{"id":70,"date":"2017-04-26T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/pressbooks101\/chapter\/organization\/"},"modified":"2018-01-16T13:55:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T13:55:12","slug":"organization","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/pressbooks101\/chapter\/organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p>Pressbooks offers two ways to organize the content of your textbook.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A chapter that displays as a single page.<\/li>\n<li>A series of chapters that function as individual pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These options each have their own strengths and weaknesses. 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