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The "Challenges in Educational Publishing" Series

  • Writer: Ravi Ranjan
    Ravi Ranjan
  • May 19
  • 3 min read

Updated: May 21

May 21, 2025


The eBook Publishing Challenge

How do you manage the transition from print to digital textbooks while minimizing the increased complexity of going digital?


This is the next blog in a ​series that addresses key challenges reported by educational publishers and edtech providers. The other blogs are listed at the end of this blog.


Today’s topic: Digital textbooks can be very different from print textbooks as there are many additional elements to consider, from design and creation to the final user experience. How do you manage all these added elements while minimizing the complexity of going digital?


THE PROBLEM 

The transition from print to digital for textbooks, especially in K-12 environments, presents significant challenges. Designed initially to be more like magazines, many textbooks are not inherently suited for digital consumption. Ensuring these digital versions comply with accessibility standards such as WCAG adds complexity. Furthermore, balancing the needs of both teachers in front-of-class scenarios and students in individual use cases is difficult. Finally, integrating interactive and multimedia content into traditional eBooks remains a major challenge.


Managing this transformation at scale increases the complexity. Adapting existing print material for digital platforms often requires extensive editorial changes, pushing up operational expenses.


Most publishers already have existing learning platforms. Any eBook solution must work with these systems—identity management, classroom management, progress reporting, homework, etc.—and connect with content libraries containing rich media and assessments. Seamless integration is crucial for enriching the eBook experience and ensuring consistent journeys across different systems.


A SOLUTION

All these issues and angles set us at Compro thinking about what was required to address this intricate web of requirements for a robust eBook publishing system—one that would be easy to use and operate, and would deliver a great experience.


Our solution was to create a largely out-of-the-box system that would allow for quick setup using templated experiences and an authoring workflow that did not require technical proficiency. 


The comproDLS eBook solution is based on this architecture and allows publishers to create, edit, proof, and deliver with relative ease and no technical proficiency. Here are the key components of the system that ensure that the “ideation to delivery” of eBooks is optimized.


Many publishers already have content –text, videos, images, assessments, ebooks, and more–but assembling these into a learning experience is often an issue. The Builder resolves this. 


​Iterative publishing cycles for publishing new content can require frequent interactions with the tech team. This s is also the case with modifications and changes to existing content and courses. Builder is user-driven and allows the integration of types of content into a product. Critically, it minimizes the dependency on engineering teams.


The data and the presentation layers are separated in the comproDLS eBook system. As a consequence, user experiences and interfaces can be custom-built with ease. This allows publishers to access and leverage extensive content libraries to create unique user journeys. Content can be reused and restructured as required.


The user experience and user interface require change frequently as expectations evolve. They also change since the digital medium allows experimentation. The underlying architecture of the Experience Apps allows for this rapid evolution to be incorporated with ease.


Taken together, the Builder and Experience Apps allow a coherent digital experience to be assembled rapidly from existing content and delivered via various LMSs or learning solutions. 


If you are facing challenges as you go digital with your eBooks, let’s talk. 


Meanwhile, be sure to follow our blog for more insights into the challenges our clients encounter in educational publishing and how they can be addressed.



Earlier blogs from the “Challenges in Educational Publishing” series:

  • The Product Extension Challenge

  • The Interoperability Challenge

  • The Product Assembly Challenge

  • The “Clear Picture” Analytics Challenge



 
 
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