diff --git a/stateful/README.txt b/stateful/README.txt
index 1de7213..f095470 100644
--- a/stateful/README.txt
+++ b/stateful/README.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ behaviour directly.
 
   >>> demo = Demo()
 
-The default states definition has the `started` state has its initial
+The default states definition has the `started` state as its initial
 state.
 
   >>> demo.getState()
@@ -34,21 +34,15 @@ We can now execute the `finish` Transition.
 More complex states definitions
 -------------------------------
 
-  >>> registerStatesDefinition(
-  ...     StatesDefinition('publishing',
-  ...         State('private', 'private', ('show',)),
-  ...         State('visible', 'visible', ('publish', 'hide',)),
-  ...         State('published', 'published', ('retract',)),
-  ...         Transition('show', 'show', 'visible'),
-  ...         Transition('hide', 'hide', 'private'),
-  ...         Transition('publish', 'publish', 'published'),
-  ...         Transition('retract', 'retract', 'visible'),
-  ...         initialState='visible'))
+We'll use a predefined simple publishing workflow that.
+
+  >>> from cybertools.stateful.publishing import simplePublishing
+  >>> registerStatesDefinition(simplePublishing)
 
   >>> demo = Demo()
   >>> demo.statesDefinition = 'publishing'
   >>> demo.getState()
-  'visible'
+  'draft'
 
 If we try to execute a transition that is not an outgoing transition
 of the current state we get an error.
@@ -56,9 +50,9 @@ of the current state we get an error.
   >>> demo.doTransition('retract')
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   ...
-  ValueError: Transition 'retract' is not reachable from state 'visible'.
+  ValueError: Transition 'retract' is not reachable from state 'draft'.
   >>> demo.getState()
-  'visible'
+  'draft'
 
 
 Stateful Adapters
diff --git a/stateful/publishing.py b/stateful/publishing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f5567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stateful/publishing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+Definition of a simple publishing workflow.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from zope.interface import implements
+
+from cybertools.stateful.definition import registerStatesDefinition
+from cybertools.stateful.definition import StatesDefinition
+from cybertools.stateful.definition import State, Transition
+
+
+simplePublishing = StatesDefinition('publishing',
+        State('private', 'private', ('show',)),
+        State('draft', 'draft', ('publish', 'hide',)),
+        State('published', 'published', ('retract',)),
+        Transition('show', 'show', 'draft'),
+        Transition('hide', 'hide', 'private'),
+        Transition('publish', 'publish', 'published'),
+        Transition('retract', 'retract', 'draft'),
+        initialState='draft')