Pressbooks

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On the record

Accessibility

The service advertises fully accessible digital books conforming to WCAG 2.2 and says its VPATs cover authoring and reading interfaces at A and AA levels.pressbooks.org · read 15 Oct 2026

API documentation depth

The API is self-describing through OPTIONS requests and a context=help schema query, with separate endpoints for books and the multisite root.pressbooks.org · read 15 Oct 2026

Audience

Pressbooks identifies educational institutions, academic presses, small publishers, and individual authors as users.pressbooks.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Book organization

Authors can structure books with front matter, back matter, parts and chapters.pressbooks.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company

Pressbooks says it began in Montreal and its team is now fully remote across Canada, the United States, and beyond.pressbooks.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Company founding

LinkedIn lists 2011 as the founding year, matching Pressbooks’ own account that Hugh McGuire founded it that year.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company headquarters

LinkedIn lists Montreal, Quebec as Pressbooks’ headquarters.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company size

LinkedIn lists Pressbooks as a privately held book and periodical publishing company with 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Developer resources

Official developer guides cover local setup, PHPStorm configuration, branching, coding standards, unit testing, theme development and the REST API.pressbooks.org · read 15 Oct 2026

Editing and exports

Self-Publisher supports importing content, organizing books into parts and chapters, and exporting files including PDF, EPUB, XML, XHTML, and Common Cartridge.pressbooks.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Export dependencies

Self-hosted installations require tools such as Ghostscript, ImageMagick, Poppler utilities, PrinceXML or DocRaptor, EPUBCheck and xmllint for various export functions.pressbooks.org · read 15 Oct 2026

Export limitation

The open-source mPDF PDF-export plugin is no longer maintained, so the installation guide advises using it at the operator’s own risk.pressbooks.org · read 15 Oct 2026

Grade passback

Pressbooks Results can send scores from gradable H5P activities to an LMS gradebook.pressbooks.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Hosting options

Users can use the hosted Self-Publisher service, have Pressbooks host an Enterprise Network, or host and maintain their own network.pressbooks.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Interactive content

H5P can be used to create, copy or embed quizzes and other interactive activities.pressbooks.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Legal founder

Pressbooks identifies Hugh McGuire as its founder and says the team operates remotely across Canada, the United States and elsewhere.pressbooks.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: customization

An independent review says the template-based design is less flexible than bespoke design software such as Adobe InDesign.toptenpublishers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: distribution

An independent review notes that Pressbooks does not distribute books to retailers, so authors must upload exported files themselves.toptenpublishers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

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