Introduction to "PressBooks Public" Self-Publishing Online Platform

The “Writers’ Corner” on Fort Bend County Libraries’ website (www.fortbend.lib.tx.us) includes three unique tools - PressBooks Public, the Indie Author Project, and the BiblioBoard Library - that enable writers, as well as readers, to create, publish, and discover digital content made by and for the local community.
The first instrument in the suite of resources - PressBooks Public - is a digital self-publishing tool designed to help aspiring writers easily create their own professional-quality print-ready and ebook files that can be distributed commercially or shared in FBCL’s Writers’ Corner. Users have unlimited access to this resource, which requires no previous design or tech experience.
Writers can choose from a variety of premade design templates to instantly give their book a professional layout. The author maintains complete ownership of any and all book files created using PressBooks Public, and they can publish or distribute those files however they choose.
Creating a username and password is required for using the PressBooks Public and BiblioBoard Library features. Having an account enables writers to create and store their works in the PressBooks Public tool, and it allows readers to access the BiblioBoard Library ebook they are reading from locations outside the county, use “bookmarks,” and sync their preferences. The same username and password will accommodate both the PressBooks Public and BiblioBoard Library features.
When creating an account, users will select Fort Bend County Libraries and then enter their library-card barcode number. FBCL will then be saved as their preferred library for future access.
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[@emily7551]

This is exciting❤Thank you :-)

[@emily7551]

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Trusting that I am able to reach this goal, of completing a worthwhile book, as I envision it,
I wonder..
Do you have guidance on how to distribute & sell it online? Or.
Haha, where to find such a guide?
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