Author-it is a Component Content Management System (CCMS) that allows for the creation, management, localization, and publishing of various information products. It offers multi-channel publishing, variant management, review and approval workflows, and authoring assistance. It allows for collaborating in real-time with SMEs and non-technical writers, managing large content libraries, creating personalized courses, reusing and translating content, and publishing to multiple outputs. It does not require coding expertise.