u/Jonastraus

Hey everyone,

Quick weekly update on building PressWork in public.

📊 The Numbers Shift:

* Last Wednesday: 0 sales

* Today: 11 sales

* Subreddit: 3 → 20 subscribers

* Site traffic: Steady organic growth

🧪 What worked best:

I noticed that the free utilities in my digital lab (presswork.it/laboratorio) convert way better than the actual homepage. Several buyers told me they tried one of the free text/formatting tools first, found it genuinely useful, and then came back to buy the full desktop app.

This validates a huge hypothesis for indie makers: when you are a completely unknown brand in a crowded niche, give first, ask later. Build utility tools that solve quick pain points to earn trust.

🚀 Coming end of July: PressWork 4.0

The CodeMirror 6 migration is finally done. This will be a major release featuring:

* Live preview (Markdown renders in real-time next to the editor)

* Inline images (drag and drop directly into the manuscript body)

* Massive performance bump: 100k+ word documents without a single drop of lag

* Same one-time lifetime license, zero migration cost for existing users

If you want to follow along or get notified at release: https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=en

📅 Next entry: Wednesday, July 8.

For the developers and writers here: what approach do you use to build trust when launching a brand new software? And what feature of a heavy-duty writing editor matters most to you?

— Alessandro

Hey everyone,

I'm announcing PressWork 4.0 today, coming end of July 2026.

What started as a CodeMirror 5 → 6 migration turned into

something major. Three things change how you write:

🌟 **Live preview** — Markdown renders in real time next to

the editor. No more "preview pane" toggle.

🖼️ **Inline images** — Drop images directly into the manuscript

body. They stay inline, with captions, ready for export.

⚡ **100k+ word documents without lag** — Lazy rendering +

virtualized scrolling. No more spinning wheel at chapter 30.

Plus:

- Better PDF/LaTeX export with chapter break handling

- Memoir/book LaTeX class configurable

- Same one-time license, zero migration cost

📅 **Release**: end of July 2026

📧 **Be notified**: [https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=en]

This community is the first to know — public announcement

goes out today on LinkedIn and X.

What feature are you most excited about?

— Alessandro

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🇮🇹 Versione italiana:

Annuncio oggi PressWork 4.0, in uscita fine luglio 2026.

Quella che era partita come migrazione da CodeMirror 5 a 6 è

diventata altro. Tre cose cambiano come si scrive:

🌟 **Anteprima live** — Il markdown si renderizza in tempo

reale accanto all'editor. Niente più toggle "anteprima".

🖼️ **Immagini nel testo** — Trascini le immagini nel manoscritto.

Restano inline, con didascalia, pronte per l'export.

⚡ **Documenti da 100.000+ parole senza rallentamenti** —

Rendering virtuale + lazy load. Niente più rotella al

capitolo 30.

Inoltre:

- Export PDF/LaTeX migliorato con gestione capitoli

- Classe LaTeX memoir/book configurabile

- Stessa licenza a vita, zero costi di aggiornamento

📅 **Rilascio**: fine luglio 2026

📧 **Sii avvisato**: [https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=it]

Questa community è la prima a saperlo — annuncio pubblico

oggi su LinkedIn e X.

Quale feature ti emoziona di più?

— Alessandro

🇬🇧

Hey everyone, founder here.

Five days into the public launch and here's what's happening:

📊 Numbers:

- 230 site visits

- 8 subscribers in this community (was 3 yesterday!)

- 1 reply from an outreach to a YouTube creator

- 0 sales yet — and that's OK

🐛 First production bug:

Within 72 hours we caught a critical PDF layout bug with multiple

consecutive images. Diagnosed Saturday, fixed Sunday, shipped

v3.7.5 signed and notarized by Monday. If you have v3.7.4 installed,

download v3.7.5 from presswork.it/download

🧪 Free tools released:

We also published PressWork Lab — six free tools you can use

without buying the app or even signing up:

- PDF preflight checker for KDP authors

- Royalty calculator with print costs

- Copy-ready template library (colophon, disclaimer, blurb)

- Spine width calculator (KDP + Ingram presets)

- Professional templates for legal/business documents

- ISO compliance validator

→ presswork.it/laboratorio?lang=en

If you have feedback, bug reports, or feature requests — post here

or DM me directly. I read everything.

— Alessandro

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🇮🇹 Versione italiana

Ciao, sono il founder.

Cinque giorni dopo il lancio pubblico, ecco cosa sta succedendo:

📊 Numeri:

- 230 visite al sito

- 8 iscritti a questa community (ieri erano 3!)

- 1 risposta da un creator YouTube

- 0 vendite finora — e va bene così

🐛 Primo bug in produzione:

Entro 72 ore abbiamo intercettato un bug critico nel layout PDF

con immagini consecutive. Diagnosi sabato, fix domenica, v3.7.5

firmata e notarizzata pubblicata lunedì. Se hai v3.7.4 installata,

scarica v3.7.5 da presswork.it/download

🧪 Strumenti gratuiti rilasciati:

Abbiamo anche pubblicato il Laboratorio PressWork — sei strumenti

gratuiti utilizzabili senza comprare l'app e senza registrazione:

- Preflight PDF per autori KDP

- Calcolatore royalty con costi di stampa

- Libreria template copia-incolla (colophon, disclaimer, blurb)

- Calcolo dorso libro (preset KDP + Ingram)

- Modelli professionali per documenti legali/business

- Validatore conformità ISO

→ presswork.it/laboratorio?lang=it

Feedback, bug, richieste feature — postate qui o DM diretta.

Leggo tutto.

— Alessandro