Software:Pressbooks
 Logo as of August 2022 | |
| Developer(s) | Book Oven, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2011 |
| Stable release | 5.20.1
/ 27 April 2021 |
| Repository | https://github.com/pressbooks |
| Written in | PHP |
| Platform | WordPress |
| Type | content management system |
| License | GNU GPLv3 |
| Website | https://pressbooks.org/ |
Pressbooks is an open source content management system designed for creating books. It is based on WordPress, and can export content in many formats for ebooks, webbooks or print.[1]
History
Pressbooks is developed by Book Oven, Inc., a Montreal -based company founded in 2011 by Hugh McGuire (who also founded the audio book platform LibriVox).[1][2][3] Originally aimed at self-publishing authors, in 2017 Pressbooks shifted its focus to work with universities on academic and textbook publishing.[3]
Overview
The software is built on WordPress Multisite with modification of the admin and reader interfaces to reflect the intention of authoring books, a choice of themes for formating books, and to allow the export of books in print-ready PDF, mobi, ePub, and many other open formats.[4][5] It is available as a hosted service for self-publishers (pressbooks.com), supported institutional hosting (PressbooksEdu), third party hosts, or self-hosting of the software available from pressbooks.org.
Pressbooks is often used to create open textbooks and other forms of open educational resource, for example at the following institutions:
- University of Hawaii[6]
- University of California, Berkeley[7]
- University of Kansas[8]
- eCampusOntario[9]
- Unizin Consortium[10]
- Indiana University[11]
- Illinois University[12]
- BCcampus[13]
- Michigan State University[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rooney, Mick (2015-03-18). "PressBooks – Reviewed". The Independent Publishing Magazine. http://www.theindependentpublishingmagazine.com/2015/03/pressbooks-reviewed.html.
- ↑ "BiblioBoard, Pressbooks partner on library-based self-publishing". The Bookseller. 2015-11-13. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/biblioboard-and-pressbooks-partner-library-based-self-publishing-316533.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McGrath, Taylor (2017). "2. Overview of Pressbooks". Library is the new publisher. https://libraryisthenewpublisher.pressbooks.com/chapter/overview-of-pressbooks/. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ↑ "Pressbooks - about". https://pressbooks.com/about/.
- ↑ "Pressbooks.org". https://pressbooks.org/.
- ↑ "How the University of Hawaii is solving today's higher ed problems". February 3, 2017. https://opensource.com/article/17/2/interview-education-billy-meinke.
- ↑ "UC Berkeley becomes first university to offer PressbooksEDU to entire campus community". April 3, 2018. https://news.lib.berkeley.edu/pressbooks.
- ↑ Bobkowski, Peter; Younger, Karna (2018). "Be Credible". Pressbooks. https://otn.pressbooks.pub/becredible/. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Pressbooks now available to eCampusOntario member institutions". April 3, 2018. https://www.ecampusontario.ca/pressbooks-now-available-to-ecampusontario-member-institutions/.
- ↑ "Pressbooks Hosting through Unizin". https://unizin.org/solutions/content/production/pressbooks-hosting/.
- ↑ "About Pressbooks at IU". https://kb.iu.edu/d/aobs.
- ↑ "Publishing in Pressbooks". https://guides.library.illinois.edu/pressbooks.
- ↑ "BC Open Textbooks". https://opentextbc.ca/.
- ↑ "Open Textbook Publishing – OER at MSU Libraries" (in en-US). https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/.
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