| Developer(s) | Isaac Shi |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2012 |
| Type | Cloud-based eBook publishing platform |
Pubsoft[1] is acloud-basedeBook publishing platform headquartered inHouston,Texas. It serves as the publishing engine for Kbuuk, LLC,[2] aself-publishing software company that provides digital conversion, distribution and marketing services for authors.[3] Pubsoft is designed to allow publishers to create and manage an online eBook store[4] for direct consumer sales.[5] Publishers can also use Pubsoft to handlesocial media marketing, deliver eBooks to mobile devices,[6] manage author and reader relationships and distribute royalties[7] through an administrative portal that usesPayPal.
The Pubsoft system also provides book-level analytics designed to help publishers and authors move toward data-driven publishing. Originally designed for the trade publishing sector, the Pubsoft system is currently used for a variety of applications by agencies,education and creative writing programs, enterprises, industry experts and religious organizations.
Pubsoft allows companies to manage content by uploading documents and converting them toEPUB 3.0 eBooks, which can then be read in a web browser or on aniOS device. Through the Pubsoft backend system, an administrator or instructor can then evaluate reading progress and engagement, as well as assess reading comprehension through customized quizzes.
Pubsoft was founded and launched in 2012 by CEO Isaac Shi[8] and COO Dougal Cameron.[9]
Pubsoft is amulti-tenantsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) eBook publishing platform[10] that is designed to support digital publishing industry standardEPUB 3.0, anXML-based eBook content standard.[11] Pubsoft utilizes aModel View Controller (MVC) design pattern, and the system contains three layers: a database layer created inMySQL, a business logic layer built on aZend framework and a responsive user interface[12] layer created withHTML5 andCSS3.
As an enterprise-grade application, the Pubsoft database is built on a relationship schema compatible withBoyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF), which is designed to ensure scalability, reliability and data integrity.
The Pubsoft SaaS application is deployed onAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud andAmazon Relational Database Service.