Writing and publishing

There are 3 types of Neobook publications. Publication of these types differs visually and in functionality of creation.

Neobook publication types:

• Book is a mode for creation and publication of book using special editing tools;
• Poem is a mode for publication of poetry;
• Post is a mode for publication of short stories, notes or thoughts.

You can learn more about all modes in next sections.

This mode suits perfectly for publishing short stories, reviews, your thoughts and news you want to share with other users.

To create and publish a post:

• Press round blue button + in the top side of the page (on web) or in bottom Tab Bar (on iOS and Android) and select publcation type Post;
• Enter title and text into input field;
• Optionally you can add a photo to your post to attract more attention from the audience;
• In the field Tags enter relevant keywords, topic to help the readers find your post via search;
• Save changes by pressing Save;
• To publish a post press Publish.

Publication of poems is placed in a separate section because the visual display of a poem is different from usual post.

To create and publish a poem:

• Press round blue button + in the top side of the page (on web) or in bottom Tab Bar (on iOS and Android) and select publcation type Poem;
• Enter title and text of the poem into input field;
• Optionally you can add a photo to your poem to attract more attention from the audience;
• In the field Tags enter relevant keywords, topic to help the readers find your poem via search;
• Save changes by pressing Save;
• To publish a poem press Publish.

Neobook has all the necessary features to creat an online book. The table of contents of the book is generated automatically as chapters are created. You can edit and format book pages according to your liking and attach pictures using editing tools.

To start a new book:

• Press round blue button + in the top side of the page (on web) or in bottom Tab Bar (on iOS and Android) and select publcation type Book;
• Upload a book cover at once or do it later;
• Enter title and description into the corresponding input fields

To create a new chapter:

• In Chapters press Add chapter;
• Click on an element of the chapter created to go to chapter editing;
• In the chapter editor, you can change the chapter title, add chapter body text, and attach an image to the chapter page. Learn more about editing tool functions in this article;
• When leaving chapter editing tool don't forget to press Save;
• Click on the arrow in the top left part of editing tool to go back to book settings page.

Book settings and features:

Fill in title, description and the following book features to make it easy for other users to find it using tags or genre:

• Category - select a category of your book in the drop-down menu;
• Status - select book status so that readers understand that the book is completed or have only published its part yet;
• Age restrictions - if your book has an age restrictions and it contains adult content be sure to indicate this;
• Copyright - in the drop-down menu select a license type for your copyright. Learn more about license types in this article.
• Tags - fill in this field using key words related to books' topic. These key words may be used to find your book;
• Price - if you want to make money from your work, set a price for which readers will buy your book. You can find more information about monetization for authors and paid content in the section Monetization. By default, all works are free for readers. The paid book publishing feature is only available to users with an active PRO subscription. You can see the benefits of the PRO subscription and subscribe in this section;

After changing of settings don't forget to press Save to apply changes.

How to change the order of chapters?

To change the order of chapters: go to Chapters section in the book editor and press the bottom or top arrow icons next to the selected chapter to move it.

How to publish a book and make it available for reading?

While creation a new book is automatically transfered into the status Draft. Works with the status Draft can only be seen by the author.
To publish a book and make it available for reading:

• Press Edit on the book card in your profile;
• In book settings press Publish in the right side of the page;
• To publish a separate chapter go to chapter editing tool and press Publish at the top of the editing tool.

To create online books Neobook has a built-in editing tools. There are all the necessary tools for text formatting, as well as the ability to add pictures to the book pages.

To start work in the editing tool, create a new chapter and click on a chapter element.

Main formatting tools:

• Font size choose a suitable size in the drop-down menu in the left side of toolbar ;
• Horizontal text alignment select a suitable type of text alignment by clicking on the icon in the toolbar;
• Bold text select a desired part of the text and click on the icon in the toolbar;
• Italic text select a desired part of the text and click on the icon in the toolbar;

If the editing tool doesn't provide options you need for text formatting, you can suggest that we should add them by sending a request to our Support Team.

All the content you are creating you can find on your profile page. You can filter content by type selecting a switch in the top of your profile page:

• All - all contents can be seen including published books and drafts;
• Books - only published books can be seen;
• Poems - only published poems can be seen;
• Blog - only published posts can be seen;
• Drafts - only unpublished contents of all types can be seen.

You can delete a publication anytime or edit it, including a published one.

To edit a publication:

• Go to the publication card on your profile page;
• Click on the icon in the publication card;
• Select Edit;
• Enter all the necessary changes and press Save.

To delete a publication:

• Go to the publication card on your profile page;
• Click on the icon in the publication card;
• Select Delete.

Be aware that after deletion your publication will be impossible to restore.

If you want to take a work off publishing and hide it from other users you can use the following instruction.

Unpublish a work:

• Go to the work card on your profile page;
• Click on the icon in the publication card;
• Select Edit;
• In the top of the publication settings page press Unpublish.

After unpublishing a work will be turned into Draft status and become invisible for other users.

Other users can't see your content in several cases:

• The work has Draft status.
  To make a work available for other users you should publish it. Learn more about how to publish it in the following sections: Publish a Post, Publish a Poem, Publish a Book.
• The work was marked as Mature content (18+).
  In this case your work will only be shown to users who have chosen to show Mature contents in settings. You can learn more about Mature content terms in Content Guidelines. If you are sure that your work marked as Mature content by mistake, you can report to Support Team, and our moderators will check your work manually.
• The work was removed for violating the Content Guidelines.