Electric Book Works Publishing reinvented for the digital age

About us

We are the team that thought-leading organisations call for publishing strategy, design, and production. Since 2006, we’ve helped teams around the world modernise their workflows and create beautiful, effective publications as websites, ebooks, and print editions.

We’re known for innovation, accessibility, and being super-organised and friendly.

  • Electric Book Works is synonymous with publishing innovation. It is the birthplace of acclaimed initiatives like Book Dash, Bettercare, and Paperight. We also maintain the open-source Electric Book workflow, our software for multi-format publishing.
  • We emphasise accessibility in all our work, from big strategic decisions to the code in our ebooks. Accessibility means helping readers overcome geographic and financial barriers to reading, and making books readable for people with disabilities. Read more about our approach.
  • Every member of our team is a thoughtful, multi-skilled high-achiever. Great books are made of art, science, and love, and our people make that possible.

Our team

Our in-house team members are based in and around Cape Town, South Africa, and work remotely.

Arthur Attwell
Arthur Attwell
Managing Director

Arthur works closely with our clients on publishing strategy and oversees software development. He co-founded EBW in 2006 and is widely regarded as a publishing innovator. Find out more.

Sasha Broom
Sasha Broom
Project Lead

Sasha manages publishing projects for clients around the world. She has a postgraduate degree in English literature, and a background as an illustrator and designer. Find out more.

Christina Tromp
Christina Tromp
Project Lead

Christina manages publishing projects for clients around the world. She has a postgraduate degree in social sciences and a background managing large publishing and software projects internationally. Find out more.

Alex Maughan
Alex Maughan
Lead Software Developer

Alex creates and improves the code behind our books and systems. He has done design and software-development work for retail, finance, and non-profit organisations for nearly twenty years. Find out more.

For each project we bring in exceptional freelancers and partners from South Africa and around the world.

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