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

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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

Grazie!

fabienne.riener@sourcefabric.org // @sourcefabienne