It can be a very useful resource in the classroom, donde los tutores le podrán dar uso como libro interactivo que incluya los contenidos de la clase.

We often use ISSUU, Community service online bookstore where users send their files, limited to 100 MB / 500 pages maximum per file. Once the file is uploaded, its contents are processed for display later, in flash format, with full fidelity to the original document repecto, but allowing the reader to navigate through the pages as if reading a magazine digitized, with option to zoom and turn pages in a simple way, incluido el modo a pantalla completa.

¿Qué hay que hacer para publicar un libro digital en ISSUU?

To start publishing, You have to log-in (Sign in) as editors (Publisher) and you will have three plans to choose (the most basic of them is free).

you can access both e-mail and password, and through your Facebook accounts, Google+ o LinkedIn.

Having created the account and joined it, you only have to upload a document (Select a file to get started), wait a few moments to load the document and upload (Upload). You a window like this appear:

Here you can indicate the document title, make a description of the content including, set the date of publication, determinar si es una vista previa del documento o no y si los lectores podrán o no descargar el documento.

After completion information, you can publish the document at that moment (Publish now), later (Late), desplegando un calendario para seleccionar la fecha, or exclude the document search engine (Unlisted).

If you choose to publish it now, do click on the "Publish now" button and you get the following window:

You derive a link to document (direct link), you can paste it wherever you wish, y también se os ofrece la posibilidad de compartir el documento en redes sociales o enviar un correo electrónico con un enlace al libro.

You clicking Open Publication will see the result of the book. If something you not convinced, You have the option of editing the publication (Edit publication), or you can go to the area where are your publications (My publications), select the document (with the approval of the upper right corner) and remove (delete).

For added safety when removing documents, this confirmation window will appear:

Donde aparece “aaa” figurará el Título que le hayáis dado previamente al documento.

In the "Word` Please enter delete' "field you have to write the word delete and then click on the option “Yes, delete”.

All documents will go up permanently in My publications, so you can see your statistics, edit, delete or share them whenever you want on social networks, por e-mail, using the link, and even you can include the document in your web or blog (Embed). For the latter option it is possible, incluso, style editing (Styling the drop-down options).

Now you are ready to start converting your documents into digital books, muy atractivos y fáciles de compartir allá donde queráis.

More free services to create digital publications

There are several alternatives to ISSUU to create digital publications, each with its peculiarities, como Calameo, Blurb (Available in Spanish), Lulu (in Spanish), Yudu (pdf documents), Theemefy o Joomag.

Have you tried any of these services? What you have like?

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