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A blog is, essentially, a reverse chronological publishing tool. There are ways to use a blog to post long-form pieces in chapters, however, though it will require a bit of work.

Following these steps will produce chapters, and a front page with links to each chapter.

1. Create a new page from Pages -> Add New called Index.
2. Create a new page from Pages -> Add New called Chapters.
3. Go to Settings -> Reading. Under Front page displays, choose A static page.Set Index as the Front page. Set Chapters as the Posts page.
4. Create a new post from Posts -> Add New – this will be your Chapter 1. Publish it. Copy the URL of the new post.
5. Edit the Index page, and create a link to Chapter 1. Note: If you do not mind the chapters appearing in descending order on your Index page, you can use the Archives Shortcode to painlessly create a chapter index.
6. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each chapter of your book.

Recent Posts, Recent Comments, and Archives widgets could potentially break the flow of your book. You may want to remove them.

Note: You can also use Pages for your chapters instead of posts.

What should your book be about? We can’t say, but killer robots and three-toed sloths are pretty cool.

A number of “blog-to-book” services like FastPencil and Blurb, let you import your WordPress blog and turn it into a printed book.

Last modified: February 7, 2012