{"id":232,"date":"2019-10-23T09:56:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=232"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:53:10","slug":"why-pressbooks","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/front-matter\/why-pressbooks\/","title":{"raw":"Why Pressbooks?","rendered":"Why Pressbooks?"},"content":{"raw":"<h1><strong>Please feel free to log onto your computer and visit my catalog at Pressbooks <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/catalog\/kirkeyj\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/catalog\/kirkeyj<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n<h1>This whole \"presentation\" is there - this is being done in Pressbooks<\/h1>\r\n<h1>Why should YOU use Pressbooks?<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Pressbooks is a publishing platform.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It looks great on the web.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It looks great in print.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>It exports easily to a variety of formats including PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Kindle .[footnote]\"PDFs are where textbooks go to die.\" says Clint Lalonde, UBC and BCcampus Tech guru.[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Open textbooks, or the more general OER or Open Educational Resources are books that are copyright free, normally available at low or no costs to students. Free and legal to share and modify.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>BCcampus[footnote]https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/[\/footnote]\u00a0preferred[footnote]BCcampus is funded by the Ministry of Advanced Skills and Training. https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/about-us\/[\/footnote] format\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Based on WordPress[footnote]https:\/\/wordpress.org\/. 45% of the Web uses WordPress https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/details\/cm-wordpress[\/footnote], so already familiar to many people.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h1><strong>Please feel free to log onto your computer and visit my catalog at Pressbooks <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/catalog\/kirkeyj\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/catalog\/kirkeyj<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1>This whole &#8220;presentation&#8221; is there &#8211; this is being done in Pressbooks<\/h1>\n<h1>Why should YOU use Pressbooks?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Pressbooks is a publishing platform.<\/li>\n<li>It looks great on the web.<\/li>\n<li>It looks great in print.<\/li>\n<li>It exports easily to a variety of formats including PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Kindle .<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"&quot;PDFs are where textbooks go to die.&quot; says Clint Lalonde, UBC and BCcampus Tech guru.\" id=\"return-footnote-232-1\" href=\"#footnote-232-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open textbooks, or the more general OER or Open Educational Resources are books that are copyright free, normally available at low or no costs to students. Free and legal to share and modify.<\/li>\n<li>BCcampus<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/\" id=\"return-footnote-232-2\" href=\"#footnote-232-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0preferred<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"BCcampus is funded by the Ministry of Advanced Skills and Training. https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/about-us\/\" id=\"return-footnote-232-3\" href=\"#footnote-232-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a> format\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Based on WordPress<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/. 45% of the Web uses WordPress https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/details\/cm-wordpress\" id=\"return-footnote-232-4\" href=\"#footnote-232-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a>, so already familiar to many people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-232-1\">\"PDFs are where textbooks go to die.\" says Clint Lalonde, UBC and BCcampus Tech guru. <a href=\"#return-footnote-232-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-232-2\">https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/ <a href=\"#return-footnote-232-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-232-3\">BCcampus is funded by the Ministry of Advanced Skills and Training. https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/about-us\/ <a href=\"#return-footnote-232-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-232-4\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/. 45% of the Web uses WordPress https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/details\/cm-wordpress <a href=\"#return-footnote-232-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-232","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/232\/revisions\/493"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/232\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}