I think the publishing/documentation/writing industries have yet to see the benefits of automation and better tooling. Writing should be simple and accessible.
What we're trying to do is automate all the painful/boring parts so that writers can focus on what they do best: writing.
I'm not surprised you had the same idea :) If you want to share your thoughts or talk, you can email me at: aaron AT gitbook DOT com
Thanks for the kind words! Yep, you might have seen the editor: https://www.gitbook.com/editor (the older version is on GitHub: https://github.com/GitbookIO/editor)
I think the publishing/documentation/writing industries have yet to see the benefits of automation and better tooling. Writing should be simple and accessible.
What we're trying to do is automate all the painful/boring parts so that writers can focus on what they do best: writing.
I'm not surprised you had the same idea :) If you want to share your thoughts or talk, you can email me at: aaron AT gitbook DOT com
And if you want to contribute to GitBook, our book format and toolchain is open source: https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook