You are going to love EYB Digital

Just over three months ago, we launched  and  a feature which allows you to view a selection of pages from a cookbook - including photographs, illustrations, and complete recipes - with just a click.. Since the launch, we now have 161 titles available for preview and we are adding more each week. To continue our efforts to bring our members cutting edge features, we are pleased to introduce - Eat Your Books Digital (EYBD).

What is Eat Your Books Digital?

The EYBD platform will provide digital access to the complete book when a member has pre-ordered a hard copy of the title before release date (or as noted below during a book tour). You do not need to be a paid member to access this feature and EYBD books are in addition to the 5-book limit for Free memberships.

The EYBD book is a conversion of the book to HTML much like our EYB Book Previews. The EYBD complete book will not be available on the site until publication date and will require proof of purchase to access the book. It cannot be copied, downloaded, printed or saved.

Once our platform goes live, we will provide details on how to upload proof of purchase (scan, screenshot or photo of receipt, online order, etc). The book and the access button will be added to the member's Bookshelf, though the book index and the EYBD book are not available until publication date.

For book tour events, EYB will supply bookmarks with sign-up details to the bookstores. Purchasers of the books at these events will get the digital book bundled as well.

Features 

For the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no cost to the book purchaser.

•            Recipe search
•            Bookmarks
•            Recipe ratings and reviews
•            Photo upload (personal photos of dishes cooked)
•            Shopping lists

Currently, we have the following titles slated for EYBD this year (my Cookbooktober post shares more details about these titles). We are adding more cookbooks as we go forward. Please note, if you have already pre-ordered one of these books, you still qualify for a EYBD copy and will follow the same procedures mentioned above.

Updated July 25th, 2018 to include Pie Squared, Cooking in Color and Bourke Street Bakery: All Things Sweet.

You will note that Amanda Wilbank's debut cookbook Southern Baked is slated for an August 7th release date.  This means members have a month to pre-order this title to receive the EYBD feature.

Southern Baked is a celebration of life through pie, but not just any pie, Southern pies including all the fixings to go along with. Amanda is the owner of The Southern Baked Pie Company in Georgia and knows pie! A few examples of recipes include Chicken dumpling pie, Roma tomato tart, and Lemon chess pie. Dust off your rolling pin, pre-order this book now and any others that catch your eye. 

I'll be providing more information on these titles as we go forward as well as sharing updates when new cookbook titles are available. 

Tell us what you think about this new addition to Eat Your Books in the comments below. We look forward to your thoughts.