Amazing Value for a Powerful Tool
I spent a long time getting to know what PubCoder can do before buying, and a fair amount of time testing it after I bought. My conclusion: it's not perfect, but it is very powerful and an extremely good value IF you'll use it.
If you're just browsing AppSumo looking for shiny new toys, then you might want to move along. But if you are actually wiling to do some work to create electronic books, then this is an extremely comprehensive and well-thought-out tool. There is room for improvement, but that's par for the course with AppSumo. This is not in early stages, but it has room to grow, and (IF you're someone who will use it, THEN) you'd be crazy to pass up the opportunity to get a lifetime deal for a fix (and relatively small) cost.
That's the positive high-level overview. Now for the negative things I've found so far.
- While the app is in general very responsive and never slow for normal interactions, there are some processes that take a long time. Basically anything involving a progress bar takes a lot longer than I would expect. I'm willing to live with that, since I don't know everything that they have to do during those processes. I'll just give them the benefit of the doubt that there's a reason it takes so long.
- The Quiz widget is extraordinarily simplistic. As far as I can see it only supports multiple choice questions.
- It seems to me that there are other sorts of widgets that would make sense to add.
- I've found a number of mistakes in the English localization.
And here are some things that are unclear to me still
- I'd like to be able to add my own widgets, but I don't see a way
- it appears (based on some of the snippets) that jQuery is included by default. Could I also include something like React? Could I remove jQuery? I would like to be able to add my own React components and have them appear in the Widgets or Controllers section. (Or better yet, have a Components section for them.)
Ultimately none of the problems above are a big deal to me. The positive aspects of PubCoder overwhelmingly make up for any negative aspects I've found.
Think of it this way: if you set out on a project to publish an electronic book, how much time would something like PubCoder save you? Unless you know of a similar product that is better, I can assure you that this will save you countless hours. It could easily be hundreds or thousands of hours, depending on the size and scope of your project. Even if it saved you a dozen hours on a small project, you wouldn't get all the capabilities this gives you with very little effort. You wouldn't be able to easily publish to several different formats, including iOS and Android apps with all the features built in.
IF you'll use it, then just buy it!

Paolo_PubCoder
May 9, 2024Thank you for the outstanding and perfectly centered review, we will pick up most of the negatives and suggestions to improve the product. For any other issue please drop us a line, happy to help: support@pubcoder.com