What is a Web Publishing Platform?

From WordFrameWiki

A web publishing platform is the software application that would allow the digital publication of eBooks and electronic articles, and the development of digital libraries and catalogues. Electronic publishing has become common in scientific publishing where it has been argued that peer-reviewed paper scientific journals are in the process of being replaced by electronic publishing. Although network distribution is nowadays strongly associated with electronic publishing, there are many non network electronic publications such as Encyclopedias on CD and DVD, as well as technical and reference publications relied on by mobile users and others without reliable and high speed access to a network.

The Web publishing platforms are increasingly popular in works of day to day information delivery, news, blogging, web content management systems as well as with writing and publishing scientific articles. Electronic publishers are able to provide quick gratification for late-night readers, books that customers might not be able to find in standard book retailers (erotica is especially popular in eBook format), and books by new authors that would be unlikely to be profitable for traditional publishers.

Source: WIKIPEDIA and WordFrame

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