# Multiple Uses of Content

**URL:** <https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228>\
**Category:** Importing & Exporting Content\
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228 "2020-01-13T20:31:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![MichaelKroth](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/michaelkroth/32/890_2.png) [@MichaelKroth](https://pressbooks.community/u/MichaelKroth)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228/1 "2020-01-13T20:31:59Z")

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I am making a book out of all the blogs I’ve posted from 2018. I’ve added all the posts as chapters to a book, but would like to use that content in multiple books or booklets, sometimes with the same chapters. Is there a way to do that easily? I want to keep my options open for using these chapters in different books.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![t.dumm](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/t.dumm/32/134_2.png) [@t.dumm](https://pressbooks.community/u/t.dumm)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228/2 "2020-01-14T22:46:15Z")

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Hi Michael

Your question caught my interest. So I searched for „Wordpress Multisite“ and „post to several sites“ as Pressbooks is based on Wordpress Multisite install. I found the following. No idea if that helps. Also no idea if the posts get updated if you update the mother post (single source).

> **[WordPress Multisite – Publish Posts to Multiple Blogs](https://rudrastyh.com/wordpress-multisite/post-to-all-sites.html)**
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> In this tutorial I will show how to post to all sites in your WP Multisite network automatically.

Regards  
Thomas

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**Author:** ![SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/steelwagstaff/32/1280_2.png) [@SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/u/SteelWagstaff)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228/3 "2020-01-14T23:04:42Z")

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Hi Michael,

The easiest way to syndicate content would probably be to export selected chapters from a single book (choose the Pressbooks XML file option) and reimport into a new book shell (‘Tools’-\>‘Import’), selecting the Pressbooks/WordPress XML option. If you’re on an EDU or self-hosted network you could also use the cloning routine to bulk clone/copy a book and simply remove the chapters you didn’t want. Hope that helps?

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**Author:** ![MichaelKroth](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/michaelkroth/32/890_2.png) [@MichaelKroth](https://pressbooks.community/u/MichaelKroth)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228/4 "2020-01-15T05:24:24Z")

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Helps tons, thanks SteelWagstaff. I’m new to this self-publishing, though I learned enough using PB to complete a book and get it published. On Amazon now.

Time for this next project.

Thanksabunch!

Michael

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**Author:** ![MichaelKroth](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/michaelkroth/32/890_2.png) [@MichaelKroth](https://pressbooks.community/u/MichaelKroth)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/multiple-uses-of-content/1228/5 "2020-01-15T05:26:38Z")

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Excellent! Thanks! I’ll give it a look. I appreciate you taking the time Thomas.