Having a family cookbook passed from generation to generation is a great legacy because it carries not only the recipes but also the cherished memories spent with loved ones. The digital cookbook stores recipes in the cloud that are easy to read, share, embed, and monetize. Next, we’ll discuss the perks of a virtual cookbook and how to publish your own digital cookbook online.
The Benefits of a Digital Cookbook
1. Save rooms
It’s definitely a room-saver to keep all your cookbooks online, especially for smaller apartment dwellers with limited cooking areas. You don’t have to worry about where to store all your recipe books and how to organize them to align with the overall design.
2. Fast to locate the recipe
Making a digital cookbook with FlipHTML5 – a digital publishing platform – grants you easy access to find the recipes you want, either from the clickable table of contents or the search box where you enter the name of the recipe or even an ingredient. You will locate them in the blink of an eye.
3. Available regardless of time and place
There are chances you cook at a friend’s place and of course, don’t have the recipe book with you. But with an online cookbook, you rest assured in such a scenario. Just take out your phone and open your digital cookbook right away. Sharing your cookbook with friends and family is simple as well. All you need to do is grab the generated URL or QR code and send it.
4. Keep the cookbook private and safe
Now you’re free of worry that you might lose your grandma’s recipes when moving from place to place. Create a virtual cookbook with FlipHTML5 and you have the recipes with you wherever you go and will never fade over time. The website even gives you the option to protect your cookbook by setting up a password.
5. Store cookbooks in a virtual bookshelf
If you have multiple recipe books with different cuisines, store them separately in virtual bookcases. Personalize your online cookbook bookshelf with name, color, and size. What’s even better, the bookcase can be shared and embedded with maximum flexibility.
6. Involve videos, gifs or images for step-by-step instructions
For someone like me who doesn’t have much culinary flair, having video tutorials or step-by-step graphic instructions makes our lives so much easier. FlipHTML5 lets you do that with your digital cookbook. The online multimedia editor inspires possibilities never seen before in a traditional cookbook.
7. Sell cookbooks online without commission or cost
If you’re a professional cookbook writer, don’t forget to publish your cookbook online with FlipHTML5. The platform lets you sell cookbooks online without hassle. Just set up the right currency, price and PayPal account. The audiences need to purchase to access your cookbook content and the profit goes directly to your Paypal account. No printing or shipping cost.
How to Publish a Digital Cookbook?
Time needed: 5 minutes
There are plenty of cookbook publishers you can find on the internet. Instead of paying an arm and leg to hire a cookbook publishing company, people now are starting to self-publish their own cookbooks online. It could be a lot easier with the help of tools like FlipHTML5. Here we show you how to self-publish a digital cookbook on FlipHTML5.
- Put together the cookbook content – recipes, ingredients, imagery
Get all your content ready for cookbook design, layout and format, which includes a collection of recipes, preparation steps, cooking techniques, and illustrations if possible. Imagery decides if your cookbook gets picked up in the first place. Choose your cover carefully and don’t forget to take a close-up shoot of each dish.
- Publish the PDF cookbook on FlipHTML5 as a flipbook
Export your cookbook as PDF from design software and upload it to FlipHTML5. The website will do magic to your PDF cookbook by turning it into an interactive flipbook with page-turn effects. The virtual cookbook will then be ready to be shared via URL and embedded in the website/blog via embed code.
- Spice up the cookbook with interactive media
Publish it as-is or spice it up by adding in-book videos of you cooking the recipe, links to favorite ingredients, or any necessary shopping list. FlipHTML5 also offers the option to include GIFs for cooking explainers, image slideshows of delicious dishes, a clickable cookbook logo for one’s website, and hundreds of animation effects to fine-tune your digital cookbook.
Ready to Publish Your Own Cookbook?
It sounds less daunting to self-publish your own cookbook now, right? Now go cooking and keep your favorite recipes alive forever as a digital cookbook on FlipHTML5. Happy cooking!
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