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
[edit]Pressbooks is developed by Book Oven, Inc., a Montréal-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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Rooney, Mick (2015-03-18). "PressBooks – Reviewed". The Independent Publishing Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "BiblioBoard, Pressbooks partner on library-based self-publishing". The Bookseller. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ a b McGrath, Taylor (2017). "2. Overview of Pressbooks". Library is the new publisher. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "Pressbooks - about". Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "Pressbooks.org". Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "How the University of Hawaii is solving today's higher ed problems". Opensource.com. February 3, 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "UC Berkeley becomes first university to offer PressbooksEDU to entire campus community". Berkeley Library News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Bobkowski, Peter; Younger, Karna (2018). "Be Credible". Pressbooks. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Pressbooks now available to eCampusOntario member institutions". eCampusOntario. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "Pressbooks Hosting through Unizin". Unizin Consortium. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "About Pressbooks at IU". Indiana University. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "Publishing in Pressbooks". Illinois Library. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "BC Open Textbooks". Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "Open Textbook Publishing – OER at MSU Libraries". Retrieved 2022-10-20.