Pressbooks vs TapBookAuthor
Pressbooks
pressbooks.orgTapBookAuthor
tapbookauthor.comSide by side
| Figure | Pressbooks | TapBookAuthor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12/mo | $89/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · eBook Creation Software | 8.6 (#7) | 8.2 (#10) |
| Audience | Pressbooks identifies educational institutions, academic presses, small publishers, and individual authors as users. | The maker describes the product as suitable for big publishers and self-published authors. |
| Company headquarters | LinkedIn lists Montreal, Quebec as Pressbooks’ headquarters. | The maker lists Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway as its visiting address. |
| Company size | LinkedIn lists Pressbooks as a privately held book and periodical publishing company with 11–50 employees. | aVenture lists five employees. |
| Support | Enterprise customers receive onboarding, email support, typically one-to-two-business-day responses, training and guidance on publishing and integrations. | The maker offers to demonstrate the tool virtually or in person and provides sales contact details. |
| What it does | Pressbooks is a book content-management system for publishing webbooks and exporting EPUB, PDF and XML formats. | TapBookAuthor is a browser-based tool for creating and publishing interactive e-book applications without programming. |
Plans
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
Pressbooks
Pressbooks has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
TapBookAuthor
TapBookAuthor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.