It's easy to create a clone of your Leanpub book!
A clone is an exact copy of your book at the moment you create it, including all of your book settings, like your Theme, Dedication, etc.
The clone will be created in our Browser writing mode.
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The clone book will not be published or have a public landing page. Instead, it will automatically be in Stealth Mode, so only you can see it.
Why Create a Clone of My Book?
Creating a Browser mode clone of your book can be really helpful if you are are reporting an issue to the Leanpub team.
It means you can give us the link to the clone book and keep writing your manuscript, while we figure out the book generation problem using the clone book.
It can also be useful in many other ways - authors are creative people and pull features like this out of us all of the time!
Creating a Clone of Your Book
To create a clone of your book, go to the "Clone Your Book" page for your book here:
https://leanpub.com/YOUR_BOOK/clone
...making sure to replace YOUR_BOOK with your book's unique web address.
You can also find the "...." page on your book's "Overview" page:
The Clone Your Book page for your book will look something like this:
To create a clone of your book, click the "Clone My Book" button:
You'll see a confirmation box, like this:
To confirm your choice to make a clone of your book, click "OK":
After you click "OK", you'll see a confirmation message at the top of the page:
Finding Your Clone Book in Your Leanpub Account
After a moment, you will be redirected to the "Stealthed Books" page for your account, where you can find your clone book.
You can find the "Stealthed Books" section of your Leanpub account here:
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The "Stealthed Books" page in your account will look something like this:
Scroll to the bottom to find your book if you need to:
Clicking on the book will take you ro the overview page for the book. Note the URL will be the same as your main book's URL, but with -clone added to the end:
What URL Will My Clone Books Have If I Create More Than One Clone?
If you create more than one clone of your book, we'll add some numbers and letters to the -clone URL, like this:
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