Democratize the other publishing: WordPress tools for creating offline documents - WPCampus 2021
Channel: WPCampus: Where WordPress meets higher education
Date: 2021-10-06

Can WordPress be used to write essays, research papers, or even printed textbooks? It's not only possible, but it also has many advantages. WordPress has many plugins and tools for creating PDFs, ebooks, and print. Hugh and Michael are creators of two different approaches to this challenge, both built on the WordPress platform: the Print My Blog plugin, and Pressbooks, especially used in academia to power Open Educational Resource (OER) publishing. In this presentation, they'll cover the benefits and challenges of using WordPress to create documents traditionally done using InDesign, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and the like. They'll talk about a philosophy of reader choice, and marrying the benefits of print with the power of the web. They'll also cover some of the many tools in the WordPress ecosystem, such as Pressbooks, Anthologize, Eight Day Week, MPL Publisher and Print My Blog.

They’re excited at WordPress’ potential to democratize publishing again—this time in the offline publishing space.

You can learn more about this session on the WPCampus 2021 Online website: https://2021.wpcampus.org/schedule/democratize-the-other-publishing-wordpress-tools-for-creating-offline-documents

Presenter:
Michael Nelson
Hugh McGuire

What is WPCampus?
WPCampus 2021 Online was the ninth conference for the WPCampus community, a gathering of web professionals, educators and people dedicated to the confluence of WordPress in higher education. The event took place online on September 21-22, 2021. Learn more about the event at https://2021.wpcampus.org.