PressBooks is a web-based digital book publishing tool built on WordPress that allows for collaborative editing and simple generation of books in multiple formats like HTML, ePub, and print-ready PDF. It offers features like clean formatting, XML workflow, editorial team collaboration in the cloud, and customization options for look and feel or output to specific specs.

1. PressBooks
A web-based digital
book publishing
workflow tool
(built on WordPress).

3. PressBooks Characteristics:
* PressBooks makes it easy to generate clean, well-
formatted books in multiple outputs
* PressBooks is so simple you won’t even know it’s an XML workflow tool
* PressBooks makes it easy for an editorial team to
work together on a book
* PressBooks puts your books in the cloud, in
structured mark-up -- giving you flexibility for the
future

4. Export formats:
* Web (HTML - private or public)
* ePub (standard ebook format)
* Print-on-Demand ready/typeset PDFs (for
standard layouts)
* InDesign ready XML (for high-end design)
* Other XML flavors (coming soon)
still experimental

5. What else can we do (with customization):
* Customize look & feel
* Output to specific typeset/print-ready PDF
template specs
* Output to specific ePub specs
* Output to other XML flavors
* Provide online, subscription-based books, to
readers

6. pressbooks
“cover”

7. pressbooks
“cover”
metadata

8. web
readview
(private or
public)

9. readview
toc

10. readview
comments:
editorial
feedback

11. alternate
readview
(easy themeing)

12. readview
for mobile

13. valid epub
exports
valid
epubs

14. ibooks

15. kindle for
iphone

16. kobo

17. typeset PDF
for print or
print on demand

22. admin
dashboard

23. metadata/
book info

24. the text!

25. editing view

26. editing view
fullscreen

27. file exports

28. Contact:
Hugh McGuire
hugh@pressbooks.com
+1.514.464.2047
http://pressbooks.com