Research Guides: Open Education Resources (OERs): Pressbooks

Writing, Revising, or Adapting an Open Textbook

Pressbooks is simple book production software that allows you to write your own book, or import your manuscript, and export into several file formats you need to publish your books including MOBI(for Kindle), EPUB, and PDF and more.

Pressbooks options:

Pressbooks at TRU
- To request a TRU Pressbooks Account, email: learningtech@tru.ca
Pressbooks through BCcampus

Need help setting up your account? Watch these short videos on Pressbooks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdPVbXjWoE&list=PLgxjX9d2E6q6-SJtTiQGklui20yEyuU-a.

Check out the BC Open Textbook Adaptation Guide for information about adapting and creating open textbooks.

You can adapt this open guide: OER Creation and Adaptation: A Brief Workshop Guide (by Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Ph.D.)

TRU Pressbooks Catalogue
Check out the OER's created by TRU faculty and hosted on TRU's own Pressbooks server.

Pressbooks Help

When you decide to get started with adapting or creating an Open Text, there are supports available for you:

For Technical Support in Pressbooks: Contact Ken Monroe – kmonroe@tru.ca or ext. 8440 in the Learning Design and Innovation (LDI) Department. Ken can provide support including: importing a book, editing text or media, inserting other multimedia elements and more.
Copyright and Editing: Contact Danielle Collins, TRU's Supervisor of Editing and Copyright dcollins@tru.ca or ext. 6823. If you have any questions about copyright or require editing support, connect with Dani. She will start by having a discussion with you regarding the scope of work required and from their provide support resources as they are available.