ePubEditor vs Pressbooks
ePubEditor
epubeditor.it
Pressbooks
pressbooks.orgSide by side
| Figure | ePubEditor | Pressbooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €3/mo | $12/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 5 |
| Spec score · eBook Creation Software | 9.1 (#4) | 8.6 (#7) |
| Audience | The maker describes it as particularly suitable for educational and textbook-related purposes, including use with tablets such as Apple iPad. | Pressbooks identifies educational institutions, academic presses, small publishers, and individual authors as users. |
| Interactive content | Ebooks can include multiple-choice, true/false, gap-fill, drag-and-drop, association, and other interactive exercises. | H5P can be used to create, copy or embed quizzes and other interactive activities. |
| Self-hosting | Official documentation describes a hosted browser service requiring internet access and does not document self-hosted deployment. | Organizations can run their own Pressbooks network, but must install dependencies and handle ongoing software and security updates. |
| Support | The maker lists email assistance at [email protected] and offers optional Kindle conversion, professional print PDF and EPUB editing services. | Enterprise customers receive onboarding, email support, typically one-to-two-business-day responses, training and guidance on publishing and integrations. |
| What it does | ePubEditor is an online authoring environment for multimedia and interactive EPUB3 ebooks aimed at publishing, training and education. | Pressbooks is a book content-management system for publishing webbooks and exporting EPUB, PDF and XML formats. |
Plans
ePubEditor
- FREEFree
- FREEFree
- PREMIUM SINGLE€36 a year
- PREMIUM SINGLE€36 a year
- PREMIUM TEAM€99 a year
- PREMIUM TEAM€99 a year
- PREMIUM TEAM EXTENDED€299 a year
- PREMIUM TEAM EXTENDED€299 a year
Pressbooks
- Free TrialFree
- Single Author$12 a month
- Collaboration$40 a month
- Institutional Network$5,999 a year
- Shared Network$15,999 a year
In their own words
ePubEditor
ePubEditor is an online environment for authoring EPUB3 ebooks, including multimedia and interactive content. It is particularly suited to educational and textbook projects, including use with tablets such as Apple iPad. Authors can add images, MP3 audio, and MP4 video, or embed videos such as YouTube. Exercise types include multiple choice, true/false, gap-fill, drag-and-drop, and association activities. The editor imports ODT documents and can export EPUB3, EPUB2, PDF, SCORM, or a web microsite, depending on plan features. SCORM exports can be used in compatible e-learning platforms such as Moodle, with use tracking. The free plan costs nothing and provides basic features for one user. Premium Single costs €36 a year; Premium Team costs €99 a year for up to 35 users; Premium Team Extended costs €299 a year for unlimited users within one institution or business. A free 30-day trial of the full Team Extended version is available through a team code, after which the account returns to the free plan. It supports Android, iOS, and web.
Pressbooks
Pressbooks has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.