pressbookssimple online book production.

PDF. EPUB. MOBI. WEB.

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Pressbooks is a simple online book production platform that outputs:

* camera-ready, designed interior PDFs …for print & print-on-demand

* MOBI files, optimized for all kinds of Kindle devices (from legacy eink Kindles right up to the latest Fire)

* EPUB files, optimized for iBooks, Kobo, Nook, Google Play and others

In addition, Pressbooks:

• keeps all your production files in one place

• can be easily managed & edited by non-technical staff

• replaces outsourcing, and back-and-forths with freelancers and offshore suppliers

• reduces costs and increases speed to market

the interface:

import from word:

arrange your text:

edit a chapter:

choose a theme:

export your book in PDF, EPUB & MOBI:

Pressbooks output samples:

Pressbooks' bread & butter is novels , and nonfiction. The advantage for publishers is they get camera-ready PDFs for print, as well as ebook files, from a single, easily-edited online interface. Here are some sample outputs:

We work with a number of university presses, and we've added features such as good support for footnotes. This example is from the University of Minnesota Press:

One of our clients, Fortress Press, publishes scholarly monographs on theology, with requirements for support of ancient Greek and biblical Hebrew:

University of British Columbia Press wanted a specific look & feel, so we built a custom theme:

We've done some more customized non-fiction work with, for instance, the Wall Street Journal:

As well as more standard non-fiction with WSJ:

Newsweek Europe uses Pressbooks for it's Newsweek Insights publishing imprint, which publishes short ebooks and print-on-demand titles.

One great application for Pressbooks: books that need to be updated constantly. Our client Wrongful Dismissal Inc. is a legal publisher, and issues new versions of its books every 6 months or so, to keep up with case law:

One of our corporate clients produces learning materials, Palo Alto Networks Academy:

NGO, and corporate reports/whitepapers are another market where Pressbooks efficiencies are hugely valuable. Here's a white paper from the Syrian Justice and Accountability Center:

And … a much more complex project we did with PATH/Joint Learning Network:

Finally, we helped the communications department at Andreessen Horowitz transform Marc Andreessen's blog archive into a book:

NOTE: for every print design template, we have a corresponding (and tested!) ebook design (in all formats).

iBooks Kindle Fire

Kindle Paperwhite

Kobo (Android)

In all these cases our clients get a simple online content management system that outputs all the book files they need to publish: — a professional, typeset PDF ready to go to the printer — a designed EPUB file that will look great in Apple's ebook platform, as well as Kobo, Nook etc — a MOBI file optimized for all Amazon/Kindle devices — a beautiful & mobile-friendly web version (for those that want it!) — lifetime ability to make changes & reexport new files, with no additional costs.

… all without having to learn* how to code or design books (*OK, so: knowing very basic HTML helps)

For more information contact: Hugh McGuire hugh@pressbooks.com +1.514.464.2047