I gave a presentation yesterday, at the Berlin Publisher Forum, talking about the design principles behind PressBooks, and our objectives (see slides below).
Three Design Principles underpinning PressBooks
- PressBooks should be easy for anyone to use (even me).
- Input text once / output in every format: EPUB, MOBI, WEB AND PRINT.
- The web will win in the end (and future-proofing your workflow now is a good idea).
Three Objectives for PressBooks (or, what shall we do with our Design Principles?)
- (Short-term) Allow anyone to make a beautiful book.
- (Medium term) Make PressBooks the best book publishing tool in the world.
- (Long term) Bring the stuff of books onto web, into the network.
And … the slides: