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Why Skills Are Becoming the New Measure of Workforce Readiness
In 2022, Delaware’s Department of Human Resources went through its Family Service Specialist job postings and replaced the bachelor’s degree requirement with a line about relevant work experience. Applications went up 575 per cent. That number says less about the degree requirement than about who was already there: people doing adjacent work, capable of the job, invisible to the hiring process because the posting was…
Pressbooks is Backbone for Nascent OER Efforts at University of Central Florida
It was while searching for a tool to help an American Government professor adapt an open textbook that James Paradiso, an instructional designer at University of Central Florida, discovered his…
University of Minnesota Publishes Research on Affordable Content
The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples, edited by Kristi Jensen and Shane Nackerud, is one of the latest books to…
University of Texas at Arlington Kicks off OER Program with Eight Books in Development
University of Texas at Arlington is using its PressbooksEDU system as a platform on which to build open educational resources as part of UTA Libraries’ open education program. Open Education…
The Ohio State University Has 60 Books in Development as Part of Textbook Affordability Initiative
 At The Ohio State University, Pressbooks has become an integral platform for the university’s open textbook affordability initiative. The university already has 18 published books on its Pressbooks network,…
We’re Partnering with Unizin to Host PressbooksEDU Networks at 14 Higher Education Institutions
At Pressbooks, we’re beyond excited to be partnering with Unizin, a nonprofit consortium of leading higher education institutions, to host PressbooksEDU networks at 14 U.S. universities. The universities include: Indiana…
10 Things to Know When Formatting Your Ebook
Back by popular demand! Here are the top things authors need to know as they go to compile an ebook. 1. Ebook development is not the same as web development. A Web…
Image Sizing & Resolution for Your Book
At Pressbooks, we often get questions about how to make sure the images in your book are print-ready and ebook-perfect. To address some of the most common queries and offer…
Here’s What to Ask Your Book Editor (Before Signing a Contract)
Editing is possibly the most crucial–and costly–service you’ll need as an independent publisher. Here are some questions to ask when interviewing your book editor to be sure you find the…
Ebook Formatting Answers: Reflowable vs. Fixed Layout Ebooks
Q. What’s the difference between a fixed layout ebook and a regular ebook? A. Normal ebooks that you’re reading (such as a regular Kindle book or novel, etc.) are what’s…