African Storybook vs Pressbooks
African Storybook
africanstorybook.org
Pressbooks
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| Figure | African Storybook | Pressbooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 7 |
| Spec score · Open Educational Resource Platforms | 8.9 (#2) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Audience | The materials target children from about age two through the first three years of primary school. | Its platform serves individual creators, educational institutions, consortia, independent and university presses, and DIY creators. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Purpose | The initiative develops and publishes contextually appropriate picture storybooks in African languages to support children’s literacy, enjoyment and imagination. | Pressbooks helps authors and educational institutions create, adapt, and share accessible digital books and learning materials. |
| Support | The site publishes a support email address and telephone number and links to help and notes for reporting story quality issues. | Enterprise customers receive personalized onboarding, end-user training, troubleshooting, responsive service, and webinars. |
| What it does | African Storybook provides openly licensed picture storybooks intended to support literacy, enjoyment and imagination for children in African languages. | Pressbooks is a WordPress Multisite based book content-management system for publishing webbooks and exporting books to digital, print and XML formats. |
Plans
Pressbooks
- Free TrialFree
- Single Author$12 a month
- Collaboration$40 a month
- Single Author$120 a year
- Collaboration$400 a year
- Institutional Network$5,999 a year
- Shared Network$15,999 a year
In their own words
African Storybook
African Storybook develops and publishes picture storybooks in African languages to support children’s literacy, enjoyment and imagination. Its stories and tools are intended for children aged two to ten, including early childhood and the first three years of primary school. The free Reader app lets parents and children access books offline. With the free Maker app, people can create storybooks offline on a phone or tablet, then publish them to the website once connected. Website tools also support creating, translating and adapting picture books, and readers can download titles for offline reading or print them. Stories may be read, copied, adapted and translated without payment or permission, subject to attribution and any non-commercial restriction attached to a particular story. Creating, adapting or translating requires registration; users must be at least 18 or have parent or guardian permission. The site distinguishes ASb-approved stories from those made on the website or in the Maker app that have not been checked. It also offers video and written guidance on using and developing picture storybooks. The initiative is free, with Android, iOS and web access.
Pressbooks
Pressbooks has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.