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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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Any way to know what version of a book I'm buying?
Collectors of first editions of books typically are only interested in the first printing of the first edition. … Responsible sellers of collectible books are typically happy to provide this information, but the kinds of folks who sell books on Amazon typically won't take the time to check this or share the information …
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How does academia handle bookbinding in the US?
The shop was there to rebind and do other preservation work on the library's older books. It was very much a matter of learning under the supervision of one of the full-time employees. …
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What are the motivations for publishing new editions of an existing textbook, beyond new dis...
Publishers want new editions so that they can make money selling copies of the new edition and reduce the market for used copies. The new edition might be significantly updated, but in many cases the …
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Are niche topic textbooks normally published by vanity presses or traditional ones?
Sales for these books are typically a few thousand copies rather than hundreds of copies. …
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What is the name of the text that might exist after the chapter heading and before the first...
It's become quite common in academic books in the STEM fields to add such a section as a kind of abstract for the chapter. … The reason for this is that the publishers are now selling online access to individual chapters of books through their web sites. …
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Is there a way to save my students money on a textbook?
An easy thing to do that can be very helpful to your students is to put a copy of the textbook (or two or three copies) on reserve in the university library. Students can then photocopy critical sect …
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Is that a good idea to send an errata list to a professor whose class I'm currently enrolled...
In my experience, most textbook authors are happy to receive errata reports. I've sent many off over the years, and as a textbook author I'm happy to receive them. However, many of the reports of er …
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Do's and don'ts when writing an academic book
There are many books and online resources on mathematical writing. … These range from style guides that deal with issues from type setting to copy editing to books that talk about mathematical writing at a somewhat higher level. …
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Traveling with textbooks
A few years ago when I went to Los Angeles for a sabbatical leave, I made it a point to get electronic copies of as many of my frequently used books as possible. … This dramatically reduced the number of printed books that I had to take with me. …
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How to approach a Book Review Editor
Book review columns vary tremendously in the number of books that get reviewed and the depth and quality of the reviews. … Some book review columns solicit in depth reviews from experts in the field, while other columns (particularly ones that review a wide variety of books including textbooks) may use reviewers who aren't …
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What is the difference between this "book" and a research paper?
Springer publishes books as well as journals. This particular item is a reference book published by Springer. You can certainly cite chapters of a book like this. …
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Is there a university website that lists all books used/recommended per course in order?
In the US, universities are required to provide information on the web about required textbooks to students so that they can purchase the books from wherever they want without necessarily having to buy …
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How to deal with professors who don't follow the text
Depending on the technology available in your classroom, a couple of resources that might be available are video recordings of the lecture (so you can go back over the lecture later to make sense of t …
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What unforeseen dangers might exist when choosing an open access textbook for a new subject?
It's important to check the license used by the author to make sure that it's compatible with your use of the open access textbook.
Issues to check include:
Does the license allows you to redistr …
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A professor has offered to send me a hard copy of his new book. Would it be rude to ask for ...
Feel free to ask, but if this author is in the same position I was in when my recent book was published, the answer would have to be "no" Under my contract I got a set number of printed copies of the …
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