Chapter 12. Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ provides basic information and links to other resources. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Please visit out Support Section.

Chapter 12. List of Topics

Book-Making Basics

This section describes the basic concepts that will help get you started in creating your book and provides links to more in-depth resources.

Writing in Atlas is...

Writing in Atlas is...

Styling and Formatting

Atlas supports three types of text markup: HTML, Markdown, and AsciiDoc...

Presentation

How your digital and print books look is determined by the theme that you choose. Each theme has a set of CSS stylesheets for the various output formats....

Git and GitHub

Atlas projects are integrated with your GitHub account. Why? We’ve tried to build a tool that encapsulates twenty-five years of publishing experience. Over that time, we’ve learned that it needs to be simple for people to collaborate on a project, and content needs to be under version control. GitHub helps us accomplish both of those goals. GitHub has a robust and vibrant community of people working together on all types of projects (including books!), and the site provides version control via git repositories.

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Ownership and Distribution

This section answers basic questions such as “Do I own my content?” and “Where can I sell and distribute my content?”

Account Management 

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