Our GitHub integration is now ready for large teams! Whether you are an individual or a team of 50 members, editing a GitHub hosted documentation should be as easy as opening the GitBook Editor...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/featured/2017/01/27/github-integration.html
We are delighted to release the newer version of the GitBook Editor! WHAT YOU SEE, IS WHAT YOU MEAN This is the core feature of the new Editor. We have been working hard to remove the preview ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2017/01/02/editor-6.html
From today onwards, decide which publishing format matters to you. A BIT OF HISTORY Until now, each document published on GitBook.com was automatically generated as a website and as E-Books. T...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2016/09/16/ebooks-option.html
Today we’re shipping the single biggest improvement ever to our content host, all content will now be served through our speedy global CDN, at no additional cost for all users. AUTOMATIC ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/featured/2016/09/12/gitbook-cdn.html
Merge conflicts are now a little less scary, thanks to our new Editor ! WHAT ARE CONFLICTS ? Conflicts happen when two people edit the same part of a page/document at the same time on diff...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2016/03/02/merge-conflicts.html
Migrating from Microsoft Word or Docbook to GitBook.com has never been that easy ! Starting today, importing your existing documents on GitBook.com is as simple as creating a new book. WORD A...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2016/01/28/import-documents.html
Paid books and landing pages are now deprecated features and will be removed in 30 days (14th of February 2016). We decided to deprecate these features, so that we can focus on what makes GitBo...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2016/01/15/sales-deprecated.html
We’re looking for beta-testers to give us feedback on the newest GitBook Editor beta. Today we are releasing a beta version of our latest editor. This new version includes some major improvem...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2016/01/06/editor-5-beta.html
GitBook now plays nicely with non-default branch setups ! WHEN DO I NEED WHITELISTED BRANCHES ? Automatic builds are an essential part of the Gitbook workflow especially if you use our GitHub...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/11/13/branches-whitelist.html
Today we’re excited to release Webhooks. A simple but powerful way for developers to extend GitBook.com! WEBHOOKS Webhooks are an easy way to send information from one app to another. Starti...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/11/08/slack.html
Collaboration just got that much better thanks to “Comments” and “Discussions” ! Thousands of teams use GitBook to publish everything from documentation, manuals, research papers to boo...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/11/01/discussions.html
GitBook now displays beautiful status indicators on your GitHub Pull-Requests. Starting today, GitBook updates the build status on your GitHub pull requests. Once you open a PR, we update it�...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/10/20/github-statuses.html
We’re proud to release version 4.1.0 of the GitBook Editor ! You can grab the new release through the auto-updater on Windows and Mac; or download it at gitbook.com/editor for Linux. The new...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2015/10/01/editor-4.1.0.html
Custom domains are now enabled for private and paid books. Public books and homepages are served under https://username.gitbooks.io/book/. We’re now enabling these domains for private and pai...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/09/21/domain-private-books.html
Starting today, we’re enabling HTTPS for all books served on gitbook.com. By default books and homepages are served under username.gitbooks.io/book/. These books can now be accessed over HTTP...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/09/14/https-books.html
The desktop editor that many of you loved and cherished is back ! This new release has tons of new features and improvements that you’ll definitely want to try out. Today we’re happy to...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2015/09/01/desktop-editor.html
Landing pages are an important part of our marketing features, today we are releasing improved default themes. Landing pages provide authors with well-crafted homepages to showcase their books,...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/06/20/better-themes.html
GitBook is sponsoring the CODEX Hackathon, a unique opportunity to imagine the future of books and we’re inviting one of you to join us ! CODEX Hackathon is a gathering of folks who want to ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/infos/2015/05/29/codex.html
GitBook now automatically builds branches, a great feature for teams working with multiple branches at once. Branch builds not only work within GitBook but also for branches pushed from GitHub,...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/04/28/build-branches.html
GitHub integration is a feature developers love, so we’ve made it even easier for devs to import books from GitHub. GitHub is an amazing product, with a dynamic open source community; hosting...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/03/25/import-github.html
The editor is an essential part of the GitBook experience, authors need great tools to write their content. We’ve now integrated proofreading and spell checking directly into the editor, provid...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/03/22/proofreading.html
GitBook 2.0.0 is maturing, transitioning from alpha to beta and will soon become the new stable. Featuring large improvements, bug fixes and a fair share of shiny new features ! A month ago, th...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2015/03/13/version-2-0-0-beta.html
March 8th , women’s day, is the perfect occasion for us to tell you about one of the most inspiring group of authors on GitBook: Django Girls. GitBook experiences are diverse, unique to each ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/authors/2015/03/08/django-girls.html
The Editor is a critical part of an author’s workflow. Today we’re releasing our editor’s v2, with new features and fixes we hope will make you love writing with GitBook ! ASCIIDOC SUPPOR...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2015/02/23/webeditor-v2.html
