Create a shell book for others to use
Do the steps below to make a shell book that other people can use to make books in their collections.
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Open the collection that uses the language or languages you want the shell book to have.
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In the
Collections tab, click the appropriate source.You can click Arithmetic, Basic Book, Big Book or another template or specialized template that was installed with Bloom.
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Click
MAKE A BOOK USING THIS SOURCE.The new book opens in the Edit tab.
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Tasks overview has links to Collections tab tasks and Edit tab tasks, which list steps you can reference.
When you are done, minimally, you should have:
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typed in the appropriate metadata
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added all the intended pages
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added an Translation Instructions page with instructions, if you need that page
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typed in all the source text in one or more language
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configured all the intended styles
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chosen all the pictures that you want to appear in the published book.
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Make the shell book available to other people in any of these ways:
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Publish the shell to BloomLibrary.
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This allows others to get the shell and make a book from it.