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+## Overview  
+
+Editoria is a book production platform, built with [Pubsweet](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/pubsweet/) and [Substance](http://substance.io/).  
+This application is being developed by the [Coko Foundation](https://coko.foundation/), for the [University of California Press](http://www.ucpress.edu/).
+<br>
+
+## Installation  
+
+First you need to clone this repository on your machine.  
+```git clone git@gitlab.coko.foundation:pubsweet/pubsweet.git```  
+or the ```https``` equivalent:  
+```git clone https://gitlab.coko.foundation/yannisbarlas/editoria.git```  
+<br>
+
+Once you have, navigate to the project's root directory.  
+```cd editoria```  
+<br>
+
+This application is being developed with node 6 in mind.  
+If you use nvm for managing different node versions, the project includes an ```.nvmrc``` file that you can take advantage of.  
+<br>
+
+Install the latest version of the ```pubsweet``` command line tool.  
+```npm install --global pubsweet```  
+<br>
+
+Install the project's dependencies.  
+```npm install```  
+<br>
+
+Create a database.  
+```pubsweet setupdb ./```  
+
+If you want to create a database for a development environment, simply pass the ```--dev``` option to the above command.  
+```pubsweet setupdb ./ --dev```  
+
+Follow the instructions, create the administrator user and name your book.  
+<br>
+
+Once that is done, you can run the app like so:  
+```pubsweet run```  
+Or if you want the development environment:  
+```pubsweet run --dev```  
+<br>
+
+## Set up  
+
+Log in as an administrator, and click on the "Teams" link in the navigation bar.  
+<br>
+
+Create 3 teams:  
+- Name the first "Production Editor", give it a type of "Production Editor all" and choose your book from the Collection dropdown.  
+- Name the second "Copy Editors", give it a type of "Copy Editor update" and choose your book from the Collection dropdown.  
+- Name the third "Authors", give it a type of "Author update" and choose your book from the Collection dropdown.  
+<br>
+
+You can now assign different users to different roles.  
+If a user is a production editor, the user can then also edit user roles for all other users.