Before you can import an existing Pressbook or start developing a new textbook in Pressbooks, you’ll need to request a book shell.
Authors can request a book shell via your contact at your university's library.
Library staff supporting authors publishing through the CAUL OER Collective can request a book shell via the request form on the Collective Administration Guide for Library Staff.
Pressbooks book shells include several empty parts and chapters to get you started:
a front matter part with an ‘Introduction’ chapter
a main body part with a ‘Chapter 1’
a back matter part with an ‘Appendix’ chapter.
Once the shell has been created, you will be able to organise the structure of the textbook and add content as needed.
Adapted from ‘Add a New Book’ in Pressbooks Guide by Lauri M. Aesoph, licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
