{"id":246,"date":"2012-08-05T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T14:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/lamont\/?p=246"},"modified":"2016-03-07T01:09:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T01:09:53","slug":"dropbox-guide-ebook-2-on-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/2012\/08\/05\/dropbox-guide-ebook-2-on-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox in the rear view mirror, ebook #2 on deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-703 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/files\/2012\/08\/dropbox_cover_green_small-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dropbox old cover\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/files\/2012\/08\/dropbox_cover_green_small-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/files\/2012\/08\/dropbox_cover_green_small.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/>My first ebook, <em>Dropbox In 30 Minutes<\/em>, answers the question &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dropbox.in30minutes.com\/what-is-dropbox\/\">What is Dropbox<\/a>&#8221; and gives readers lots of practical tips on how to get the most out of <a href=\"http:\/\/dropbox.com\">Dropbox<\/a>. In the first month of its release, sales have been slow but steady.<\/p>\n<p>I have also written a draft of my next book, on Google Docs\/Google Drive. Last week, my copy editor gave it a first read-through (in Google&#8217;s Documents program, naturally!). This week, I am going to refine the draft, prepare images, and start to put together the Word version, which is used to generate the Kindle and Nook versions.<\/p>\n<p>Having been through the writing and production processes for this book I know what to expect with the new book &#8230; and it should go more quickly, as I will know what mistakes to avoid. But I have to admit &#8212; dealing with ebook production is unpleasant, compared to blogging and other forms of electronic publishing that use content management systems.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to have the Word manuscript ready by the end of the week, and do all of the conversion and distribution next weekend. We&#8217;ll see how it goes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first ebook, Dropbox In 30 Minutes, answers the question &#8220;What is Dropbox&#8221; and gives readers lots of practical tips on how to get the most out of Dropbox. In the first month of its release, sales have been slow but steady. I have also written a draft of my next book, on Google Docs\/Google [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3864,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,57022],"tags":[15035,57025],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-e-books","tag-dropbox","tag-google-drive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3864"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}