Contents

  1. About This Guide

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. Acknowledgements: eCampusOntario

  4. Introduction

  5. I. Look Before You Write
    1. 1. Fair Dealing and Fair Use

    2. 2. Why Should I Give My Work Away?

    3. 3. Quality

    4. 4. Concerns About Plagiarism

    5. 5. Copyright and Open Licences

    6. 6. Experience

    7. 7. Not Just Another Textbook

  6. II. Prepare to Write
    1. 8. Technology: Accounts and Training

    2. 9. Who Pays for This?

    3. 10. Who Owns Copyright?

    4. 11. Contributing Authors

    5. 12. Identify Support

    6. 13. Project Charter and Timeline

    7. 14. Select a Licence

  7. III. Plan Your Book
    1. 15. Create a Style Sheet

    2. 16. Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion

    3. 17. Open Textbook Formats

    4. 18. Five Rules of Textbook Development

    5. 19. Textbook Outline

  8. IV. Write … and More
    1. 20. Fix as You Go

    2. 21. Resources: Search and Find

    3. 22. Citation vs. Attribution

    4. 23. Research

    5. 24. Resources: Only the Open

    6. 25. The Writing

    7. 26. Screenshots of Software

    8. 27. Resources: Captions and Attributions

  9. V. Edit and Review
    1. 28. Peer Review

    2. 29. How to Copy Edit

    3. 30. Guideline for Copy Editors

    4. 31. How to Proofread

  10. VI. Pre-publication
    1. 32. Remove Platform Access

    2. 33. Print-on-Demand Copies

    3. 34. Editable Files

      1. Attributions
    4. 35. Textbook Cover

    5. 36. Communications

    6. 37. The Final Check

    7. 38. Textbook Citation

  11. VII. Post-publication
    1. 39. Textbook Reviews

    2. 40. Maintain the Book

    3. 41. Track Adoptions

  12. Appendix 1: Licences and Tools

  13. Appendix 2: Style Guide

  14. Appendix 3: Canadian Spellings and Word List

  15. Appendix 4: Contracts

  16. Appendix 5: Checklists

  17. Glossary

  18. Bibliography

  19. Versioning History

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