Guides for readers and authors
Practical advice on publishing a book preview that gets opened, and short guides to the classics you can read on 360book.
For authors
How to publish a book preview on 360book, step by step
A walk through the four steps of publishing a 3D book preview on 360book: choosing a design, uploading covers, adding pages from a PDF and going live with your own link.
Read the article · 3 minFor authorsHow many pages should a book preview show?
Too short and readers learn nothing; too long and they have no reason to buy. Practical guidance on preview length for novels, non-fiction, poetry, picture books and comics.
Read the article · 3 minFor authorsHow to write a book description that makes people open the book
A plain method for writing the short blurb beside your book: who it is about, what they want, what stands in the way. With examples, common mistakes and a template.
Read the article · 3 minFor authorsBook cover design that still works when it is small
Most readers first see your cover at the size of a postage stamp. Seven practical rules for covers that stay readable as thumbnails, plus how covers behave on a 3D book.
Read the article · 4 minFor authorsHow to share your book preview and get it read
Publishing a preview is the easy part. Practical ways to put your book link in front of readers: messaging apps, social media, email, print and QR codes, and how to tell what is working.
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Reading guides
Where to start with the classics: twelve first chapters to try
Never sure which classic to read first? A guide to the twelve public-domain books on 360book, sorted by mood and length, with advice on how to read older prose without giving up.
Read the article · 3 minReading guidesReading Pride and Prejudice for the first time: a short guide
What a new reader needs to know before starting Jane Austen’s novel: why money and inheritance drive the plot, who is who, how the book is built, and what to notice. No spoilers past the midpoint.
Read the article · 3 minReading guidesSherlock Holmes: where to begin and what to read next
Four novels and fifty-six short stories, written over forty years. A reading order for newcomers, the best stories to try first, and what the films and series changed.
Read the article · 4 minReading guidesFrankenstein: what the book says and the films changed
No castle, no lightning bolt, no assistant, and a creature who reads Milton. How Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel differs from the Frankenstein everyone thinks they know.
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