PressBooks is Going Open Source
PressBooks, the DIY self-publishing tool built on WordPress, is going open source. The digital publisher has plans to release a WordPress plugin under the open source GPL license around the end of January that will let the authors and publishers who use the tool create their own fully-customizable version of PressBooks.
The publisher has four reasons for wanting to make its tool open including to be a part of promoting books on the open web. Here is more from the PressBooks blog: “We believe the future of books requires new models, and new models need open platforms to allow publishers and authors to experiment. We
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