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About Pressbooks
Pressbooks is a browser-based publishing platform for creating, adapting and sharing digital books and learning materials. Authors and institutions write in the web editor and share their work in several export formats. Content can include embedded YouTube videos, H5P quizzes and Hypothesis annotations, and the platform focuses on meeting accessibility standards.
It comes in two versions: Pressbooks Self-Publisher for individual authors and Pressbooks Enterprise for organizations and schools. The free Pressbooks Directory lists thousands of open access books that can be copied and adapted.
Strengths
- Exports books in several formats from one source
- Supports interactive content such as H5P quizzes and annotations
- Free directory of open access books to adapt
- Focus on accessibility standards
Limitations
- Pricing is not published on the homepage
- Enterprise plans are aimed at institutions and sold through demos
- Works only as an online service
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPrices are not listed on the homepage; enterprise plans start with a demo request.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Pressbooks
- Platforms
- Web
- How it runs
- Web application, Hosted service
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Educators and authors publishing open textbooks and digital books
- Categories
- Ebook tools, Learning tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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