Anthologize?

Step one – install Anthologize in your plugin section. Make sure you do not have any similar plugins (unlikely, but check anyway) or your plugins will go nuts.

Step two – locate Anthologize in your sidebar, and then click the tab so the drop down menu appears

 

Step Three – create a new project
Click the link that says add new project and then complete the details

 

When you have done that, click save project. This will now show you the screen of where all your projects are stored-

 If you hover just under the title of your project you will see additional options.

1 – Project details
2 – Manage parts
3 – Delete project

Click the manage parts option.

Step four – Add a part

 

 

The next screen will ask you to add a name for your part and then you can click save. When this is done you will return to the main screen but your “part” will be showing on your dashboard.

 

 

Step 6 – Drag and drop your blog posts into the part

 

 

 

Step 7 - When you have ordered your blog posts and selected the ones you wish to include in your ebook, the next step is to “proof” it by hitting the “preview project” link.

 

Your screen will now open a new window showing you what your ebook will look like – this is for proofing purposes.

 

 

 

 

To see what the ebook really looks like you will need to export your project.

Step 8 – Exporting your project

 

Then onto your dedications and acknowledgements

 

When you hit export you download your ebook in your chosen format :)

You can see what the example looks like here demo_of_anthologize (please note the content is from one of my sandpit sites and used for demo purposes only).

From start to finish the whole process took 20 minutes.

You can do a lot with Anthologize – it’s terrific

You can import content, you can sort posts by author (fab for multi author blogs) you can even sort the posts by topics.

More importantly you can get the majority of your content ready for creating an ebook or short topical reports.

Sarah

PS if you would like to get your ebook out of your head and online in 7 days to make some extra money for the holidays you can grab a copy of Zero to Ebook here.

 

Sarah Arrow

Sarah Arrow

Director of Special Projects at Sark eMedia
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  1. Lynn Tulip says:
    November 18, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Excellent post Sarah, and a great simple idea. Must ask someone [Ms Blogmistress} about Anthologize !!
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  2. Sarah Arrow says:
    November 18, 2011 at 10:49 am

    Thanks Lynn, it speeds up the whole ebook process but you must remember the book should be more than just your posts.
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  3. Charles Conway says:
    November 18, 2011 at 11:35 am

    THANK YOU!! I’ve been looking for a tool like this to help me with my next book!

    **Note to Kev – I mean this in the most platonic of senses…**

    SARAH ARROW – I LOVE YOU!!!
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  4. Babs says:
    November 18, 2011 at 11:59 am

    Excellent – thanks Sarah – hugely useful and been meaning to have a play…
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  5. Lilach Bullock says:
    November 18, 2011 at 4:40 pm

    This looks fantastic Sarah, I can’t wait to try it out – it’s going to make a lot of blogger’s lives a lot easier too:)
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  6. Anita says:
    November 18, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    Brilliant, fantastic… I could go on and on!
    This will be particularly great for my new devotional site!
    I will be using this when I have some more posts. Thank you Sarah x
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  7. Gemma Thompson says:
    November 18, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    Sarah … You are a blogging SuperHero!
    Thank you!!

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  8. ethnicsupplies says:
    November 18, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    What a smart tool this is Sarah and you make it sound so easy. I should book in some training with you on putting together an e-book in the new year.
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  9. Angela Boothroyd says:
    November 19, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    Your post is perfect timing for me too, Sarah. I’ve just bought your Zero to Ebook ebook so that I can push myself to get a couple of ebooks written before Christmas, and I need to pull some of the content from my blogs – Anthologize looks perfect for the job, thank you :-)
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  10. Jackie Walker says:
    November 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    Wow, this is seriously magically brilliant and fantastic, and thank you :)
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  11. Emma Cox says:
    March 5, 2012 at 7:41 am

    So easy to setup and use Anthologize and what a great resource. Many thanks for sharing this Sarah!
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  12. Valerie Strawmier says:
    April 17, 2012 at 3:02 am

    Wow, this is great, and I love how you have the steps listed individually. This is a great breakdown and thank you so much for the help!

    Sincerely,
    Valerie Strawmier

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