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