UW Libraries Pressbooks is an authoring platform that allows UW faculty, staff and students to create and publish Open Educational Resources.
Visit to UW Libraries Pressbooks to get started and create an account.
Easy to use online book writing software provided by the UW Libraries.
Free for current UW students, faculty and staff.
Lets you create online and downloadable (PDF, ePub, etc) books
Write your book in Pressbooks, or easily import content from Word
Several people can work on the same book, with different roles and permissions
Easily apply an open license to your book and chapter
UW libraries Pressbooks is intended to be used for the creation of openly licensed course materials, and Libraries staff rovide support for faculty and students who are using Pressbooks for teaching & learning related publications.Support includes consultations and guidance for UW instructors who are using it to create course materials (such as textbooks) that save students money and are openly licensed allowing for derivative works.