diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml
index 3740a749..ef3c50da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish:
+        description: 'publish the book to github pages for connect cloud deployment'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 name: build-book
 
@@ -42,33 +48,18 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: sudo apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-dev asymptote
 
-      - name: Build Gitbook
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        run: make gitbook
-
-      - name: Build and Deploy all book
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        env:
-          CONNECT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.RSC_BOOKDOWN_ORG_TOKEN }}
-          CONTENT_ID: 7b3dedfa-fd98-45dd-bec4-75d915fb27dd
+      - name: Build book
         run: make all
 
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        env:
-          URL: https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown-cookbook/
+      - name: Deploy to gh-pages
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
         with:
-          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-          script: |
-            github.rest.repos.createCommitStatus({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              sha: context.sha,
-              state: "success",
-              target_url: "${{ env.URL}}",
-              description: "Book deployed!",
-              context: "bookdown.org"
-            })
+          branch: gh-pages
+          folder: _book
+          clean: true
+          single-commit: true
+          dry-run: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && (github.event.inputs.publish == 'false' || github.event.inputs.publish == false)) || false }}
 
       - name: Upload book folder for debug
         if: failure()
diff --git a/_render.R b/_render.R
index 4c0028ec..358e27fd 100644
--- a/_render.R
+++ b/_render.R
@@ -21,24 +21,3 @@ redirect = function(from, to) {
 
 redirect('r-markdown-components.html', 'rmarkdown-process.html')
 redirect('acknowledgements.html', 'acknowledgments.html')
-
-
-if (length(formats) > 1) {
-  if (!is.na(Sys.getenv('CI', NA))) {
-    xfun::pkg_load2("rsconnect")
-    # On CI connect to server, using API KEY and deploy using appId
-    rsconnect::addConnectServer('https://bookdown.org', 'bookdown.org')
-    rsconnect::connectApiUser(
-      account = 'GHA', server = 'bookdown.org',
-      apiKey = Sys.getenv('CONNECT_API_KEY')
-    )
-    rsconnect::deploySite(
-      appId = Sys.getenv('CONTENT_ID'),
-      server = 'bookdown.org',
-      render = 'none', logLevel = 'verbose',
-      forceUpdate = TRUE)
-  } else if (Sys.getenv('USER') == 'yihui') {
-    # for local deployment when rsconnect/ is available
-    bookdown::publish_book('rmarkdown-cookbook', server = 'bookdown.org', render = 'none')
-  }
-}