Sebastian worked as Sourcefabric's Head of Business between 2013-2015. Before that, he was Head of Community and a social media editor at Zeit Online. He developed strategies for open journalism and led the newsroom's efforts to engage users in the reporting process. He studied the impact of digital media and open source technologies at LSE and worked for the marketing team of a global audit company, building an online alumni directory.
A new publishing tool from Books on Demand (BoD) is a perfect example. BoD is the leading provider of self-publishing and print-on-demand services in Germany. Earlier this year, BoD launched E-Short, an elegant, intuitive authoring tool powered by Sourcefabric Booktype open source software.
"Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for authors to publish short works in digital format quickly and professionally," BoD CEO Florian Geuppert recently told German publishing industry site Literaturcafe.de.
Geuppert went on to explain how the easyEditor environment in E-Short gives authors a simple way to write, edit, format and create covers for their books. What's more, E-Short offers seamless publishing in EPUB format to all major sellers of e-books.
With E-Short, authors can even change the content and the price of their e-books for no additional charge — even after those books have been published. Such changes are implemented within just 48 hours, Geuppert said. (Here's a link to the complete Literaturecafe.de interview with Florian Geuppert in German).
Literaturcafe.de tested E-Short, with positive results: "[E]asy Editor is a clever solution and that makes sure the author doesn't run into any nasty surprises when formatting." (Read the complete Literaturcafe.de test of E-Short in German).
Sourcefabric will soon release a Booktype 2.0, with a WYSIWYG editor that lets author write and design their books at the same time. Plus, the new ePub generator lets them produce eBooks compatible with all major platforms.
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