Timeline for What are the motivations for publishing new editions of an existing textbook, beyond new discoveries in a field?
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| Apr 21, 2019 at 0:19 | vote | accept | user3737411 | ||
| Apr 11, 2019 at 19:17 | history | protected | Alexandros | ||
| Apr 11, 2019 at 15:36 | answer | added | Calin Ceteras | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 11, 2019 at 10:56 | comment | added | vol7ron | One professor once said it feeds the system. I could be mistaken, but I thought it was along the lines of updating textbooks counts as cred for PhD programs, since often there’s a publishing requirement (usually to a journal). It keeps people buying books, which is also more payment to the authors and publishers, many that have turned to academia as opposed to applicable services in the private sector. Certain fields (e.g., legal) change often; however a lot of the updates tend to be to make the material more relatable — using SnapChat instead of Sears as a case study. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 16:05 | comment | added | Joel Coehoorn | From an instructor's standpoint, requiring the newest edition isn't as often about having the latest info or correcting the errata. Those are good things, and a factor. But the main point is about wanting everyone in the class using the same resource. The instructor wants to be able to reference "page 323 in your textbook" and know everyone in the class is seeing the same content. With that goal in mind, they could accept an older edition instead of the latest... but more often that's not what's available for sale in the quantity needed for a class environment. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 14:35 | comment | added | user40830 | if there are no actual objective improvements, greed ... | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 14:25 | comment | added | mathreadler | Fixing typos and errors for example. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 14:03 | answer | added | April Salutes Monica C. | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 11:16 | comment | added | dalearn | Sometimes the rate of people buying the book gets slower and the release of a new version prompts more purchases. | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 11:12 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | Related: What subjects benefit from textbook editions? | |
| Apr 10, 2019 at 0:26 | answer | added | Ethan Bolker | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1115675970051158022 | ||
| Apr 9, 2019 at 11:48 | comment | added | user2768 | Are they incorporating student feedback? Sometimes you can tell by reading the acknowledgements | |
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| Apr 9, 2019 at 3:28 | history | asked | user3737411 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |