PressBooks, an eBook editing and self-publishing service based on
WordPress,
has announced its pricing plans and is nearing a formal launch.
The service, which has been in beta for some time, enables writers to
collaboratively create
eBooks, either online or via file uploads.
Existing WordPress users can selectively convert their blogs into eBooks
using PressBooks. The service outputs
EPUBs for
Apple iBooks,
Barnes
& Noble's
Nook and
Kobo, converts EPUBs to
Amazon's Kindle formats,
creates public or private web versions of eBooks and exports to
PDF for
print-on-demand. PressBooks offers an assortment of templates that are
optimized for different eReading platforms. It can directly post eBooks
into
Apple's, Barnes & Noble's and Kobo's eBookstores, or
self-publishers can download the files and manage their own
distribution. (Apparently, self-publishers will have to post titles into
Amazon's Kindle Store themselves.)
The new pricing plans, which appear to still be under discussion, are as follows:
- The first five books are free (beta users who've already created eBooks
are exempt from monthly pricing on those titles, and will be entitled to
five more free titles.)
- Up to 20 books: $50/month.
- Up to 200 books: $200/month.
- Distribution to the Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kindle eBookstores will cost a one-time fee of $100/book + $25/year/book.
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