What is a digital publishing platform?
A digital publishing platform is software that lets publishers create, manage, and distribute their content, books, journals, courses, across digital channels. It replaces the slow print and PDF workflow with one system that handles everything from authoring to delivery.
Software that lets publishers deliver books, journals, and courses across digital channels.
Content has to reach students on any device and update without a reprint.
Book and journal publishers, education providers, and media brands.
For education publishers especially, this matters. Content has to reach students on any device, update without a reprint, and often plug into the systems schools already use.
The print and PDF workflow
What it replaces- Slow
- Updates need a reprint
One digital publishing platform
From authoring to delivery- One system handles everything from authoring to delivery
- Content reaches students on any device
- Updates without a reprint
The platform handles the unglamorous parts: rights, versions, formats, and access control, so the publisher can focus on the content rather than the plumbing.
- Rights
- Versions
- Formats
- Access control
Figure 1. From authoring to delivery on one platform
Drawn from this article: a digital publishing platform replaces the slow print and PDF workflow with one system that handles everything from authoring to delivery, including rights, versions, formats, and access control. Structure only; no measured values.
NeoSOFT built a digital publishing platform for education publishers.
Who uses a digital publishing platform?
Book and journal publishers, education providers, and media brands that need to deliver and update content across digital channels.
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Services: Education & Learning, Media & Entertainment
