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Manage Pressbooks Users

Manage Pressbooks Users

Pressbooks allows multiple people to work together in a shared book project with different authoring, editing, and publishing permissions. Read more on the Pressbooks support site to learn about:

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User Roles in Pressbooks

Users can be assigned to one of the following roles within an individual book project: Administrator, Editor, Author, Collaborator, or Subscriber. Each of these user roles provides different levels of access, as described in the table below:

Role

Manage Users & Settings

Add or Edit Chapters

Publish Chapters

Delete Chapters

Read Private Chapters

Comment (if enabled)

Role

Manage Users & Settings

Add or Edit Chapters

Publish Chapters

Delete Chapters

Read Private Chapters

Comment (if enabled)

Administrator

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Editor

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Author

No

Only their own

Only their own

Only their own

Only if setting is enabled

Yes

Collaborator

No

Only their own

No

No

Only if setting is enabled

Yes

Subscriber

No

No

No

No

Only if setting is enabled

Yes


Add Existing User

To add an existing Pressbooks user (i.e. someone who already has an account on your Pressbooks network):

  1. Select the Users tab on the left sidebar menu of your book’s dashboard

  2. Click Add New 

  3. Enter the existing user’s email address or username

  4. Select the role you’d like to give them in your book

  5. Click Add Existing User.