FrequentLY Asked Questions

How is publishing in Pressbooks different than WordPress or even Microsoft Word?

JMU Libraries Pressbooks installation is a book and e-book publishing platform for materials that support teaching, learning, and scholarship. The final publication might be online, print-on-demand, and/or openly licensed. The following uses are encouraged:

• Textbooks
• Open access books
• White papers and technical reports

The following uses are outside the scope of Pressbooks:

• Journals
• Websites
• Portfolios
• Hosting of sensitive or confidential data. See JMU Policy 1205 for information about handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Publications without a JMU-affiliated account holder

Compliance with other relevant JMU and Libraries policies:

• JMU Computing policies
• JMU Research policies

What’s the difference between a Pressbooks “Part” and a “Chapter”?

The Pressbooks hierarchy of book organization looks like this:

• Book
  • Part
    • Chapter

For more details about Parts and Chapters, watch