What if the publication cycle were nearly instant, crowdsourced, virtual, and salable? What if anyone could publish a textbook, earning money for themselves, their school or classroom?
Information in our culture today is changing at a rapid pace. The average textbook takes a minimum of 3 years to write and publish. In many subject areas, books are obsolete the moment they are printed. Just as important, the nature in which we consume information has changed. Students today leverage the Internet heavily as a source of news and research. As a result, the information they process tends to be presented in smaller segments and often in multi-media format. It is interactive in nature in that the student can choose which topics to research further with the click of a mouse. Today the student determines the pace and sequence in which the information is presented, rather than following a pre-determined structure in hard copy print.
Trunity delivers powerful software that not only allows for seamless, intelligent publishing workflows, but organization of the resulting content. This means that an author or publisher can publish a virtual textbook in a traditional looking format but with the Trunity content management system, an instructor or student can reorganize the book to fit their own classroom or curriculum needs, keeping the entire book or just the chapters that are required. Additionally, the Trunity platform incorporates rich media content so videos, animations, and interactive games can be incorporated into the Virtual Textbook experience.
Another way that Virtual Books can be created is by sourcing content from a community of expert authors as is the case with the Encyclopedia of Earth. Our Community Sourced Content Publishing workflow system makes sure that organized content is accurate, peer-reviewed, and easily added to the site. We've made the editorial process easy, automated and fast. Involving a Managing Editor, Topic Editor, Copy Editor, and the Author, a document is submitted to the Trunity platform and goes through a step-by-step online editing process, with automatic email notifications and collaborative tools for all involved. Tools like featured settings, user-by-user permissions, version archives, live editing and note taking make the editorial workflow an essential software feature for any site looking to become a resource in their field. Educators can feel confident that the information they are teaching with is accurate, and deliver it to their students in an intuitive, modern way.
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