A short presentation on Pressbooks, the simple online book production tool, and some of the clients making books with us (for print, Kindle and other ebook platforms). Featuring books from, among others: the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek Europe, University of Minnesota Press, Fortress Press, Wrongful Dismissal Inc. ... contact: support@pressbooks.com for more information.

1. pressbooks
simple online book production.
PDF. EPUB. MOBI. WEB.
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2. 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

3. 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

4. the interface:

5. import from word:

7. arrange your text:

9. edit a chapter:

11. choose a theme:

13. export your book in
PDF, EPUB & MOBI:

15. Pressbooks
output samples:

16. Pressbooks'bread&butterisnovels,
andnonfiction.Theadvantagefor
publishersistheygetcamera-ready
PDFsforprint,aswellasebookfiles,
fromasingle,easily-editedonline
interface.Herearesomesample
outputs:

22. Weworkwithanumberofuniversity
presses,andwe've addedfeaturessuch
asgoodsupportfor footnotes.This
exampleisfromtheUniversityof
MinnesotaPress:

26. Oneofourclients,FortressPress,
publishesscholarlymonographson
theology,withrequirementsfor
supportofancientGreekandbiblical
Hebrew:

29. UniversityofBritishColumbiaPress
wantedaspecificlook&feel,sowebuilt
acustomtheme:

35. We'vedonesomemorecustomized
non-fictionworkwith,forinstance,
theWallStreetJournal:

40. Aswellasmorestandardnon-fiction
withWSJ:

43. NewsweekEuropeusesPressbooksfor
it'sNewsweekInsightspublishing
imprint,whichpublishesshortebooks
andprint-on-demandtitles.

48. OnegreatapplicationforPressbooks:
booksthatneedtobeupdated
constantly.OurclientWrongful
DismissalInc.isalegalpublisher,and
issuesnewversionsofitsbooksevery6
monthsorso,tokeepupwithcaselaw:

51. Oneofourcorporateclientsproduces
learningmaterials,PaloAltoNetworks
Academy:

55. NGO,andcorporatereports/
whitepapersareanothermarketwhere
Pressbooksefficienciesarehugely
valuable.Here'sawhitepaperfromthe
SyrianJusticeandAccountability
Center:

58. And…amuchmorecomplexprojectwe
didwithPATH/JointLearning
Network:

64. Finally,wehelpedthecommunications
departmentatAndreessenHorowitz
transformMarcAndreessen'sblog
archiveintoabook:

67. NOTE:
foreveryprintdesigntemplate,wehave
acorresponding(andtested!)ebook
design(inallformats).

68. iBooks
Kindle
Fire
Kindle
Paperwhite
Kobo
(Android)

69. 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)

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