Pen.io boasts that they are the fastest way to publish online, period. It is true, you can create a beautiful text-based page in seconds and then share it with whomever you wish to share it with too.  Here is a quick example of what the pages look like:

As you can see, they keep things very simple and lightweight.  Now, I wouldn’t say this would be the perfect way to publish an entire website – however it is handy if you want to share something you have written online – but don’t want to go through all the trouble of finding a fancy place to host it.  Just write it up, publish and share the link.  It really is super simple to do.

If you want to claim your own pen.io page, head on over to their website.  If you publish anything with it, be sure to leave a link to it in the comments too!

Looking for an easy way to turn your WordPress powered blog into a book? Anthologize is a plugin for WordPress that will turn WordPress into a platform for publishing electronic text.  Anthologize gives you all the tools you need to publish your work in a new and exciting way.

Once you have this plugin installed, you can grab your own posts, import feeds for other websites or create new content within Anthologize.  Then all you need to do is edit your work, put it in a basic outline format and then publish.  You can export your masterpiece as a PDF, ePUB, or TEI based file.

If you have ever dreamed of publishing some of your blog posts together, in an easy to download format, Anthologize gives you all the basic tools to get the job done.

As somebody who did this the hard way with Word and a few select plugins and work arounds, I wish I had Anthologize handy when putting together my Everyone is a Marketer eBook.  It probably would have saved me a lot of time. I will definitely be giving Anthologize a closer look when it comes to any future publishing I might do.

You can pick up Anthologize for free and start turning your blog into a book today.

Looking for a simple and shareable notepad on the Web?

Wrttn hopes to the the Web 2.0 service you have been looking for.  It has to be the most straight forward online notepad I have seen, but still brings home several features that make it really useful.

For example, if you don’t have your own place to blog about something you feel passionate about, you could write it on Wrttn and then share it with the world.

You can also easily embed YouTube, Flickr, and Vimeo content into your notes you create with this tool too.  Want to make things a little more stylish looking?  Drop in some custom CSS code by clicking the Options link, from the main page.

In what ways can you write your content up? Well, you can use markdown, textile,  plain text or html.  The choice is up to you.  To learn more about Wrttn.me, make sure you go check out the website.  If you find it handy, be sure to list some of your creations in the comments.

• Dotclear – Great Blogging Alternative
• Easy Blog Publishing with Zomplog
• Eggblog, the Free PHP MySQL Blogging Script
• Beautiful Blogging with Textpattern
• Database-less Blogging with Flatpress
• A Wiki/Blog Hybrid in WikyBlog
• Habari = Next Generation Blogging Script?
• WordPress Sucks? Try Nucleus CMS
• Small, Yet Powerful Blogging with Pritlog
• Media Publishing Made Easier with Loudblog
• LifeType is Your Blogging Solution?
• Flexible Blogging/CMS with Serendipity
• The King of Kings is WordPress

Have any other blogging script suggestions you would like for me to check out?

The install is simple, and famous for being able to be done in 5 minutes or less.  As far as features go, you have link management, post categories, tags, auto-saving of posts, categories, and more.  It would take me days to list them all.

Here is video of WordPress 2.7 doing what it does so well:

You have plugins and themes included too, which means you can customize and add features you might need, but the developers for got about. Here are a few more usual WordPress links that any WordPress fanatic should have handy:

• Themes Directory
• Plugins Directory

I haven’t had much time yet to really play with an appreciate the newest version of WordPress yet, but from what I have seen thus far – WordPress 2.7 is a great improvement visually over the previous versions.  You can pick up WordPress via WordPress.org.

Designed for speed and ease of use, WikyBlog has a unique AJAX enhanced tabbed interface that enables users to view and edit multiple files within the same page. Custom templates, file attachments, a flexible user privilege system, and Google Maps number among its many features.

To check out more features WikyBlog provides, visit the features list.  The install process does not look too complicated.  From what I could find, you just need to upload, create your database, and configure.  They do note you might need access to mod_rewrite and a .htaccess file too.  That should not be to hard to get setup on today’s usual shared hosting plan.

Want to give it a shot for yourself?  Check out the live demo on OpenSourceCMS.com.

All in all, WikyBlog looks nice if you are looking for a change, however the navigation interface confused me some.  Almost like they are trying to do too many cool navigational tweaks.  However, I would still suggest giving it a shot if you need a new way to manage and collaborate on your own blog.. err.. wiki… umm… WikyBlog!

Who says this Internet thing isn’t a great learning device? This made it easy to pick up pointers on how to link inside of the document, and then how to export to PDF and secure the document up some so that it could not be edited. I would suggest anybody bookmark this video and play it again if you ever want to get into the basics of digital publishing yourself.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am totally happy with WordPress – but, there are several cool alternatives that might be worth checking out for your next web project.

Drupal – Drupal is a little more of a WordPress on steroids. Lots of goodies and better membership system in place too.

Nucleus CMS – Possibly the best WordPress alternative out there. Gives you all the same features, add-ons, plugins and support.

Textpattern – Flexable and open source blogging solution – much of the same WordPress look and feel.

Serendipity – This is a PHP-powered weblog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain a weblog or even a complete homepage.

Joomla – Like Drupal, might be too feature rich for the casual blogging fan – but a good engine for in depth web sites or basic blogs.

LifeType – A “state of the art blogging solution” is how LifeType describes themselves.

Habari – Looking at more blogging script alternatives, I ran across one that promises to be, “next-generation blogging.”.  I don’t even know what that means, but I do have to admit Habari has a bright future in t-shirt slogans if nothing else.

Wikiblog – This one tries to mix the blogging and wiki sides of things into an interesting mashup of content creation.

eggblog – While a little light on documentation, Eggblog looks to be a nice alternative blogging script for those of you who might not want to follow the fold and use WordPress or one of the other more popular solutions out there.

There you have it – nine other tools you can use to get your content published and your articles out there to the world. Have one I missed?