Dale Sande and Kianosh Pourian have found in Gitbook all the essential tools allowing them to succeed in their journey as self publishers Joining the Gitbook community is a real game changer fo...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/authors/2015/02/14/sass-in-the-real-world.html
We just released the version 2.0.0-alpha of GITBOOK. This version includes many changes and some exciting improvements ! This 2.0.0 release brings a huge set of improvements for GitBook, adding...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2015/02/05/version-2-0-0.html
Many authors use GitBook as part of a team (company/university/…) collaboratively authoring books or documentation together. A highly requested feature was to be able structure those teams insi...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2015/01/08/organizations.html
2014 has been GitBook’s first year. In just a few months, we’ve grown to a community of over 20,000 authors (and growing), reaching more than half a million ebook downloads and ten millions b...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/infos/2015/01/01/year-review.html
Today we are annoucing a big improvement to our search service. We are now following GitHub and Google’s search query syntax to empower you to run advanced queries and compose filters. Here�...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/12/21/search.html
GitBook is partnering with Gumroad to sell paid books. One of our big upcoming features is Marketplace distribution (with Google/Amazon/iBooks integration), and as part of this new strategy we�...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/12/16/gumroad.html
During the last month, more than a thousand books have been published to GitBook, today we are releasing an OPDS feed to browse the GitBook library. The OPEN PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (OP...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/12/12/opds.html
GitBook is used by thousands of authors, for a wide range of books, novels, programming or science books, essays and all other kinds of books, users are discovering new and brilliant ways to use ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/12/01/book-templates.html
Taipei’s (Taiwan’s capital) newly elected mayor, Ko Wen-Je , used gitbook to successfuly publish his campain’s official “whitebook”. Doctor Ko Wen-Je and his team won the elections ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/authors/2014/11/29/taipei-mayor-writes-gitbook.html
After the native editor for GitBook, we are now releasing a web editor fully integrated with the GitBook platform and GitHub. GitBook’s desktop editor (supporting Mac, Windows and Linux) was ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2014/11/28/webeditor.html
Readers can now contact authors directly from their books’ homepages. Starting today, readers and visitors are able to contact authors using the button “Contact” in the top right corner o...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/10/19/contact-authors.html
Authors can now customize their book’s homepage with personalized branding and custom domain names. LANDING PAGE AND THEMES The greatest improvement of today’s release is the addition of l...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/10/10/landing.html
Authors can now create automated messages that will be sent to every new reader of a paid book. Since last month, Authors have a full fledged dashboard to send custom messages to their subscri...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/09/26/mailing-notifications.html
GitBook (1.1.0) now supports KaTeX as a replacement to MathJax, giving you beautiful pre-rendered math that is eBook compatible! It was already possible to add math to your books using the MATH...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/09/23/katex.html
GitBook now accepts PayPal in addition to credit cards for books purchases and authors can now withdraw their profits through PayPal. PAYPAL AS A PAYMENT SOLUTION Readers are now able to buy b...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/09/21/paypal.html
GitHub just makes it easier and much faster to set up a GitBook when creating a repository. GitHub just added GitBook to their list of .GITIGNORE templates. When creating a repository on GitHub...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/09/14/github-gitignore.html
A few days after the version 1.0.0, we are releasing the version 1.1.0 of the GitBook Editor. This version includes many improvements and bug fixes. IMPORTANT: DOWNLOAD THE LATEST RELEASE NOW ...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2014/09/12/editor-1-1-0.html
We just released the version 1.0.0 of the GitBook Editor. This version includes many improvements, stability and some sizeable changes. GITBOOK VERSION 1.0.0 This version of the editor uses th...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2014/09/06/editor-1-0-0.html
Google today announced that it will be removing Google Authorship from search results. Up until today, GitBook allowed you to connect your Google+ account to show your name alongside your books...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/08/29/google-authorship.html
We just released the version 1.0.0 of GitBook . This version includes many improvements and some sizeable changes. NEW DESIGN The book reader now has a new and improved design that brings more...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/releases/2014/08/21/version-1-0-0.html
Authors can now specify the license of their books, by simply placing a standard LICENSE file at the root of their source. Common licenses are automatically parsed and detected. We automaticall...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/08/20/books-and-licenses.html
Authors now have a full fledged dashboard to send custom messages to their subscribers, those messages can be promotions of new books, content updates, etc … This is a good way for authors to...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/08/18/author-subscriber-mailing.html
Readers and visitors can now subscribe to a mailing list to get notifications about content updates (and even custom messages from authors). Authors can access stats about the number of subscri...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/08/17/book-mailing-lists.html
We now allow free/public books to be switched to paid and you can also update the prices of previously paid books. You can do so from a book’s settings page (see screenshot below) : This is...
https://gitbookio.github.io/blog//blog/features/2014/08/11/book-prices-updateable.html