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1. 3arn0wl
   Member
   May 20, 2012, 5:32 PM

   Hi,

   I've been writing a post for pleasepresshere.wordpress.com every day for getting on a year now. Having set a year as the timeframe for the project I am thinking about putting it into the form of an e-book:

   Is there a way to direct potential readers to start reading the blog from the first post rather than the last?
   Is there a way to easily transfer the data to epub format?
   or is WordPress interested in extending its reach into e-books?

   Thanks

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   The blog I need help with is pleasepresshere.wordpress.com.

2. 3arn0wl
   Member
   May 20, 2012, 9:35 PM

   Might someone develop an e-book style theme?

3. timethief
   Member
   May 20, 2012, 11:45 PM

   Hello there,

   Is there a way to direct potential readers to start reading the blog from the first post rather than the last?

   Blogs are essentially chronolgical publishing tools. No there is not a way to easily reverse the reverse chrolonologial ordering of the blog, unless you choose to keep changing datestamps and creating broken 404 (page not found) links.

   You can consider developing a book-like structure.

   You can create an instructional sticky post on the the front page of your blog.

   You can consider purchasing the Chapters theme.

   Re: publishing your blog as an ebook see:
   Bloggers: Publish your book, ebook, or your blog
   How to turn your blog into a book

4. 3arn0wl
   Member
   May 21, 2012, 9:42 AM

   Hello again timethief.

   And thank you for taking the time to answer my somewhat incohate questions, with some interesting responses. The Chapters theme does look good. I've used Pages before, but not in the way that was suggested in the article, so that was an interesting read too.

   Thinking about things more, what I'm really saying is I love lots of the functionality of the database that is WordPress, and the online power it provides fairly effortly to the end-user - me! Not being a coder, I've no idea how much work it would be to build a 'publish anti-chronologically' button, but wonder if it might be something interesting for WP to develop.

5. raincoaster
   Member
   May 21, 2012, 10:04 AM

   There are lots of online services that know how to work with blogs to turn them into ebooks. A client of mine used Blurb, and loved it.

6. 3arn0wl
   Member
   May 21, 2012, 12:11 PM

   Hi raincoaster,

   Thanks for suggesting Blurb. I'd heard of Lulu too, which timethief mentioned in one of her posts too.

7. raincoaster
   Member
   May 21, 2012, 12:17 PM

   Lulu has been in business longer than any of them, but a client of mine used Blurb and it is REALLY slick looking.

8. 3arn0wl
   Member
   May 21, 2012, 1:19 PM

   I've not had much experiene of e-books - except for a couple of apps on my smartphone.

   What I really enjoy about WordPress is being able to use hyperlinks and trackbacks and the title= function of code which means I can add a narrator's voice, or notes or whatever, and I don't want to lose those features.

9. raincoaster
   Member
   May 21, 2012, 1:53 PM

   If it's a PDF you won't lose those features.

10. timethief
    Member
    May 21, 2012, 3:41 PM

    @3arn0wl
    You're welcome and best wishes with your blog and the ebook too.

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