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Related to academic books, including scholarly books, textbooks, and reference books. Considerations related to publishing academic books, choosing textbooks, etc., come under this tag.

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Why doesn't citation of a book give specific pages?

Books, far more than papers, can communicate not only facts or single points of information, but ideas presented as a coherent whole. …
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What is the purpose of textbooks?

textbooks are huge (about 500 pages) so students prefer to use notes which is clean, short, and summarized There are several dangers to this - first, the clean, short, summarized notes don't ha …
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If an author does not intend to make much revenue from a book, why not make it open-access?

That is not to say that there are not some very successful efforts in my field to do open access books. …
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Why do math/physics professors publish textbooks?

Books are neat. They feel important. Many people are rather fond of them as objects. Seeing your name, and your thoughts, in a proper book on a shelf is an appealing concept. That may be enough. …
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Is it ethical to profit by having my students buy my textbook?

Since this is a hypothetical, I'll note that I had a professor who included in his contract for the book an agreement for 15 copies of the book every other year (he taught a small upper-level undergra …
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Is it appropriate for a PhD candidate to publish a book?

You should consult your advisor, as how this would be perceived varies by field, and they will have a better notion of your progress than we do. And an undertaking like writing a book will inherently …
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What is the purpose of international editions of books sometimes omitting some problems, foo...

In some cases, these international editions are sold at a fairly steep discount compared to their U.S. versions. This is intended to increase their accessibility to students in developing countries. …
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