System and method for managing electronic files and data in a centralized collaborative workspace

A computer-implemented system for managing access to electronic content comprising:

• a computer-implemented server module for containing a plurality of files including content on a server including a processor;
• a registration module for collecting user information for a plurality of users to a portal to the server and for creating a profile of data associated with each user, wherein the plurality of users of the collaboration portal register as a regular member or a publisher member, the regular member having authorization to read, share, collaborate, upload material;
• an electronic reading module for providing access to each user to selected content for user visualization on a device from the server without downloading the content to the user the module verifying that the user can have access to publisher rights for the selected book by checking user information on the server and the profile;
• an upload module for transferring content to a portal database of the server for the verified user to allow the user to view the content, edit the content, and to associate with the profile of the user;
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• a collaboration authoring tool for permitting at least two verified users to share digitally formatted information via a portal having a graphical user interface front end, work together and interact in the portal having the graphical user interface front end containing digitally stored information, use a web-based authoring tool that can manage collaborative authoring and generate targeted content, while permitting data for the history and activities for each user while working together and interacting in the portal having a graphical user interface front end in the collaboration module to be summarized and associated with each user's profile, creating a summary of user history and activities for access in the profile of each user.