Hi, this is Sourcefabric Fabienne Riener / @sourcefabienne
Fabienne Riener - Sourcefabric
Nov 02, 2014
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Fabienne Riener presents Sourcefabric, an open source publishing platform for print and digital books.
Fabienne Riener presents Sourcefabric, an open source publishing platform for print and digital books.
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Hi, this is Sourcefabric
Fabienne Riener / @sourcefabienne
Sourcefabric...
....provides content creators with open source software, expertise and support to produce quality content and deliver it through whatever channels.
Create Once Publish Everywhere
Sourcefabric...
Officially founded in 2010, but founders have been active since the beginning of time
Started in the world of Journalism
Non-profit status, registered in the Czech Republic
For-profit sister company, being registered in Germany this month
In numbers...
60 Team members present in12 Countries
we speak 25 Languages4 Projects / Products
50,000 downloads annually from over 120 countries7 Awards
• Lovie Awards, 2012
• Guardian Digital Innovation Award, 2012
• Future 10, Perugia International Journalism Festival, 2012
• African News Innovation Challenge, 2012
• Knight-Batten Innovations in Journalism, 2011
• Packt Open Source Media Awards, 2011
• Google Ashoka ChangeMakers Award, 2011
Winner
Finalist
Finalist
7 Awards
Winner
Winner
Finalist
Winner
4 Projects / Products
Q: But how do we make money when it’s all open source?
A: SERVICES
...professional support & managed hosting ...custom developments, workflow integration
...consultation, concepts, design (multi-channel publishing, workflows, online/print products, business models etc.)
...workshops, training
... commercial spin-offs
Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
Who is Booktype for?Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
AuthorsPublishersPrint on Demand ServicesUniversities / Academic PublishingCorporate Businesses
Who is Booktype for?Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
Authorsindividual books (alone or with others)
hosting & support -- booktype.prostructure & design -- custom templates
Who is Booktype for?Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
Publishersoptimise and speed up workflow workflow integration (workflow, content archive, output etc.)costum feature developmentsarchive (for some)output specificsconsultancy, training, documentation
Who is Booktype for?Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
Self-Publishing & Print on Demand Servicesadd ‘write your book’ to ‘publish your book’
workflow integration custom developments (templates, publishing wizards etc.)templates, design etc.
Who is Booktype for?Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
Universities / Academic Publishing1) collaborative content creation (thesis, teaching materials etc.)2) content archive (remix, reuse, editions)
training, documentationcustom developments
Who is Booktype for?Collaborative creation of books & ebooks in the browser
Corporate Businesses 1) creation of corporate documentation (policies etc.)2) archive management (remix, reuse, editions, versions)
custom developmentstemplates, designtraining, documentation
Q: What else is important?
A: COMMUNITY => ECOSYSTEM
...other developers *speed up development*
...third party implementors *build up user base*
...b2b partners *access to markets*
THE MORE PEOPLE LOVE OUR TOOLS, THE BETTER FOR US
Q: But how do we make money when it’s all open source?
A: SERVICES
...professional support & managed hosting ...custom developments, workflow integration
...consultation, concepts, design (multi-channel publishing, workflows, online/print products, business models etc.)
...workshops, training
... commercial spin-offs
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